The affordable 3D-printed home that could transform African urbanization
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Year:
2021
Country:
Nigeria
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World Economic Forum- Every day around 40,000 people move to one of Africa’s cities.
- There is currently not enough housing stock to go round.
- This company can 3D-print homes following an affordable, low-carbon process.
- In Malawi, it has recently 3D-printed a home and a school.
There is a housing crisis taking place across many parts of Africa. Nigeria alone has an estimated shortfall of 17 million housing units. Part of the problem is that every day around 40,000 people relocate to one of Africa’s many vibrant, growing cities. But those cities are struggling to keep up with the demand for new homes, leaving many people with nowhere to live.
The World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) says the shortage is caused in part by a lack of development in the continent’s house-building industry. But that might be about to change with the availability of new technology and techniques that could speed up and streamline the building of homes.
