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Dec
07
2023
By BONFACE ORUCHO, BIRD STORY AGENCY
Tramways and light rail could be Africa’s urban mobility game changer

Tramways and light rail could be Africa’s urban mobility game changer

NEWS
MORE African countries are deploying light rails and tramways to facilitate urban mobility as population growth in Africa’s major cities continues to surge. Angola’s capital is set to inaugurate its first tramway line in a partnership with Siemens, through the German company's railway construction subsidiary, Siemens Mobility. According to Metro Report International, a global railway news reporting agency, the US$1.4 billion (1.3 billion euros) project includes 39 km of double-track light rail linking the port of Luanda with Kilamba, a major housing development southeast of Luanda. “Siemens Mobility has confirmed to Metro Report International that it is working with the…
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Jul
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Bujumbura tops Africa’s fastest growing cities

Bujumbura tops Africa’s fastest growing cities

AFRICITIES
SETH ONYANGO FORMER Burundi capital, Bujumbura is the fastest growing city in Africa, catalysed by rapid urbanisation, population growth and employment opportunities. Consumer and market data portal, Statista projects its population to grow 123 per cent to reach 2.3 million people in 2035. It comes on the back of expanding democratic space under President Evariste Ndayishimiye who took over the reins of the landlocked state in the Great Rift Valley in May 2020. Bujumbura currently has a population of slightly over one million, expected to more than double in the next 14 years. Zinder, Niger, is Africa's second-fastest-growing city. With…
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Oct
27
2020
By The African Mirror
Why Nigeria can’t fix its development agenda: and where the solutions lie

Why Nigeria can’t fix its development agenda: and where the solutions lie

HEALTH
UCHE ISIUGO-ABANIHE, Professor of Demography, University of Ibadan NIGERIA has an estimated population of about 206 million, making it the seventh most populous country in the world. The country’s population is projected to increase to 263 million in 2030 and 401 million in 2050 when it will become the third most populous country in the world. This is because the country’s population continues to grow at a high rate of 2.6%. The global population growth is 1.05% per year. Nigeria’s population growth is a product of persistent high fertility and consistently declining mortality. In 2018 the total fertility rate (or…
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