As African cities expand at a pace that outstrips the infrastructure meant to serve them, a gathering in Kumasi brought together architects, engineers, planners, and scholars to ask a question that carries generational weight: how does a continent build for its future without consuming it? At a KNUST-DAAD workshop in Ghana, professionals from across Africa explored digital tools and circular construction methods not as distant ideals, but as practical instruments for reshaping how cities are made. The moment reflects a broader recognition that the choices embedded in concrete and steel today w