The 2020 Housing Finance in Africa Yearbook is now available online!
Featuring a focus on the impact of COVID-19, the Yearbook was launched 3 November 2020 at the 36th Annual Conference of the African Union for Housing Finance.
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Who we are
The Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa (CAHF) is an independent think tank working to support and grow housing markets in Africa for increased affordability.
Find out moreWhat we do
CAHF's programme of work operates across three broad platforms - Knowledge Production, Advocacy and Market Development.
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CAHF's research, market intelligence and lobbying work extends across the continent, with particular focus on the following countries - Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania.
Explore the continentHousing Finance in Africa Yearbook 2020
The 11th edition of the Housing Finance in Africa Yearbook covers 55 African countries, and is available in both French and English.
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Such exciting news and just what inner city affordable rental needs - well done @divercityprop and @CDCgroup ! Now we need to track the performance to demonstrate invest-ability! https://t.co/7DcXj5jnFu
Lovely to share the stage with @ShelterAfrique ‘s Andrew Chimphondah and @Hofinet ‘s Dr Marja Hoek-Smit at the @AbujaIHS https://t.co/KAFG1WGHq0
Delighted and honoured to be part of the @AbujaIHS - well done on bringing together this hybrid event! We’re participating from Johannesburg https://t.co/jJvTLyvoHq
Thank you for joining us! See the reports all here: https://t.co/ds1MuskSkH https://t.co/2mQy27bLOf
Thank you @CAHF_Africa for hosting another informative webinar, and bringing the community together around #AffordableHousing #OpenData and #SustainableDevelopment across #Africa, with @reall_int and @71point4, and @ClaudioAcioly. Can't wait to dig in! https://t.co/JyYnirc5ZG https://t.co/zypDJrbOmT
Check out our fancy new dashboard of housing indicators for the bottom 40% in 10 African countries! Developed by @71point4 , the B40 Dashboard uses data from the Demographic and Health Surveys Programme, a project funded by @USAID https://t.co/ox8j1GWRAl
Really looking forward to this discussion, to sharing our work, and to building the Data Agenda for Housing in Africa - please join at 2pm SAST, 3pm EAT. An excellent collaboration with @reall_int and @71point4 https://t.co/A33AO19zAm
Instagram: Houses of Africa
On the street where I live...- In its demonstration phase Casa Minha has constructed modular houses, designed for incremental extension, and targeted to the urban middle and upper middle class market. This Model B type house can have between 2 and 3 bedrooms. The house occupies 100 square metres on a plot size of 115 square
- The Casa Minha project is modelled on densification, supply in exchange and cross subsidisation. This is a Model A, twinned type two bedroom house, with two two-storey homes built on the same plot of land in a neighbourhood that connects to prime areas of Maputo city. Once sold, one home
- Casa Real’s developments have demonstrated the possibility of building affordable homes in Beira. Pictured here are two one bedroom homes valued at US$10 000 each. Each unit is 22 square metres and is complete with a foundation for incremental expansion. Given the housing affordability profile and challenges of end user
- Casa Real in the City of Beira has ten fully complete affordable houses on its site, which is in close proximity to the main highway and access to public transport routes. The plot sizes are an important part of the affordability impact. The local municipality approved for the homes to
- Audacious effort by Ithemba Property to bring residential into the eastern part of the Johannesburg CBD. Jewel City is an inner city conversion and new build effort: shops, schools, a clinic, businesses, and affordable rental. This is the new brand of inner city living: tiny flats that don’t feel tiny,
