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According to the human settlements department’s 2019/20 annual report, it has provided 76,571 serviced sites and 108,212 housing units between 2018/19 and 2019/20 (Q1 & Q2 to Sep 2019). A serviced site is a piece of land that is connected to water, sanitation and electricity. Recipien...

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Do more people in Africa live in urban areas or rural areas?

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World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision

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Do more people in Africa live in urban areas or rural areas?

Africa remains mostly rural, with 43% of its population living in urban areas. ...

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Housing

Is there any data available on housing affordability in Africa?

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The Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa (CAHF)

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Is there any data available on housing affordability in Africa?

A standard housing affordability measure is that the price of an "affordable" house is in a range of three to five times the average annual household income. The costs of most houses are far outside this range, according to 2013 data by the Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa (CAHF). Cou...

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Where does Kenya rank based on human capital the average child can expect to achieve?

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World Bank Human Capital Index

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Where does Kenya rank based on human capital the average child can expect to achieve?

The World Bank’s Human Capital Index “measures the amount of human capital that a child born today can expect to attain by age 18”. It expresses this as a value between zero and one. An economy in which the average worker achieves both full health and full education potential will score a...

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What share of Kenyan households use iron sheets as a roofing material?

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2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census

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What share of Kenyan households use iron sheets as a roofing material?

According to the 2019 Population and Housing Census, 80.3% of conventional Kenyan households use iron sheets as a roofing material, followed by 8.2% who use concrete and cement and 5.1% who use grass and twigs. ...

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Housing

Which countries have the largest housing shortages in Africa?

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World Bank Human Capital Index

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Which countries have the largest housing shortages in Africa?

According to the 2013 statistics from the Centre for Affordable Housing Finance Africa (CAHF), Nigeria has a housing shortage of 17,000,000, Tanzania 3,000,000 and South Africa 2,100,000. ...

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