building cities: @ccidotcity

Washington DC
Joined March 2014
Two of our speakers, @JoeStudwell and @DoubleEph, go live tomorrow to talk about Africa’s development. Expect a few raised eyebrows. Want more? See them in person at the New Cities Summit in December. Tickets are live! Buy yours at the link below 👇
I’m going to be in conversation with Joe Studwell on Thursday evening. Will be live-streamed on YouTube here - youtube.com/live/hgOl0zGk8ZI…
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See you in Johannesburg! 🇿🇦 I will be at the New Cities Summit on December 7 & 8. If you’re around, come say hi!
680,000+ people have watched @magattew on @TEDTalks explain why it’s so hard to start a business in Africa. Now, as director of the Center for African Prosperity at @AtlasNetwork, she’s keynoting the #NewCitiesSummit to chart the future of the new cities movement.
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680,000+ people have watched @magattew on @TEDTalks explain why it’s so hard to start a business in Africa. Now, as director of the Center for African Prosperity at @AtlasNetwork, she’s keynoting the #NewCitiesSummit to chart the future of the new cities movement.
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Mark Lutter retweeted
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@magattew speaking for @CCIdotCity :
680,000+ people have watched @magattew on @TEDTalks explain why it’s so hard to start a business in Africa. Now, as director of the Center for African Prosperity at @AtlasNetwork, she’s keynoting the #NewCitiesSummit to chart the future of the new cities movement.
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Mark Lutter retweeted
Check out my latest piece on building a successful new city:
New Substack from @magattew on what it takes to build a successful new city. Her closing point: it takes a village. Where could you find that village this December? Waterfall City for the New Cities Summit on Dec 7-8. 👇
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We sat down with Jeremy Gorelick, who leads the Cities Investment Forum, to talk about getting city projects funded. Jeremy has spent 15 years on infrastructure deals across Africa and has helped mobilize $10.4B. “This is in fact a perfect matchmaking tool between seekers of capital and providers of capital in a way that both of them can talk meaningfully and already be self-selecting to be at an event like CIF.”
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Good article on African urbanization. It captures two important elements. 1) the pace of urbanization and 2) the lack of accompanying industrialization or productivity gains
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David's article is an important step in the recognition of the challenge and opportunity of African urbanization. The next step is thinking deeply about mechanisms to ensure African urbanization is an opportunity. Charter cities can play an important role
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