A report from the Worldwide Finance Company (IFC) states that the continent’s housing deficit is estimated at over 97 million items and “that is anticipated to extend because the continent’s inhabitants grows, and urbanization continues”. In a village within the Mtwara area of Tanzania, a undertaking borne from the ideas of architectural innovation, sustainability and social duty is underway. Dubbed The Star Houses Mission, it was initiated in 2021 by Denmark-based Ingvartsen Architects in cooperation with the Hanako Basis and, in keeping with the corporate, was developed by a cross-disciplinary group of architects, physicians, entomologists and social scientists together with local people leaders and stakeholders.