2024

The Project is Dead – Long Live the Project: Towards Sustainable Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for Urban Migration Governance in African Intermediary Cities

Migration and displacement are transforming Africa’s urban landscape. Policy-makers and researchers have for a long time focused their attention on the effects of migration in capital cities. However, intermediary cities are increasingly responsible for Africa’s urban growth as they rapidly become hubs of migration and displacement. Local governments struggle with these realities as they often lack the legal mandate, resources, and capacities to address diverse human mobility flows. This paper discusses recent partnerships between African intermediary cities and civil society actors, national governments, research institutions, and international organizations that aim to address the challenges and harness the opportunities associated with human mobility.