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Africa is urbanising at breakneck speed. Every year, millions stream into cities chasing opportunity, education, and the elusive promise of modern life. But for many, the city does not greet them with glass towers and clean pavements. It greets them with corrugated iron, informal wiring, and water fetched by the jerrycan. In 2022, over 284.8 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa lived in urban slum households—about 27% of the world’s total slum population.