Over the last 35 years, the share of Africa’s population living in urban areas climbed from 27% to 40%. Megacities are home to one in eight of the world’s urban dwellers, and this number is growing. Through a combination of natural population growth and rural-to-urban migration, Africa will add to this number in the coming decades. Major infrastructure projects are set to feed into growth projections and provide opportunities for further expansion in Africa’s burgeoning megacities. Morocco, however, falls into the category of ‘Diversifiers’, according to the AfDB report: Countries at the most advanced stage of urbanisation, fertility transition and structural transformation.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 03, 2016 11:37 UTC