The Second Africa Urban Forum is positioned as a convening space for urban policy, planning, and implementation dialogue at a time when cities are carrying more of the continent's demographic, infrastructure, and climate pressure. The official AU event page places the forum inside a broader conversation about sustainable and resilient urban transformation.
Urban growth is one of the clearest cross-cutting Agenda 2063 issues because it touches transport, housing, public services, risk management, jobs, and spatial inclusion all at once. Events like AUF2 matter because they bring that multi-sector thinking into one policy conversation rather than treating each challenge in isolation.
For public readers, the event helps explain why urban development is not just a local planning issue. It is part of the continental development agenda, and it depends on better data, coordination, and knowledge sharing between AU institutions, member states, and technical partners.
Key Points
- Continental forum focused on inclusive urban development
- Urban policy linked to resilience, services, and risk-informed planning
- Direct relevance to Agenda 2063 implementation in growing cities