The impact of urbanisation in Africa, explained - BBC Africa

The urban population in Africa is growing faster than anywhere else in the world. Urbanisation can contribute to poverty reduction and increased development, but it can also pose major challenges. The main one is access to clean water and sanitation.

Yemisi Adegoke explains.

[stepfrom]

Poverty is multidimensional meaning its hard to compare 1 countries Poverty with anothers. Even in Africa someone could be below the poverty line and have all their needs in rural tribal areas because they make their needs. On the other hand someone in the city can be making more but struggle to obtain basic needs. Another point is how many homeless people live in America but make more than a poor African. Cost of living effect and acess to goods needs to be looked at just as much as how much someone makes

[ninny]

This isn't a problem of urbanisation, this is an issue of unconstrained growth, building houses without plans or building the needed infrastructure FIRST rather than AFTER areas are built upon

[Avaricumstudios]

Honestly Africa has alot of water but the infrastructure to distribute is lacking due to the poorly planned cities

[jaybell]

Poverty Doesn't mean Filthy. Africans should Know that.

[bilaldjanes]

Subhana
How is it possible for such a rich country to let its people suffer in poverty???
😔😔😔

[oo--]

Why are people in the comments acting as if this poverty in Nigeria doesn’t exist.

[jk]

What!!! & the way Nigerians are all over social media platforms making the most noise and looking down on other African countries with self entitlement to being the "richest country in Africa" is this what we call rich?!?!

[saavik]

I love how the BBC is pretending to explain complex, continent wide dynamics in less than 6 minutes in a clip full of stock vids, with a smattering of tropes and soundbites from a couple of Ong reports and guardian articles.

[mickmatic]

20 to 25 years to go from a family of 3 to 30 is absolutely unsustainable.

[BaDazai]

This could have simply been avoided by proper planning before building. You can't just build anyhow. How hard is it to leave space for pipes and roads? 🙄🙄🙄

[shwerpwer]

This could've mentioned Kano's fertility rate of 6.8. That's about 7 children for each woman. This accounts for much more than migration.

[ems]

I'm beginning to think that I will never see a fruitful and prosperous Africa in my lifetime.

[damarasquest]

Make catchment areas to harness the rain water when it rains. It can be done in individual homes or on a community level. When it rains the water runs off and is not store. Education in water harness, storage etc is needed.

[kelvinsnorton]

Welp the average woman in northern Nigeria has on average six kids. Religion lack of education snd lack of woman empowerment leads to this crisis.

[iuk]

The water crisis is crazy in lagos. During the dry season our well go dry and water become very scarce. I have never seen it this scarce that we can wait for the rains.

[milkadejesusgomes]

Here in Maputo we stop waiting for government to provide water, every new neighborhood, a private person or company go there's open a weel, and provides clean, 24h to all houses around.. luckily we have subterranean water, almost every where.

[modelflugzuegsamlung]

Why does the video make it seem like our only hope to solve the water shortage is through new technological solutions, while in rich countries we've had universal water infrastructure for decades? Instead, it should be discussing the economic forces that stop the Nigerian and other governments from being able to provide proper investment in their infrastructure.

[cheynachaneille]

Dear BBC, Africa is an extremely large continent. Please talk address individual countries and specific cities to insure the message you are trying to share is clear. Thx

[kennedyochiengobat]

The next billionaires will be water suppliers, the basic commodity essential for human survival is now scarce

[fesderi]

Water is accessible to almost everyone in southern Nigeria, I am from Delta state Nigeria, I appreciate how accessible water is to our people back home when I travel to other African countries