URBANIZATION AND INDUSTRIALIZATION

The lead consultant, Mr. Gulelat Kebede from the New School University,
who provided the overall coherence, content and storyline of the report while
working closely with the ECA team. Ms. Liz Paterson Gauntner was the expert
consultant on industrialization and urbanization nexus and practice in Africa;
and Ms. Judith Fessahie, University of Johannesburg, was the urbanization and
industrialization analysis expert.
The ECA research and content team comprised Mr. Yesuf Mohammednur Awel,
Mr. Hopestone Chavula, Mr. Adrian Gauci, Mr. Khaled Hussein, Mr. Stephen
Karingi, Mr. Deniz Kellecioglu, Mr. Martin Kohout, Mr. David Luke, Mr. Simon
Mevel, Mr. Allan Mukungu, Mr. Saurabh Sinha, Ms. Edlam Yemeru and Ms.
Sandra Zawedde.
The Commission would also like to thank the governments of Cameroon,
Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Morocco, Mozambique,
Nigeria, Rwanda and Sudan for providing the case study data that will help
Africa understand better the urbanization and industrialization linkages.
The report was informed by primary data generated through field research
and in-depth analyses by ECA staff: Cameroon and South Africa (Ms. Sandra
Zawedde); Côte d’Ivoire (Mr. Adrian Gauci); Republic of Congo (Mr. Deniz
Kellecioglu); Ethiopia (Mr. Martin Kohout and Mr. Yesuf Mohammednur Awel);
Madagascar (Mr. Souleymane Abdallah); Morocco (Mr. Aziz Jaid, Mr. Khaled
Hussein and Mr. Omar Ismael Abdourahman); Mozambique (Ms. Edlam Yemeru
and Ms. Marta Duda-Nyczak); Nigeria (Ms. Uzumma Erume); Rwanda (Mr. Soteri
Gateri, Ms. Marie Francoise Umulinga and Komi Tsowou); and Sudan (Mr. Aziz
Jaid).
PEER REVIEW
ECA would also like to acknowledge staff and experts from varied institutions
and organizations for their substantive inputs and insightful contributions at
different stages of the preparation of the report.
ECA STAFF
Mr. Adam Elhiraika, Mr. Khaled Hussein, Ms. Takyiwaa Manuh, Mr. Kalkidan
Assefa, Mr. Jones Mulenga Bowa, Mr. Yordanos Estifanos, Mr. Adrian Gauci,
Ms. Melat Getachew, Mr. Deniz Kellecioglu, Mr. Robert Lisinge, Ms. Iris Macculi,
Mr. Pedro Martins, Mr. Andrew Mold, Mr. Maharouf A. Oyolola, Ms. Nadia
Ouedraogo, Mr. Selsah Pasali, Ms. Lily Sommer, Mr. David Luke, Ms. Semia
Guermas De Tapia, Mr. Anthony Taylor, Mr. Afework Temtime, Mr. Nassim
Oulmane, Mr. Hanife Cakici, Ms. Josephine Ulimwengu, Mr. Jean Luc Mastaki,
Mr. Tidjani Chetima, Mr. Omar I. Abdourahman, Mr Zebulun Kreiter, Mr. Paul
Mpuga, Mr. Mukwaya Rodgers, Mr. Johnson Nkem, Mr. James Murombedzi,
Mr. Louis M. Lubango, Mr. Kasirim Nwuke, Mr. Soteri Gatera, Mr. Joseph Atta
Mensah, Mr. Stephen Karingi, Ms. Ngone Diop, Mr. Gonzaque Rosalie, Martin
Kohout, Nozipho F. Simelane, Allan Mukungu, Mr. Saurabh Sinha, Mr. Mamo
Girma, Mr. Yesuf Awel, Ms. Susan Karungi, Mr. Soteri Gatera, Mr. Souleymane
Abdellah, Ms. Edlam Yemeru, Ms. Sandra Zawedde and Mr. Jack Jones Zulu,
Mr. Girum Asrat, Ms. Meron Kinfemichael, Ms. Mama Keita, Ms. Eunice
Ajambo, Mr. Louis M Lubango, Mr. Komi Tsowou, Mr. Moctar B. Diouf and
Andre Nonguierma.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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