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The Harare City Profiling Report 2025 details the challenges facing Zimbabwe's capital, characterized by rapid informal urban growth, severe infrastructure decay, and a strained relationship between the opposition-led city council and the national government. While Harare serves as the country's economic hub, it suffers from critical gaps in water, sanitation, and waste management, with a significant portion of the population living in informal settlements. The report highlights a severe fiscal crisis where the city relies almost entirely on its own limited revenue sources while facing low payment compliance and high levels of non-revenue water.

The document highlights the vulnerability of Africa to climate change and the limited adaptive capacity of the region. It specifically introduces the CBAA project, which supports community-led adaptation strategies for people affected by climate impacts in the Munyawiri ward of Goromonzi district, Zimbabwe.