Blogs

Cytonn Research has published a series of focus notes on Home Ownership Savings Plans in Kenya. The first paper titled Home Ownership Savings Plan “HOSP” …

The number of outstanding mortgages is one of the key indicators the Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa (CAHF) uses to track the scale …

The launch of the first annual Francophone course on Affordable Housing Finance in Africa was held in, Dakar Senegal, from 20 to 25 January 2020. …

Globally, mortgage lenders are increasingly being encouraged to lend down-market and develop products that cater for low income households or households with irregular incomes. This blog explores research undertaken on mortgage insurance to highlight its role as a credit risk management tool that enhances access to homeownership for low income, low equity, or higher risk borrowers

African cities are increasingly vulnerable to climate variability. Coastal cities in countries such as Mozambique are particularly at risk. This blog looks at the importance of resilient housing as a mechanism for mitigating the environmental, social and economic risks of climate change. It draws lessons from affordable housing solutions being developed across the continent.

Talking Transformation Podcast   Kecia Rust and 71point4‘s Illana Melzer speak about the Transaction Support Centre and a recent project looking at blockchain technology and its …

Kecia Rust was in conversation with FSDA Investment’s Anne-Marie Chidzero at the recent API Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. South African podcaster, Propertywoolf, recorded Kecia’s presentation …

If integrating cities is about making them more functional and building neighbourhoods, strategic interventions need to be determined by the specific local and/or city-wide conditions. Public land, in this approach, is a tool as is regulation or infrastructure investment. 

The cheapest house in Africa is found in Luvu-Madaki, in Nasarawa State, close to the Nigerian capital of Abuja.  Built by the Millard Fuller Foundation (MFF), the 32m2 one-bedroom semi-detached units sell for US$8040, through the Family Homes Fund (FHF) who bulk-purchased the project from MFF.

This article is drawn from our 10th anniversary Yearbook on Housing Finance in Africa, launched at the AUHF Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, on …