Makoko Neighborhood Hotspot

Scandalous how Lagos State Government is treating its citizens for the sake of progress, innovation and development. We'll keep the engagement with and for the majority urban poor for a people-centered urban development in and beyond Lagos!

http://icirnigeria.org/otodo-gbame-how-lagos-govt-killed-a-community-and-it-dreams/

Otodo Gbame: How Lagos Govt Killed A Community And Its Dreams | International Centre for Investigative Reporting Thousands of residents at Otodo Gbame, a riverine community in Lagos State, were on April 9 rendered homeless after a demolition by the govt

Please share and help to support our friends in Otodo Gbame that were twice brutally evicted by Lagos State Government!

Click here to support Urgent Aid for #OtodoGbame Evictees organized by Megan Chapman Between 17 March and 9 April 2017, the Lagos State Government forcibly evicted over 4,700 residents of Otodo Gbame, an ancestral waterfront fishing settlement in Lagos, Nigeria. On 9 April, residents woke up to policemen in the community, firing gunshots and teargas, chasing residents into boats...

Life is about learning to dance in the rain ... broken drainage pipes also lead to new opportunities :) We'll nevertheless repair the pipes!

Photo credits: © Isi Etomi/ Meme Studio, Lagos

One of the many meetings we're currently holding to establish the Makoko Neighborhood Hotspot Cooperative, here a shot from a reunion with Makoko community representatives at SERAC's office, one of the key partners.

Workshop on solar energy with the community at the Makoko Neighborhood Hotspot!

The community of received last week some visitors from other communities – Orisunbare, Otorogbami, Sakoboji, Bishop Koji and Daramola; all of them representatives of the Nigerian Slum/ Informal Settlement Federation – at the Makoko Neighborhood Hotspot to discuss similar interventions in their communities.

Join us on Saturday, March 5, 10 am – 1 pm: Design workshop on Micro-Interventions at the Makoko Neighborhood Hotspot!

How is Lagos changing? Share your stories

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/feb/10/how-lagos-changing-share-stories-development-future

How is Lagos changing? Share your stories Chaotic or cutting-edge? If you live or work in Lagos, share your stories and thoughts about how the megacity is changing with GuardianWitness

On Saturday, March 4, 2016, we will organize a workshop at the Makoko Neighborhood Hotspot, on occasion of the event weekend and book launch of Open City Lagos, in collaboration with the Heinrich Böll Foundation Lagos, the Nsibidi Institute and Fabulous Urban! Details will follow soon.

For most urban Africans, owning anything other than a slum house is out of reach

http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21684033-unaffordable-houses-make-sub-saharan-africa-worlds-smallest-mortgage?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/formosturbanafricansowninganythingotherthanaslumhomeisoutofreach

For most urban Africans, owning anything other than a slum home is out of reach Unaffordable houses make sub-Saharan Africa the world's smallest mortgage market

"Adapting from the ground up: Enabling Small Businesses in Developing Countries to Adapt to Climate Change' a UNDP report that explains the breadth of barriers facing these businesses, including access to information and finance, technical capacity, and policy. Read the full report: http://bit.ly/1Y2Rkt4