Congratulations to everyone who made this moment possible. Activation starts now!.#UFI #UrbanFabricInitiative #CommunityLedDevelopment #ClimateResilience #CoProduction.

—designed and managed by the community. With 11 new businesses, a groundbreaking Service Level Agreement with Nairobi County, and a model for hybrid governance, UFI is setting a new standard for community-led public infrastructure.

Led by Kaeni Soba and Kongo Soweto CBOs, and supported by @CCNairobi , @TheKISIP , @AFD_France , and our partners at @Wanavijiji_sdi and @AkibaMTrust , these spaces are more than infrastructure. They are hubs for everyday services, climate adaptation, and economic opportunity

🌍 𝐀 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐭𝐨!. Celebrating the Launch of UFI in Kahawa Soweto.After 2 years of collaboration, the Urban Fabric Initiative (UFI) sites in Kahawa Soweto are officially open—and the real work now begins.

🎥 From vision to reality. This is not just infrastructure. It’s a symbol of resilience, dignity, and hope. 💚🌍. #TransformingSpaces #CommunityPower #ClimateResilience #PublicSpaces

We’re on the ground with residents, partners & city leaders celebrating this milestone. 👉 Follow along for live updates, stories & scenes from Soweto Jacaranda!.#UFIlaunch #KayoleSoweto #UrbanFabricInitiative #UFINairobi #communitypower

🌿🌿 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝘆𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘁𝗼!. From community sketches to shovels on site, the Urban Fabric Initiative is now a reality in Kayole Soweto!. Co-created with residents & built with love, the new public spaces reflect pride, safety & community power 💚

RT @buildinginke: 🚨 It’s almost time! Just ONE day to go until we take the Mjengo Clinic online 🎥. Whether you’re planning your first proje….

@engjoemulligan @KenyanReg @barbara_annelyn @African_Spaces @ayandita @ICLEIAfrica @MathewsWakhungu @kezia_ojal . but we must also as individuals find the individual tool that allows each of us to read our cities, and the stories we are telling Again and Again. quoting @malikandlovu "what time is this place?" #Ubuntu #RiseAfrica2025 @KenyanReg @ayandita @engjoemulligan @African_Spaces.

@engjoemulligan @KenyanReg @barbara_annelyn @African_Spaces @ayandita @ICLEIAfrica @MathewsWakhungu @kezia_ojal We can't remove people from the equation, the question lies in accepting that we must speak a common language, resilience, resilience of the people & the planet, #NatureBasedSolutions, with people as part of Nature, Co-Design, Co-thinking.

@engjoemulligan @KenyanReg @barbara_annelyn @African_Spaces @ayandita @ICLEIAfrica @MathewsWakhungu @kezia_ojal the anguish that allows us to retreat to the beautiful prisons in the sky, rising above vanishing public spaces………And the Joys of the shopping conveniences we have carved out from the anguish of the dwindling public space. #RiseAfrica2025

@engjoemulligan @KenyanReg @barbara_annelyn @African_Spaces @ayandita @ICLEIAfrica @MathewsWakhungu @kezia_ojal Fun Fact: #Nairobi was Master Planned 1948 in the University of Cape Town in By . 🪘🪘🪘 Prof. L W T White. #RiseAfrica

@engjoemulligan @KenyanReg @barbara_annelyn @African_Spaces @ayandita @ICLEIAfrica @MathewsWakhungu @kezia_ojal so Arthur started sketching from life. starting to see #Nairobi differently and read more about his city. wondering about the journey she has been through, the pulse, the people, the nature and even the plans. #RiseAfrica2025

@engjoemulligan @KenyanReg @barbara_annelyn @African_Spaces @ayandita @ICLEIAfrica . he truly understood #HenryBarlow’s poem, "I refuse to take your brotherly hand, I was finding more answers in poetry than in architecture books, ur nails are black with dirt, brother, & your palms are clammy with sweat, I refuse to take the hand you extend in help.

. that 27 years later he would still suffer from Low Income Housing #PTSD especially . that its from the people who brought us low-income! 😱😱😱#RiseAfrica2025

As a student of architecture he struggled to understand Low Income Housing. little did he know #RiseAfrica2025

An observer of the City, Arthur has captured his observations and reflections in sketches. Starting as a child capturing transport in his city #Nairobi. No wonder that even the childhood reflections could be anywhere today in Africa. #RiseAfrica2025

#ArthurAdeya our co-founder will be sketch/speaking today at #RISEAfrica2025. He will be reflecting on the Joys and Anguish of the African City; Sketching for a Just Public Realm.

RT @KenyanReg: Tupo Site. @KDI_Kenya @ICLEIAfrica @SwedBio holding space for a conversation on vital role of nature in cities for achie….

@wellcometrust @engjoemulligan @GautamBhan80 @LizaCirolia @MathewsWakhungu @AbuContehSLURC @barbara_annelyn @iihsin @UrbanAfricaACC @IIED @KenyanReg 3. Consider emerging arguments on climate change x health x vulnerability in cities from perception, experience & responses. and importantly the question of PLACE. It matters where we ask the questions we are asking . #IfCitiesCouldSpeak @wellcometrust @UrbanAfricaACC