African urbanization analyses have confirmed the numerous problems of limited job creation, inadequate structural transformation, and poor liveability seen in many sub-Saharan African cities today. It is against this backdrop that the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Kenya office and The New School (TNS) have partnered to initiate a global discussion around the transformative value of urbanization in Africa and beyond. The first step towards this much needed discussion was to research and develop the Paper Series: Just City in Africa.