Housing Finance in Africa yearbook of 2010 (1^st edition). It contains profiles of housing finance in selected African countries. It is intended to provide housing finance practitioners, investors, researchers and government officials with a current update of practice and developments in housing finance in Africa, reflecting the dynamic change and growth evident in the market. While the general aim of the yearbook is to offer a broad overview of housing finance in Africa, special emphasis is placed on the key challenge of housing affordability, and the critical need for housing products and finance that are explicitly targeted at the income profiles of the majority.