Tag: Megacity
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Special Report: How poor waste management constitutes major threat to achievement of Lagos Mega/Smart city project
By Olaotan Falade Lagos, Nigeria’s centre of excellence attainment of its much cherished mega/smart city status might be under serious threats as the state still battles indiscriminate refuse dump on its most busy and commercially viable roads and cities. Wikipedia defines megacity as a metropolitan area with a total population in excess of ten million…
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Lagos to become largest mega city in Africa by 2035 – Researchers
Researchers have predicted that no fewer than 30 million people can live in Lagos by 2035 turning it into the largest mega city on the African continent. According to a statement by the African Property Investment (API) in Abuja on Thursday, researchers also predicted that by 2030, Lagos, Cairo and Kinshasa would each have a…