Lagos building luxury homes in face of affordable housing crisis
INTERNATIONAL – They come from the countryside, from the villages, from the capital city or from neighboring countries — energetic, ambitious, full of hope that they’ll find jobs and a community and better lives. Few find what they come for. Yet they keep coming.
Not to London or New York, but to Lagos, the Nigerian urban sprawl that’s an unrivaled magnet for people, in Africa or anywhere.
A city of less than 1.5 million in 1970, Lagos is growing so fast that population estimates vary by more than 10 million.
Source: iol.co.za