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The $50 million program will offer technical help to companies looking to enter or grow in Africa, which is urbanizing more rapidly than anywhere else on Earth.

From Washington Post • Jun. 19, 2019

You would not know, from most Western media, that Africans live in a whole range of places, bucolic or bustling — and that Africa is urbanizing faster than anywhere on earth.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2017

And as the world is urbanizing incredibly fast, recently passing the 50 % mark, the demographics are strongly in favor of the secular.

From Time • Apr. 29, 2013

Still, India is urbanizing rapidly and embracing global culture as it does so.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2011

The influx into dynamic areas like Seattle and, to a lesser extent, Portland, Ore., is urbanizing a once rural hinterland and intensifying the Northwest's already bitter debate over local growth.

From Time Magazine Archive