New Recommendations released after COVID-19 Urban Thinkers Campus’ Second Series
August 27th, 2020
Nairobi, 27 August 2020 - The second COVID-19 Urban Thinkers Campus Series organized by UN-Habitat ended with a set of key recommendations produced through 32 virtual webinars engaging more than 2,…
Youth in Informal Settlements take the Lead on Fight Against the Spread of COVID-19
August 17th, 2020
12 August 2020 - The 20th anniversary of International Youth Day featured the Youth, COVID-19 and Informal Settlement International Summit celebrating the success of youth actions to prevent COVID-19…
International Youth Week closes with praise for youth work in combatting COVID-19 spread
August 17th, 2020
Nairobi, 14 August 2020 – The end of International Youth Week was marked in Kenya by a celebration in the informal settlement of Kibera which brought together young people from over 30 youth led…
Planet Smart City partners with UN-Habitat on slum upgrading initiatives in Kenya
August 6th, 2020
Proptech company to provide digital tools and community management and social innovation model to help improve lives in informal settlements 3 August 2020 – Planet Smart City, the leader in smart…
A new interactive project map sources the best solutions to COVID-19 in the slums
July 27th, 2020
25 July 2020 - UN-Habitat’s Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP) along with partner countries and, in cooperation with a research group of the Master Techs4Change at Politecnico di Torino, (…
Permanent handwashing facilities for Kenya’s Nakuru Municipality include taps for drinking water
July 21st, 2020
Nakuru, Kenya, July 2020 – One of Kenya’s largest urban areas, Nakuru, has installed eight permanent handwashing stations with clean drinking water with funding from UN-Habitat to stop the spread of…
UN-Habitat, Canada and partners launch One Stop Youth Centre in northern Kenya to prevent COVID-19 spread
July 16th, 2020
Mandera, Kenya, July 2020 - Partners from local and national government, civil society and the private sector came together to launch the One Stop Youth Resource Centre, which will be the base for…
Global Future Cities Programme launches knowledge sharing platform
July 7th, 2020
Nairobi, 6 July 2020, - UN-Habitat has recently launched the Global Future Cities Knowledge Platform to exchange knowledge on sustainable and inclusive urban development. Developed by UN-Habitat…
UN-Habitat and Habitat UNI discuss the urban research and education in the wake of COVID-19
July 6th, 2020
Nairobi, 24 June 2020 - A webinar held on the topic of urban research and education gathered over 70 participants in a lively debate with urban researchers and educators as part of the COVID-19…
COVID-19 Urban Thinkers Campus discuss pro-poor investment for urban adaptation and resilience
July 6th, 2020
Nairobi, 25 June 2020 - The sixth COVID-19 Urban Thinkers Campus webinar in the second season was organized by the World Urban Campaign and UN-Habitat’s RISE UP Flagship programme to discuss pro-poor…
Sweden and UN-Habitat sign a USD 20 million agreement to promote sustainable urbanization
July 1st, 2020
Nairobi, 1 July 2020 – Sweden has signed a global programme cooperation agreement with UN-Habitat, the United Nations agency charged with promoting socially and environmentally sustainable towns and…
Graffiti art spreads COVID-19 prevention messages in Nairobi’s slums
June 30th, 2020
Nairobi, 30 June 2020 - Over 60 percent of Nairobi’s residents live in overcrowded informal settlements where public transport systems are often packed and there are few handwashing facilities. …
UN-Habitat pairs cities striving to manage their municipal solid waste with expert counterparts
June 22nd, 2020
Nairobi, June 2020 – As part of its Waste Wise Cities, UN-Habitat is bringing together cities that are looking to improve the management of their municipal solid waste with mentor cities committed to…
Over 600 participants take part in virtual launch of the COVID-19 in African Cities Report
June 18th, 2020
Nairobi, June 2020 – A new Report on COVID-19 in African Cities has found that the quality and nature of Africa’s urbanization exacerbates transmission rates of infectious diseases like COVID-19 and…
World Refugee Day 2020: Kenya's host communities and refugees hold virtual celebration
June 18th, 2020
Turkana County, Kenya, 19 June 2020 – Refugees from Kenya, one of the biggest refugee-hosting country in Africa, will not be holding the usual celebration of World Refugee Day this year. Instead of…