Marcinkoski, Christopher <br/><br/>
Africa’s Speculative Urban Future 

 -  urbanNext,  July 20, 2017. 
 - 3463 words. 
<br/><br/> africanCities, Christopher Marcinkoski, Essay, Politics and economics, Urban Paradigms 
<br/><br/>Africa, africanCities, Economics, Essay, Future cities, Future projections, Future tendencies, Global Awareness, Infrastructure, Mapping speculation, Notes towards a History of Urbanism, Peripheries, Planetary urbanizations, Politics, Prototype city, Prototype solutions, Reflection on African Cities, Social housing, Tourism, Urban environment, Urban facts, Urban infrastructure, Urban Paradigms, Urban sprawl 
<br/><br/>French version of the article was published in issue 4/2016 of Swiss magazine TRACÉS. 
<br/><br/> Today, according to recent United Nations data, there are just under 1.2 billion people living on the African continent. By 2050, this number is projected to double to approximately 2.4 billion people. By 2100, there is presumed to be somewhere in the realm of 4.4 billion people living in Africa, accounting for roughly 40% of the total population of earth. 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>2575-5374 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Urbanism City Urban Growth Africa