From Dakar to Nairobi, via Antananarivo, Abidjan, Ouagadougou, Monrovia, Kigali and a number of towns in Tunisia, the Pépinières urbaines support urban stakeholders in the design and implementation of inclusive and participative urban projects, advocating a different way of making cities.

As part of a usage review (achievement use assessment) of the Ouagadougou Urban Incubator aimed at defining the future facilities of the Urban Development Master Plan 2 (PDDO2) , meetings were organised to give a voice to users, cultural players and institutions.

UFI Nairobi recently organised these award ceremonies for community organisations in the three neighbourhoods of Kahawa Soweto, Kayole Soweto and City Carton. Winners of the call for initiatives, the five organisations were selected for their in-depth understanding of community needs and their innovative project ideas for the various neighbourhoods.

In African cities, housing, transport, services, urban spaces and productive activities are the result of initiatives, investments and actions carried out by a wide range of institutional, formal and informal, public and private players. Yet these dynamics represent a way of making the city that the public authorities often struggle to follow, or even to (re)understand in the case of informal activities.

In July, the UFI Dakar inaugurated its fourth site at the Lycée des Parcelles Assainies (LPA). The new pedestrian areas, pavements and public benches will enable people to wait for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in complete safety and peace.