Pieterse, EdgarParnell, SusanHaysom, Gareth2019-03-112019-03-112018-02-012379-2949http://hdl.handle.net/10625/57476This paper examines African urban infrastructure and service delivery as an entry point for connecting African aspirations with the harsh developmental imperatives of urban management, creating a dialogue between scholarly knowledge and sustainable development policy aspirations. We note a shift to multimodal urban governance and highlight the significance of the synthesis of social, economic and ecological values in a normative vision of what an African metropolis might aspire to by 2030. The sustainable development vision provides a useful stimulus for Africa’s urban poly-crisis, demanding fresh interdisciplinary and normatively explicit thinking, grounded in a practical and realistic understanding of Africa’s infrastructure and governance challenges.application/pdfenURBANIZATION2030 AGENDAAFRICAN URBAN GOVERNANCEAFRICAN GOVERNANCEAFRICAN INFRASTRUCTUREJournal Article (peer-reviewed)