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Olamide Udoma is a researcher, writer and filmmaker holding degrees in BSc Architecture, MA Design and MPhil Infrastructure Management. Olamide has worked in London, South Africa and Nigeria with various organisations focusing on transport management, slum upgrading and housing rights in urbanising African cities. At Our Future Cities NPO, she is the Lagos manager and editor. View all posts by FutureLagos →

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Voices of the City: Funke Makinwa | FUTURE LAGOS

09/02/2016·Comments closed·

This week we meet with Funke Makinwa, the founder and editor of Dynamic Africa, a platform that showcases cultural content and creative ventures from Africa and across the diaspora.

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FUTURE LAGOS | Why a Lagos high street is booming : The changing face of Admiralty Way

26/11/2015·Comments closed·

Lekki Phase 1’s Admiralty Way is fast becoming Lagos’s busiest high street. With over 120 stores, the road now offers more shops than the largest shopping centre in Lagos. Is this testament to the history of markets in Lagos or just a natural progression of a commercial haven?

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FUTURE LAGOS | Voices of the City: Mojisola Adegbile

20/11/2015·Comments closed·

Our voice of the city this week is Mojisola Adegbile, a molecular biologist, who loves to bake and listen to house music but not necessarily at the same time.

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FUTURE LAGOS | Lagos Rising: From A City at Work Emerges a City of Creativity

29/10/2015·Comments closed·

Dele Adeyemo (Pidgin Perfect) recently visited Lagos and rediscovered the emerging and growing creative scene. Together with a team, he is mapping creative spaces, giving an insight to how creative spaces are transforming the city landscape.

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FUTURE LAGOS | Voices of the City: Mark Slade

23/10/2015·Comments closed·

Our voice of the city this week is Mark Slade, an entrepreneur living in Lagos. an advocate for great outdoor spaces for sports and entertainment.

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FUTURE LAGOS | Interview with Obi Ejimofo: Fusing tech with real estate

15/10/2015·Comments closed·

Ayo Denton meets Obi, Ejimofo, Managing Director of Nigeria’s most comprehensive online real estate marketplace to talk about the effects of new utopian cities and bringing technology to the real estate market.

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FUTURE LAGOS | 5 ideas to tackle pollution in Africa’s largest city

08/10/2015·Comments closed·

Pollution is not limited to Nigerian cities, but is a global- scale problem. However, with the right policies, planning and action Nigeria has the ability to leapfrog and curb environmental and human degradation if implementation starts now.

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FUTURE LAGOS | Getting More From the BRT

02/10/2015·Comments closed·

Do you take public transport in Lagos? Are you affected by long queues when catching your bus? How quick is it to get a BRT bus ticket? To review the launch of air-conditioned, WIFI Internet-enabled Metro Buses, Future Lagos has launched a questionnaire to find out how Lagosians use public transport.

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FUTURE LAGOS | Lagos through my lense: Tom Saater

30/09/2015·Comments closed·

Tom Saater, a documentary photographer, takes us through the streets of Lagos through his lense as he transitions, making Lagos his home

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FUTURE LAGOS | 6 ways to increase affordable housing in Lagos and Nigeria

23/09/2015·Comments closed·

Shelter is recognised as a basic human right, however due to the high cost of building materials, constructing affordable housing is proving to be difficult for developers.