Urban October Debates: Home for all - Towards housing justice in Africa

01.10.2025

How can African cities ensure housing justice for all? Join our Urban October Debate on Oct 1 for insights and solutions from Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, and Sierra Leone.

Invitation to our Online Event

Urban October Debates

Home for all - Towards housing justice in Africa

October 1st

3pm – 4:30pm East African Time

In the light of Urban October 2025 and the upcoming World Cities Day under the theme of people centered smart cities, the Just City Project of Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation in Africa will host an online event debating the realities of housing in African countries, highlighting the need for inclusive, accessible, and dignified living conditions across rapidly urbanizing African cities.

This online dialogue will bring together speakers from Tanzania, Kenya, and Zambia and Sierra Leone, each offering grounded insights into the housing challenges unique to their local contexts. From informal settlements to rising land costs and incoherent policies, the speakers will critically examine the systemic barriers to housing justice.

More importantly, the session will showcase practical and community-driven housing solutions co-designed by local actors, trying to inspire and promote urban models that are centered on lived experience and grounded on people centered approaches to just cities.

Panelist

Arch. Florence Nyole, President, Architectural Association of Kenya

Dr. Tatu Limbumba, Senior Research Fellow, Ardhi University, Tanzania

Ms. Grace M. Chikumo-Mtonga, Executive Director, Civic Forum on Housing and Habitat, Zambia

Dr. Joseph Macarthy, Executive Director, Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SLURC), Sierra Leone

Moderation: Amon Petro, FES Tanzania

The event is realized FES Regional Just City Project.

For further information please visit our website https://justcity.fes.de