through agenda africa is committed to prioritizing urban housing water sanitation energy waste and rapid transit systems auc over the next five years as stipulated in the first tenyear implementation plan of agenda this is the basis of the first aspiration of agenda that envisions a prosperous africa based on inclusive growth and sustainable development with cities and urban settlements as hubs for cultural and economic activities as a continent with the fastest rate of urbanization implementation of goal and its related agenda goals and targets through effective planning resource mobilization monitoring and reporting is critical to promoting sustainable urban living and sustainable development at all levels local national and global out of the indicators only six per cent have data and sufficientlydefined methodologies to measure progress undesa eca and others