Patience runs out as Mnangagwa’s promises come to naught

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In the August/September issue of African Business, out now, we take a look at Africa’s enormous demand for new housing. The UN estimates that 230m people in sub-Saharan Africa are living in what it defines as “slum households”, and Africa’s population is growing exponentially. From increasing the availability of loans for homeowners to new plans to build homes cheaper, quicker, and more sustainably, can companies rise to the challenge?