As one of the world's 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) — a project by the Rockefeller Foundation which lists resilient world cities tackling everything from rising sea levels and coastal erosion to housing and energy challenges — Dakar is the first of eleven African cities to introduce a so-called resilience strategy, a key milestone in the program. People are moving out of the villages and into the cities at a pace unprecedented in history," says Michael Berkowitz, President, 100RC. Meanwhile, both a growing population and economy have brought new challenges for the city's infrastructure, such as energy shortages and lack of housing. Creating the perfect future cityHowever, a resilient strategy is just a first step. The hard part is still to come for the eleven African cities as they prepare for the future.

Source: CNN February 22, 2017 12:33 UTC