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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rachel Savage Southern Africa reporter

Rapidly urbanising Africa to have six cities with populations above 10m by 2035

A busy road with people, market stalls, buses and trucks
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s commercial hub, will join the metropolises of Cairo, Kinshasa, Lagos and Greater Johannesburg along with Angola’s capital, Luanda. Photograph: Imani Nsamila/The Guardian

Six African cities will have more than 10 million people by 2035, with the continent’s booming young population making it the world’s fastest urbanising region, according to a report.

Angola’s capital, Luanda, and Tanzania’s commercial hub, Dar es Salaam, will join the metropolises of Cairo, Kinshasa, Lagos and Greater Johannesburg with populations of more than 10 million, the Economist Intelligence Unit said in a report on African cities.

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