Stakeholders in the built industry, recently held a summit in Lagos, to proffer sustainable solutions to energy and security concerns in the country and African cities in general.
The summit with the theme, ‘Keys to the City; Mixer and PitchDay’, was an urban accelerator and mixer, where creative builders and energy developers converged to meet backers.
In his remarks, the organiser, Mr. Anthony Baba-Oladeji, Managing Partner for Co-Design Collectives, said that culture, creativity and critical thinking were not soft, optional extras. He described them as infrastructure, the literal soul and drivers of the economies, policies and the industrialisation of cities.
He called for intentional and systematic policies that would ensure that future development projects in cities are scalable, fundable, beautiful and bankable.
Baba-Oladeji, whose works explore culture as a driver of urban transformation and economic growth in African cities, added that such policies must also ensure that future projects are culturally resonant, as they are always missing during key discussions.
