CAHF Sustainability Fund

Decade of Impact,
A future for Housing

CAHF relies on donor funds to pursue its mission of making affordable housing markets work in Africa, through the delivery of market intelligence, in-depth research, and opportunities to engage with stakeholders and practitioners in the public and private sectors across the continent.
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42nd Annual Conference and AGM of the African Union for Housing Finance (AUHF)

The 2026 AUHF Conference is coming to Lusaka, Zambia this November!

This conference will focus on harnessing innovation and technology to drive smarter finance, stronger partnerships, and more inclusive housing outcomes.
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2025-2026 YEARBOOK – 16th EDITION

2026 Housing Finance in Africa Yearbook – 16th Edition Coming Soon!

CAHF is currently finalising the 16th edition of the Housing Finance in Africa Yearbook. The 2025–2026 edition was pre-launched at World Urban Forum 13 in Baku. Sponsorship opportunities are still available.
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A free massive open online course (MOOC)

Making Housing Markets Work in African Cities: understanding the role and opportunity of finance

Housing finance in Africa matters. The lack of adequate and affordable housing requires action.
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Featured country

Kenya

Kenya’s Affordable Housing Programme is an ambitious, state-led programme to increase the scale and reach of affordable housing delivery. CAHF has been working with colleagues to better understand the Kenyan market, what drives and shapes it, what constrains it. Through our Open Access Initiative, we’ve been tracking delivery cost data with private developers and with SDHUD. The NMA Dashboard further shows development activity in the Nairobi Metropolitan Area. The Policy and Regulatory Review summarises over 130 policies, laws and regulations, as well as case law, all relevant to affordable housing, And more. With two members of staff based in Nairobi, CAHF’s work in Kenya has been largely supported by FSD Kenya and FSDA Investments.
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Featured project

Open Access Initiative

The overall objective of the Open Access initiative is to harness the collective experiences and learnings produced by participating organisations through their investments in affordable housing. Once collected, the data will be reviewed and interrogated, and used to produce knowledge products that share key learnings in support of market development, targeted at the breadth of stakeholders.
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CAHF Sustainability Fund

Decade of Impact,
A Future for Housing

CAHF relies on donor funds to pursue its mission of making affordable housing markets work in Africa, through the delivery of market intelligence, in-depth research, and opportunities to engage with stakeholders and practitioners in the public and private sectors across the continent.
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2024 YEARBOOK – 15th EDITION

2024 Housing Finance in Africa Yearbook – 15th Edition!

2024 marks a special milestone, as the annual Housing Finance in Africa Yearbook celebrates its 15th edition! All through its 15 editions, the Yearbook remains unique because of its critical focus on the lower end of the market.
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A free massive open online course (MOOC)

Making Housing Markets Work in African Cities: understanding the role and opportunity of finance

Housing finance in Africa matters. The lack of adequate and affordable housing requires action.
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Latest Documents

CAHF et AUHF au FIC 2026 : des solutions de financement mixtes pour le logement abordable

Le Centre pour le financement du logement abordable en Afrique (CAHF) et l’Union africaine pour le financement du logement participeront au 4e Forum international sur

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CAHF & AUHF at FIC 2026: Blending Finance for Affordable Housing

The Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa (CAHF) and African Union for Housing Finance will participate in the 4th International Forum on Living Environment

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Who we are

About CAHF

The Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa (CAHF) has been operating as an independent think tank in South Africa since May 2014, pursuing its mission of making Africa’s housing finance markets work. CAHF’s work extends across the continent, and it is supported by and collaborates with a range of funders and partners.

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CAHF acts as the
Secretariat of the AUHF

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With 67 members from 23 countries, the AUHF is a member-based, industry association of mortgage banks, building societies, housing corporations, Development Finance Institutions and other organisations involved in the mobilisation of funds for shelter and housing on the African continent.

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Programme CAHF en Afrique francophone

31 March 2026
Le programme francophone de la CAHF ne cesse de se développer depuis 2016, avec le soutien initial de l’Agence française de développement (AFD) et, plus récemment, du Bureau d’ONU-Habitat pour ...
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CAHF Programme in Francophone Africa

31 March 2026
CAHF’s Francophone Programme has been growing since 2016, supported originally by the French Development Agency (AFD) and more recently by the UN Habitat Office for the WAEMU Region.  Our efforts ...
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Événements conjoints de l’AUHF et de la CAHF

22 January 2026
Dans toute l'Afrique, les gouvernements, le secteur privé et les IFD s'efforcent de structurer au mieux leurs investissements dans le logement abordable, de manière à accroître la construction de logements ...
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AUHF & CAHF Joint Events

22 January 2026
Across Africa, governments, the private sector and DFIs are each grappling with how best to structure their investments in affordable housing, such that the construction of affordable housing is increased, ...
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Plongée dans le pipeline

10 September 2025
La CAHF entreprend actuellement des recherches en collaboration avec SHOUT et Gmaurich Insights pour comprendre l'économie locale et la dynamique du marché de l'immobilier dans la région du pipeline.
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Pipeline Deep Dive

10 September 2025
CAHF is currently undertaking research in collaboration with SHOUT and Gmaurich Insights to understand the local economy and property market dynamics in the Pipeline Area
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CAHF library

Dashboards

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Nigeria Housing Data Dashboard

Using publicly available data from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, the Nigeria Housing Data Dashboard has been developed through the partnership between the Centre for Affordable Housing

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Housing and Construction in Africa: 2010-2023

CAHF has been collecting data on house prices, construction costs, and income across Africa for the past thirteen years and publishing this in its Housing Finance

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Housing Developments in the Nairobi Metropolitan Area

Kenya has an annual, estimated housing demand of 150,000 – 200,000 housing units, with an estimated housing supply of approximately 50,000 housing units annually. While

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eThekwini residential properties: Focus on C3 Transit Corridor and Durban Central

The performance of the residential property market has a direct impact on municipalities—with respect to rates revenue, spatial integration, affordable housing and city planning. In

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news & events

Discussions

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YIMBY s’internationalise : ce qu’il faut pour construire les villes africaines à grande échelle

Alors que l’Afrique se prépare à accueillir près d’un milliard de nouveaux citadins au cours des 25 prochaines années, une question cruciale se pose :

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YIMBY Goes Global: What It Will Take to Build Africa’s Cities at Scale

As Africa prepares to welcome nearly a billion new urban residents over the next 25 years, a critical question emerges: can our cities keep up?

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