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Tanzania’s mortgage market is expanding despite high borrowing costs and limited housing supply. New data shows residential mortgage lending grew almost 11% over the past year.
Tanzania is turning to capital markets to help close its growing housing gap. A new housing bond aims to unlock long-term mortgage financing and expand access to homeownership.
Morocco’s direct housing subsidy programme has already supported more than 100,000 people, with women and young buyers making up a large share of recipients. The government says the model is reshaping how affordable housing support works in the country.
French firms are targeting Kenya’s housing sector after new investment talks between Nairobi and Paris. Affordable housing projects are now emerging as a gateway for deeper European private capital into East Africa.
Authorities are being flooded with tip-offs over disputed RDP housing occupancy in South Africa. The controversy is reigniting tensions around housing shortages, migration, and weak allocation oversight.
Nigeria is betting on cooperatives and digital finance to solve its housing crisis after traditional mortgages failed millions. The Federal Government says a new strategy could expand homeownership beyond high-income earners.
Young professionals in Kenya are increasingly spending more of their income just to keep a roof over their heads. Rising rents are changing where people live, how they save, and even what city life now looks like.
Nearly six in 10 Ghanaians need financial help to buy a home, yet mortgage access remains extremely limited. Housing leaders now say traditional financing alone cannot solve the country’s affordability challenge.
Kenya is turning its affordable housing programme into an international case study. The government says the initiative is now becoming a platform for attracting investment and shaping future urban development partnerships.