Radical Thinking

CHINA

China was the world’s economic locomotive for the better part of the last 25 years. As China has slowed down investment and is focusing on consumption-led economic growth, the entire world is feeling the impact. The world is desperately seeking another economic locomotive. Africa can and should be that locomotive.

SHELTER AFRIQUE

Shelter Afrique, Africa’s housing finance institution, estimated in 2014 that African urban areas will need 565 million additional housing units by 2025. That is almost 40 million units a year. Again, as with all things African today, building 40 million homes a year is daunting. 

It takes bold, innovative thinking to reposition Africa as the world’s greatest investment opportunity. It requires a combination of theory, practice, and stubborn determination to get the job done. This is not a time for business as usual. This is a time for execution and results. This is WARP time.

Economic Growth

Building a City a Year in sub-Saharan African countries and meeting the affordable housing needs of the continent will drive global economic growth. We just have to make it happen.