{
  "id": 17198792,
  "title": "World Bank projects Luanda could overtake Lagos as Sub-Saharan Africa’s most populous city by 2050",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/world-bank-projects-luanda-could-overtake-lagos-as-sub-saharan",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-30T07:38:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nairametrics",
    "slug": "nairametrics",
    "url": "https://nairametrics.com/2026/10/30/world-bank-projects-luanda-could-overtake-lagos-as-sub-saharan-africas-most-populous-city-by-2050/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Lagos could lose its position as Sub-Saharan Africa’s most populous city to Angola’s capital, Luanda, by 2050, as Luanda’s population is projected to grow significantly faster over the next 25 years, according to a World Bank report. The post World Bank projects Luanda could overtake Lagos as Sub-Saharan Africa’s most populous city by 2050 appeared first on Nairametrics .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}