What Role Does Housing Play in African Economies? Our New Blog Series
The Story of Housing and the Economy: Decoding the Housing Construction and Housing Rental Value Chains
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The Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa (CAHF) promotes investment in affordable housing and housing finance across Africa.
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Explore the housing finance markets of 51 countries and four regions.
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Benchmarking Housing Construction Costs in Africa
An interactive dashboard showing a detailed breakdown of housing construction costs in sixteen African countries.
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Defining Informal Housing in South Africa
Definitions of informality take into account how the building was constructed, the type of building materials used and whether the house has legal title.
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Housing Finance in Africa Yearbook 2016
Our comprehensive annual publication on housing finance in Africa, now in its 7th edition.
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CAHF on Twitter
2 days ago
We've launched our #housingfinance Yearbook! Profiling housing finance in 54 countries in 2017. https://t.co/QcF8DeETTP @AUHF_Housing
We've launched our #housingfinance Yearbook! Profiling housing finance in 54 countries in 2017. https://t.co/QcF8DeETTP @AUHF_Housing
2 days ago
Debra Erb @opicgov We have to come up with mechanisms for qualifying informal incomes in housing lending. #auhfConference2017 @mfw4a
Debra Erb @opicgov We have to come up with mechanisms for qualifying informal incomes in housing lending. #auhfConference2017 @mfw4a
2 days ago
Launched! Our 2017 Housing Finance in Africa yearbook! 54 countries https://t.co/QcF8DeETTP @FSDAfrica @AUHF_Housing @AFD_France https://t.co/N4IlH456sd
Launched! Our 2017 Housing Finance in Africa yearbook! 54 countries https://t.co/QcF8DeETTP @FSDAfrica @AUHF_Housing @AFD_France https://t.co/N4IlH456sd
2 days ago
Duncan Kayiira explains disconnect between investor interest in real estate and the scale/target of funds. All look too high. @AUHF_Housing https://t.co/uen3dXT0u5
Duncan Kayiira explains disconnect between investor interest in real estate and the scale/target of funds. All look too high. @AUHF_Housing https://t.co/uen3dXT0u5
2 days ago
East Africa has a housing funding need of US$ 42.2 billion (estimated from the avg mortgage & avg housing deficit) #auhfConference2017 https://t.co/KMGNiumwEO
East Africa has a housing funding need of US$ 42.2 billion (estimated from the avg mortgage & avg housing deficit) #auhfConference2017 https://t.co/KMGNiumwEO
3 days ago
David Gardner offers a direct-impact snapshot of the role of housing in the economy: analysis of #Tanzania #Nigeria #SouthAfrica #Uganda https://t.co/R47qZMJxpP
David Gardner offers a direct-impact snapshot of the role of housing in the economy: analysis of #Tanzania #Nigeria #SouthAfrica #Uganda https://t.co/R47qZMJxpP
Instagram: Houses of Africa
#housesofafrica #tanzania with almost 70% of employees earning $140 a month, majority of people finance thier homes through loans (at an average of 11.5%) and household savings.
#housesofafrica The 33rd AUHF conference will be held in #Kampala this year. This is how some people are housed in Uganda's capital city #AUHFconference2017 #urbanoctober #housingforall . Photo courtesy of elcivics.com
#housesofafrica This is an appartment building in Abidjan, 2 plateau, a middle income neighborhood, rents here god from 120 dollars per months for a studio to 800 dollars per months for a 3 bedroom #housingforall #urbanoctober
#housesofafrica With an urbanisation rate of 4.43 percent, demand for affordable housing will remain strong, both for rental and purchase. Housing microfinance will play an important role in increasing the supply of housing, and efforts to increase access should be undertaken. The scarcity of available serviced land is both slowing…
#housesofafrica The annual median house price for Namibia has been increasing by a percentage of 14.29 percent per year. Hence the relative change from NS$640 000 (about US$44 900) in 2014 to NS$700 000 (about US$49 109) in 2015 (FNB, 2015). Besides being influenced by poor land delivery, the price…
#housesofafrica According to the Central Bank of Namibia, there is a housing backlog which is estimated to be around 110 000 and growing at an annual rate of 3 700 units. In Swakopmund alone, 12000 people require housing. The chairperson of the Swakopmund management committee has said “Housing is a…
