WITH a horizon full of skyscrapers and a motorway set to span the length of five countries, Africa is fast becoming home to the world’s first megalopolis. The sprawling zone stretches almost …
African Development Bank chiefs have already raised and earmarked a whopping £12.6 billion to create a new motorway along the Gulf of Guinea from Abidjan to Lagos.
Authorities in the country have unveiled a shining project worth almost £1 billion to bolster its tourism levels. The author told the Guardian: " This [stretch] has come to be seen by many experts as the world’s most rapidly urbanising region, a 'megalopolis' in the making – that is, a large and densely clustered group of metropolitan centres."The story of the region’s small cities is equally dramatic.
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