The Atlas starts with a regional overview on key urban data and how these trends evolved throughout time. It connects these several maps with two key implementation framework for the New Urban Agenda in the region: UN-Habitat’s Strategic Plan 2020-23 and the Harmonized Framework for the implementation of the NUA developed by the African Union with UN-Habitat’s technical assistance.
It continues with a profile for each country with key content on the urbanizations trends and challenges. The Regional Representation for Africa has a very diverse portfolio of ongoing project in all UN-Habitat’s domains of change which contribute to the SDG achievement in the region, especially the SDG 11, The atlas also portraits images of UN-Habitat’s interventions and compiles the size and the focus of the portfolio in all active countries.