Building Urban Community Networks for Sustainable cities in Africa
The UComNetSus project — Building Urban Community Networks for Sustainable cities in Africa — targets three interconnected urban challenges facing African cities: ecological degradation, poverty and pollution. The project establishes stakeholder networks that facilitate knowledge exchange and identify social, economic and ecological synergies for sustainable urban development.
Conceptualised by a consortium of eight multidisciplinary experts and hosted at Kenyatta University, UComNetSus works across six target cities: Lagos, Kigali, Kumasi, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam and Mombasa. The project is supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF) through the Future Earth Africa Hub, and has presented its co-learning approach at international forums including the Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress.
Building new stakeholder networks for co-learning and sustainability in African cities.
Facilitating exchange of knowledge and best practices between cities and communities.
Addressing ecological degradation through community-driven urban sustainability action.
Identifying economic synergies and livelihood opportunities in urban communities.
Community approaches to tackling urban pollution and waste challenges.
Developing guidelines for sustainable African city development from project evidence.
UComNetSus Project
Kenyatta University
P.O. Box 43844 – 00100 GPO
Nairobi, Kenya
