I.T. TRANSPORT LIMITED

The objective of the assignment was to make cities and towns more liveable and improve the quality of life for African urban dwellers through stimulating dialogues, advocacy and action. The consultancy aimed to produce a flagship UN-Habitat and UNICEF flagship report on the existing situations in secondary towns and cities in Sub-Saharan Africa, which were presented at the World Urban Forum in February 2020, and the findings would serve as a Call for Action for African leaders and other relevant stakeholders to strengthen programming and service provision in Sub-Saharan Africa’s secondary cities. The team undertook the following activities: Analysed urban demographics and trends in secondary towns and cities in Sub-Saharan Africa region; Analysed multiple deprivations in secondary cities, along a number of indicators (income, employment, health, nutrition, disability, education, barriers to housing, water and sanitation and crime and living environment)