Part of the @FutureCapeTown family a non-profit think tank creating a platform for debate, awareness and action about the future of cities.
Joined September 2013
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Future Lagos retweeted
24 Sep 2025
Nigeria’s climate gamble: Can NDC 3.0 deliver net-zero by 2060? environewsnigeria.com/nigeri… via @environewsng
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Future Lagos retweeted
19 Aug 2025
An Australian company has created fluorescent road markings for better visibility at night.
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Future Lagos retweeted
1 Sep 2025
“Where is the culture of Lagos? It’s eroding because traditional institutions are compromised, trading heritage for land. Property is not the only form of development.” – Deji Akinpelu on STV
📺 Full video: YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=UB6Iroc1…
#RethinkingLagos #UrbanJustice
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Future Lagos retweeted
26 Aug 2025
Rent-to-own is NOT social housing, it’s just business. Says Mr. Benn. True social housing means providing affordable homes for those who genuinely can’t pay market rent.
👉 Watch here youtube.com/watch?v=BOtyLKSs…
#RethinkingLagos #SocialHousing #AffordableHousing #LagosHousingCrisis
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Cities that put pedestrians first blend safe infrastructure with vibrant activity and prioritize walking over cars
Learn how design activity-rich spaces and policy help cities become more walkable and people-focused
Check it out: itdp.org/multimedia/pedestri…
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Future Lagos retweeted
20 Aug 2025
🌳 Paris just transformed one of its most iconic squares: Place de l’Hôtel de Ville. Once a vast stone esplanade, it’s now an urban forest.
Inaugurated on June 21, 2025, this project is reshaping how the city tackles climate, space, and livability. 🌍
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Future Lagos retweeted
10 Jul 2025
Adults: “Why don't kids play outside anymore, like we used to do?”
The outside we have created for them:
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Future Lagos retweeted
27 Jun 2025
🔋 Not enough energy? Africa has more than enough sun and wind.
@rkyte365 shows how renewables can power every home , business and school - with the right investment.
#LCAW2025 #GoFarGoTogether
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Future Lagos retweeted
18 Jun 2025
Study shows that cycling commuters have:
🧠 19% lower risk of all-cause dementia
🧠 22% lower risk of Alzheimer's
🧠 40% lower risk of young-onset dementia
🧠 17% lower risk of late-onset dementia
Imagine this was a pill💊! How much would people and governments pay?
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Future Lagos retweeted
26 May 2025
Droughts & floods aren’t opposites - they’re two sides of the same climate crisis.
The fix? Smarter cities: nature-based solutions, resilient infrastructure, & inclusive planning.
Cities must lead on climate action because there's no adapting without transforming.
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Future Lagos retweeted
25 May 2025
Roeselare🇧🇪 transforms a grey parking lot into Moermanpark🌳.
🏞️ 9,000 m² green space
🌳 125 trees water channels
🌧️ Climate-resilient design
🚗 300 car parking spots not replaces
🫰 €2.3M investment
👨👩👧👦 Community-driven
From concrete⚪️ to cool, green, and inclusive. 💚
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Future Lagos retweeted
8 May 2025
'It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a #cow, or a #refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.'
—@Lorespontevedra, Mayor of #Pontevedra🇪🇸 (re-elected SIX times)
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Future Lagos retweeted
16 Apr 2025
🌊 Rivers in Africa's cities are under immense pressure from urban growth. But in #Kigali, #DireDawa & #Johannesburg, nature-based solutions like catchment restoration & green buffers are helping bring urban rivers back to life.
Find out more: go.wri.org/RuGlIn #SUNCASA
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11 Apr 2025
RT @wef: Closing the #digital gap in #Africa requires collaborative action, clean #energy and the right policy environment.
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Future Lagos retweeted
7 Apr 2025
San Diego Swaps Parking Lane for Kid-Friendly Mini Park - h/t The San Diego Union-Tribune dlvr.it/TK192P
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Future Lagos retweeted
7 Apr 2025
Focus on strengthening the partnership and exploring new opportunities for innovation and the green transition when HRH Crown Princess Victoria and @Andreas_Carlson are visiting Nigeria.
They met with @KashimSM and @YusufTuggar to highlight the excellent bilateral relations and discuss the forms of strategic cooperation between our countries. 🇸🇪🇳🇬
#TeamSweden
📸: Kim Dashong
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Future Lagos retweeted
2 Apr 2025
'We cannot change; we are not #Amsterdam!!1!'
Anne Hidalgo, mayor of #Paris: 'Hold my🍷🥖'
🚲 800km new bike paths.
🌳 200.000 new trees.
🚗 -40% car traffic.
🤸♀️ 200 car free school streets.
All possible thanks to leadership.
Stop making excuses!
Start making the future!
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Future Lagos retweeted
28 Mar 2025
After decades of doing everything to retrofit our streets, cities and societies around the private car, there is only one conclusion. It just didn't work.
If only we had an alternative.
If only...
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—📹 of #London by @PeterStuart3
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Future Lagos retweeted
24 Feb 2025
Call for Entries!
Join the Envisioning Challenge to reimagine the abandoned Federal Secretariat in Ikoyi into vibrant low-income housing! Open to urban designers, architects, activists & artists.
- Deadline: March 31, 2025
- Details & submission: ng.boell.org/en/2025/02/14/e…
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