Governing Urbanisation Data

Cameroon’s cities are expanding faster than the data systems meant to manage them. With urbanisation rising by about 3.5% each year, driven by population growth, migration, and displacement, over 30% of the country’s urban residents now live in just two cities: Douala and Yaoundé. Yet, decision-makers still rely on [1] fragmented, outdated, and inaccessible data insights for urban planning to manage land, infrastructure, and services. The result is a widening disconnect between realities capacities. and urban demographic management

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