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Africa: At Age 100, Rockefeller Targets Young, Growing Cities - Mamadou Biteye
allAfrica, 13 October 2014
An agriculture economist by training, Mamadou Biteye has worked in many parts of Africa for organizations as diverse as the African Development Foundation, Oxfam and the World… Read more »
Nimble Approaches for Rockefeller's New Century
In its centennial year, the Rockefeller Foundation launched an initiative to encourage and support cities around the world to prepare for the shocks and stresses of today's world. Managing Director for Africa Mamadou Biteye says the 100 Resilient Cities Challenge and other instances of innovative grant making draw upon history but look to the future. AllAfrica's urban issues section examines the problems and possibilities of urbanization - asking planners, scholars, activists and particularly urban residents for experiences, insights and ideas to make cities more livable
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17 September 2013
IRIN interview with Mamadou Biteye, Rockefeller Foundation
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Mamadou Biteye is the managing Director for Africa at the Rockefeller Foundation. IRIN asks him: - How is the humanitarian environment ... see more »
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Africa: Flying Toilets & Futuristic Technopolis – Challenges & Solutions for Cities
allAfrica, 13 October 2014
Little more than three decades from now, as many as three-fourths of the world's people will live in cities. More than half already do – crowding neighborhoods, straining… Read more »
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Africa: 100 Resilient Cities - Pioneered By the Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation, 23 July 2014
100 Resilient Cities - Pioneered By The Rockefeller Foundation, Announces Opening Of The 2014 100 Resilient Cities Challenge: Cities Worldwide Invited To Apply Read more »
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Africa: 5 Lessons From the First Round of 100 Resilient Cities Applicants
The Rockefeller Foundation, 18 July 2014
As 100 Resilient Cities gears up to launch this year's Challenge, we thought it would be a good time to look back on last year's Challenge applicants, and examine some of the… Read more »
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Africa: Some Cities Are Already Realizing the Resilience Dividend
The Rockefeller Foundation, 11 July 2014
At this year's Aspen Ideas Festival, the Washington Post's Philip Kennicott sat down with Rockefeller Foundation president Judith Rodin about the resilience dividend—the idea… Read more »
