Charter Cities: A Radical Idea Whose Time Has Come?
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By Chipo Muwowo. Thirty-six kilometres east of Lusaka, a city is rising. Spread over 3,100 acres of land, Nkwashi is a privately-owned and privately-built city that’s been five years in the making. The brainchild of Mwiya Musokotwane, CEO of Thebe Investment Management, the project is vast in physical scale and philosophical ambition. It’s one of the largest real estate developments currently under construction anywhere in Africa, and its owners see it as the first of many such cities capturing 21st century African ingenuity.
Charter Cities: A Radical Idea Whose Time Has Come?
Charter Cities: A Radical Idea Whose Time Has…
Charter Cities: A Radical Idea Whose Time Has Come?
By Chipo Muwowo. Thirty-six kilometres east of Lusaka, a city is rising. Spread over 3,100 acres of land, Nkwashi is a privately-owned and privately-built city that’s been five years in the making. The brainchild of Mwiya Musokotwane, CEO of Thebe Investment Management, the project is vast in physical scale and philosophical ambition. It’s one of the largest real estate developments currently under construction anywhere in Africa, and its owners see it as the first of many such cities capturing 21st century African ingenuity.