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Urban Limitrophe

Urban Limitrophe

De: Alexandra Lambropoulos
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Urban Limitrophe is a podcast exploring the various initiatives happening in cities across the African continent (and diaspora) to creatively solve problems, support their communities, create vibrant urban spaces, and build better cities overall. Ideas from the continent are often overlooked. This podcast seeks to bring to light the intersecting ideas and practices from urban planning, architecture, economics, arts and culture, geography, and politics that define our urban living, and uncover how to build resilient communities, economies, and ecologies. Tune in to catch interviews with urban planners, designers, researchers, community-builders, creatives and more, doing great work to change the future of their cities and find out how you support them to make a difference in their communities and get inspired to take action in yours.

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Episodios
  • How to Build a Better Innovation Ecosystem: Lessons from Botswana | Dr. Pierce Otlhogile-Gordon
    Mar 3 2026

    Innovation is often framed as technology, startups, and global competition. But what happens when we look at innovation through the lens of place?

    Drawing from Botswana’s efforts to move beyond diamonds, Dr. Pierce Otlhogile-Gordon shares how land, policy, history, and local Indigenous knowledge shape what innovation can — and can’t — achieve. Together, we explore how national ambition meets lived reality — and what other countries, regions, and cities can learn from Botswana’s approach.

    Together, we explore:

    • How innovation is shaped by policy, history, and place
    • The opportunities and constraints facing emerging entrepreneurs
    • The tension between big development goals and everyday realities


    Guest: Dr. Pierce Edward Cornelius Otlhogile-Gordon

    Acknowledgements:

    This episode is co-supported by the Nurubian, the University of Toronto School of Cities and the Department of Geography and Planning.

    About Urban Limitrophe:

    Please visit www.urbanlimitrophe.com for all episode show notes, references and guest details.

    To access social media, newsletter, and additional projects visit: https://linktr.ee/urbanlimitrophe

    Please address any related communication to hello[at]urbanlimitrophe.com

    Credits:

    Music by Imany Lambropoulos

    Podcast concept, development, and design by Alexandra Lambropoulos

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    54 m
  • Trans Africa Pipeline (Pt. 3): The Global Ripple Effects of Water Scarcity | Dr. Rod Tennyson & Dr. Romila Verma
    Feb 3 2026

    How will water scarcity shape the future of cities, migration, and global stability?

    From climate change to migration, the African water crisis is deeply connected to global challenges — and global solutions.

    In the final episode of this series, we explore why water scarcity is not just a regional issue, but a global one. We unpack the legacy of extractive systems, the role of youth and local leadership, and the urgency of declaring not just a climate emergency, but a water emergency.

    Through the lens of the TransAfrica Pipeline, we ask: what does global responsibility look like in a time of water crisis — and what can we do to build a more secure, just, and caring future?

    Guest: Dr. Rod Tennyson & Dr. Romila Verma

    Series: How the Trans Africa Pipeline (TAP) Can Solve the Sahel Region’s Water Crisis

    What if water infrastructure could do more than deliver clean drinking water — what if it could transform economies, support food security, reduce climate migration, and unite communities across borders?

    In this 3-part series, Urban Limitrophe explores the story of the TransAfrica Pipeline (TAP) — a visionary project to bring clean, desalinated water across the Sahel through a 7,000-kilometre pipeline powered by renewable energy. Through conversations with co-founders Dr. Rod Tennyson and Dr. Romila Verma, we unpack how water connects to everything: agriculture, innovation, migration, environmental justice, and community resilience.

    Acknowledgements:

    This episode is co-supported by the Nurubian, the University of Toronto School of Cities and the Department of Geography and Planning.

    About Urban Limitrophe:

    Please visit www.urbanlimitrophe.com for all episode show notes, references and guest details.

    To access social media, newsletter, and additional projects visit: https://linktr.ee/urbanlimitrophe

    Please address any related communication to hello[at]urbanlimitrophe.com

    Credits:

    Music by Imany Lambropoulos

    Podcast concept, development, and design by Alexandra Lambropoulos

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    34 m
  • Trans Africa Pipeline (Pt. 2): The Hidden Side of Water Infrastructure — And What It Means for Cities | Dr. Rod Tennyson & Dr. Romila Verma
    Jan 20 2026

    Why do some water systems work— and others fail?

    Successful water infrastructure isn’t just about engineering. There’s a hidden social side — shaped by governance, culture, and power — that often determines whether systems actually work, or get built at all.

    In this second episode, beyond the technical side of infrastructure to explore the social, ethical, and ecological dimensions of water access. Dr. Verma introduces her Four Pillars of Water Sustainability — science, governance, economics, and cultural connection — and we explore how these ideas can reshape how cities, towns, and regions manage water today. From sponge cities to sacred rivers, we discuss why collaboration and care are at the heart of any truly sustainable water system.

    Guest: Dr. Rod Tennyson & Dr. Romila Verma

    Series: How the Trans Africa Pipeline (TAP) Can Solve the Sahel Region’s Water Crisis

    What if water infrastructure could do more than deliver clean drinking water — what if it could transform economies, support food security, reduce climate migration, and unite communities across borders?

    In this 3-part series, Urban Limitrophe explores the story of the TransAfrica Pipeline (TAP) — a visionary project to bring clean, desalinated water across the Sahel through a 7,000-kilometre pipeline powered by renewable energy. Through conversations with co-founders Dr. Rod Tennyson and Dr. Romila Verma, we unpack how water connects to everything: agriculture, innovation, migration, environmental justice, and community resilience.

    Acknowledgements:

    This episode is co-supported by the Nurubian, the University of Toronto School of Cities and the Department of Geography and Planning.

    About Urban Limitrophe:

    Please visit www.urbanlimitrophe.com for all episode show notes, references and guest details.

    To access social media, newsletter, and additional projects visit: https://linktr.ee/urbanlimitrophe

    Please address any related communication to hello[at]urbanlimitrophe.com

    Credits:

    Music by Imany Lambropoulos

    Podcast concept, development, and design by Alexandra Lambropoulos

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    18 m
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