Facts in Q&A format

According to the latest statistics from the Centre for Affordable Housing Finance Africa (CAHF), Nigeria has a housing shortage of more than 20 million units (with 700,000 units needed annually), the Democratic Republic of Congo’s housing backlog is estimated at almost 4 million units, South Afric...

Housing affordability is a function of three things: household income, the price of the house, and the terms of the finance. Across Africa, the confluence of low urban household incomes, high mortgage interest rates and short tenors (where these exist) or no finance at all, results in very low housi...

Sub-Saharan Africa remains mostly rural, with 53% of its population living in rural areas. ...