Future Cities Africa podcast
130 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -Future Cities Africa hosts discussions with thought leaders and experts at the forefront of major trends, projects, innovations, challenges and opportunities impacting the future of African Cities.
Major drivers such as rapid urbanisation, health crisis, climate change, inadequate infrastructure, technology advancement and more are creating an urgent need for African Cities to become sustainable, livable and workable.
New ways of thinking about governance, funding, mobility, urban planning and design, construction and implementation of projects coupled with major advancements in technology like 5G, blockchain, artificial intelligence, the internet of things, data science, machine learning, renewable energy and more give promise of an uncertain but exciting future.
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How MetGovis is Partnering with Local Government Towards Sustainability
June 13, 2022 15:02 - 32 minutes - 61.8 MBJanet Channing is Managing Director and Ayanda Ngcobo is Director at MetGovis. In episode 1 of the MetGovis series on Future Cities Africa we discuss how MetGovis is partnering with local government towards sustainability. This episode is brought to you in partnership with MetGovis Listen or watch to understand: Who and what MetGovis is. How and why MetGovis was started. Their personal journey. How they help solve complex problems within public and private sectors. Overcoming the c...
Tourism After The Great Disruption
June 08, 2022 10:55 - 21 minutes - 41.2 MBMonika Iuel is Chief Destination Marketing Officer at Wesgro, the Official Tourism, Trade, Investment and Film Agency for Cape Town and the Western Cape. In episode 2 of the 10 episode Wesgro Series on Future Cities Africa we discuss: Tourism After The Great Disruption. This episode is brought to you in partnership with Wesgro Listen or watch to understand: How leisure tourism can affect a local economy and thus a city. How the tourism industry can find the best ways to leverage tec...
Harnessing the Benefits of Foreign Direct Investment, Exports and Tourism
May 24, 2022 14:08 - 26 minutes - 49.3 MBKaren Bosman is Strategic Advisor: Office of the CEO at Wesgro. In episode 1 of the 10 episode Wesgro Series on Future Cities Africa we discuss: Harnessing the benefits of foreign direct investment (FDI), exports and tourism. This episode is brought to you in partnership with Wesgro Listen or watch to understand: The context of what Wesgro does and why it is important. Wesgro’s different functions. The role that Wesgro plays to achieve these functions. The bigger context and how ...
Bellville Future City and Local Spatial Development Framework Masterplan
May 19, 2022 14:44 - 30 minutes - 57.6 MBFrank Cumming is Director for Urban Catalytic Investments at the City of Cape Town. We discuss city mega projects, the Bellville Future City and Local Spatial Development Framework masterplan, the role of partnerships, and more. This episode is brought to you in partnership with The Greater Tygerberg Partnership Listen or watch to understand: How mega projects like the Bellville Future City vision impact on the sustainability of cities. The opportunities and, correspondingly, challen...
Successful Placemaking to Build Inclusive African Places
April 19, 2022 08:47 - 27 minutes - 52 MBMaurietta Stewart is Head of Environmental & Heritage Management for District A+D (Table Bay and Tygerberg) at The City of Cape Town and Guy Briggs is Partner and Head of Urban Design at dhk Architects. We discuss successful placemaking to build inclusive African places. This episode is brought to you in partnership with The Greater Tygerberg Partnership Listen or watch to understand: The unique opportunities for effective placemaking in African cities. Introduction to the top 10 fac...
Visionary City Leader Show #1: Geordin Hill-Lewis
March 17, 2022 15:22 - 23 minutes - 43.6 MBExecutive Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, the Mayor of Cape Town, is our first guest on the Visionary City Leader Show. We discuss what is means to be a visionary city leader, his 1st 100 days in office, how he’ll define success over his 5 year term, the importance of partnerships in solving complex problems, future-proofing cape town, how the role of the mayor has changed in recent times, and much more. This episode is brought to you in partnership with GPA GROUP Listen or watch to understan...
Managing Urban Growth in Secondary Cities and Towns in Kenya
February 15, 2022 12:14 - 26 minutes - 49.1 MBEpisode 6 of the Series focussing on urban governance and how to get it right in managing urban growth in towns and cities in Kenya. Show guest: Dennis Abuya is a Registered Physical Planner currently working with the County Government of Kiambu. He holds a Master’s Degree in Urban Management and a degree in Urban and Regional Planning - both from the University of Nairobi. Listen or watch to understand: How Kiambu County is developing and changing in the spatial and socio-economic fo...
The Role of Neighborhood and Resident Associations in Building Resilient Cities in Kenya
February 10, 2022 10:38 - 35 minutes - 65.7 MBEpisode 5 of the Series focussing on urban governance and how to get it right in managing urban growth in towns and cities in Kenya. Show guest: Engineer Geche Karanja is Chairman of Kiambu Residents and Neighbourhood Association (AKiRNA). He has worked in various locations worldwide including Germany; Brazil; South Africa; USA; Egypt and Japan. Listen or watch to understand: The role of residents’ associations. Collaboration and partnerships between the county and residents’ associati...
Climate and Sustainability Agenda for Future Cities in Kenya
February 08, 2022 09:56 - 39 minutes - 74 MBEpisode 4 of the Series focussing on urban governance and how to get it right in managing urban growth in towns and cities in Kenya. Show guest: Grace Kamweru is a Landscape Architect, Environmental Planner & Assistant Lecturer at The Technical University of Kenya. Listen or watch to understand: The status of climate change and associated crises in this post-pandemic era at the City level. How the pandemic has affected the gains and transition to the Sustainable Development Goals. T...
Financing Infrastructure Development in Cities and Urban Areas in Kenya
February 01, 2022 15:13 - 35 minutes - 66 MBEpisode 3 of the Series focussing on urban governance and how to get it right in managing urban growth in towns and cities in Kenya. Show guest: Mary Chege, Founding Partner of EMSI & Associates. She has over seventeen years’ experience in advising on a broad range of transactions across Sub-Saharan Africa. Listen or watch to understand: The current state of infrastructure financing in Kenya’s towns and cities What can be done to shore up financing for infrastructure development in ...
HaHa Cities, DIY Cities, Charter Cities and other Trends for 2022
February 01, 2022 12:14 - 26 minutes - 48.2 MBBronwyn Williams is back and she shares 3 key trends for cities: Haha Cities, DIY Cities and Charter Cities. We also talk about private cities, the Metaverse, crypto trends affecting cities, strategies local governments can implement to do more with less for its people, book recommendations to help us navigate what lies ahead, and much more. Listen or watch to understand: HaHa cities: Invisibly walled gardens / 15 minute cities. DIY cities: Hacking democracy/ citizen shadow governments...
Urban Governance & Urban Management in Kenya
January 25, 2022 14:55 - 34 minutes - 63.3 MBEpisode 2 of the Series focussing on urban governance and how to get it right in managing urban growth in towns and cities in Kenya. Show guest: David Gatimu, Corporate Member of the Architectural Association of Kenya Town Planners Chapter. He has over 25 years’ experience in Public Service and holds a MSc in Urban Planning from Oxford Brookes University. Listen or watch to understand: Key trends in urbanization in Kenya. Key factors to consider in the social, economic and spatial d...
Essentials for Orderly Urban Growth: Managing Urban Development in Kenya
January 25, 2022 11:28 - 36 minutes - 67.8 MBEpisode 1 of the Series focussing on urban governance and how to get it right in managing urban growth in towns and cities in Kenya. Show guest: Cyrus Mbisi, a Town Planner and Chairperson of the Town Planners Chapter of The Architectural Association of Kenya. Listen or watch to understand: Why the management of urbanization and growth is so important in the Kenyan context. The place of technology and related innovations (and digitization of Kenya’s land Registry). The tools that exi...
Democratising the Provision of Alternative Service Delivery in South African Informal Settlements
October 21, 2021 10:29 - 28 minutes - 52.8 MBGreenCape's Alternative Service Delivery Unit (ASDU) is working with different informal settlements to improve their access to basic services. This episode explores the ASDU, principles of co-design in asset based community development, and the impact of this and other ASDU project partnerships. This episode is presented in partnership with GreenCape in collaboration with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Listen or watch to understand: Guests in this conversation: Reshmi Wolv...
Training Green Economy Decision-Makers to Shape the Future of African Cities
October 13, 2021 14:14 - 11 minutes - 21.8 MBGreenCape and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom are running a series of Green Economy decision-makers courses that have a reach into African cities. This episode explores the decision-makers courses, the planned Symposium, and the impact that this initiative is seeing by equipping decision-makers to understand and align their strategies with green economy principles. This episode is presented in partnership with GreenCape in collaboration with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation fo...
The Economic and Social Value of Multi-Cultural Urban Populations
October 11, 2021 10:53 - 39 minutes - 73.8 MBAbdullahi Ali Hassan has a Master’s in Urban Studies and is very active in the Bellville Somalian community. We explore the importance of multiculturalism in urban centres, narratives and perceptions, the importance of strong leadership, how city governments can better support multicultural populations, and more. Listen or watch to understand: This episode is presented in partnership with The Greater Tygerberg Partnership (GTP). Narratives and perceptions. The importance of multicul...
Understanding the Climate Finance Accelerator South Africa
October 06, 2021 12:39 - 28 minutes - 52.1 MBThe Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) directly responds to the urgency and scale of the climate crisis by supporting highly promising climate projects to become more bankable and appealing to investors, so that they can secure funding more readily. The CFA is part of the UK Government’s efforts to help South Africa tackle climate change and support a just transition. This episode is presented in partnership with GreenCape, in collaboration with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom ...
Have You Met Dexter?
September 28, 2021 13:04 - 32 minutes - 60.5 MBA free and fair media is critical in a healthy democracy, though while the data age has dramatically enhanced our ability to generate and share news, it has similarly enabled the rise of fake news, programmatic agendas, and media echo-chambers. The Dexter project seeks to leverage modern computational paradigms to monitor and analyze Southern Africa's digital media. Listen or watch to understand: This episode is presented in partnership with Open Cities Lab Background on guests William ...
Innovation at the City of Cape Town
September 13, 2021 12:21 - 32 minutes - 59.7 MBZukiswa Mandlana is Director for Organisational Effectiveness and Innovation at the City of Cape Town. We discuss the latest innovations at the City of Cape Town, the innovation process they adopted, how they measure success, key milestones reached, overcoming challenges and how the Pandemic has influenced how they innovate. This episode is presented in partnership with the City of Cape Town See all episodes: https://futurecitiesafrica.com/all-future-cities-africa-podcasts.php
Reflections On Urban Data, Analytics, and Collaborative Urban Development In Africa
August 31, 2021 11:46 - 19 minutes - 37.2 MBMiriam Maina is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of the Witwatersrand. She has a particular focus on the role of policy in shaping urban futures in Africa. Listen or watch to understand: This episode is presented in partnership with 1map (Visit them) Organic growth vs proactive town planning/city management. If organic growth is a good idea for African countries. What happens to town planning policies? Who informs them, who implements them? Why don’t policies always reach ...
Bellville: A Great Showcase and Template for African Cities
August 18, 2021 14:35 - 19 minutes - 36.2 MBWarren Hewitt is Chief Executive Officer at The Greater Tygerberg Partnership (GTP). We discuss the role of the GTP in unlocking Bellville’s potential as a sustainable and prosperous leading African city, Bellville’s culture and combined intellectual capital, attracting investment, working closely with the public sector, and many facts about Bellville. This episode is presented in partnership with The Greater Tygerberg Partnership (GTP). See all Future Cities Africa episodes here: h...
Transport Strategy and Future Thinking at the City of Cape Town
August 16, 2021 15:25 - 25 minutes - 47.5 MBWe explore: This episode is presented in partnership with the City of Cape Town Major challenges faced and impacts of the pandemic and how the City is managing it. Scope and the key elements of the City’s Transport Strategy for growth and recovery. Barriers that exist to the implementation of the strategy. How the City is responding to the crisis involving the Minibus Taxi industry. The City’s response to criticism for only putting aside 2% of its budget for non motorised transpor...
Visualisation of Data to Understand and Address Education Requirements
August 11, 2021 08:13 - 14 minutes - 26.8 MBMonica Rolo is an Industrial Engineer at Curro Holdings, an independent school network in South Africa. We discuss the societal needs addressed by Curro, the value in spatial representation of information for a school and how it enables them to identify and overcome key challenges, and much more. This episode is presented in partnership with 1map (Visit them) See all FCA episodes: https://futurecitiesafrica.com/all-future-cities-africa-podcasts.php
Visualisation of Data to Help Become a Smart City
July 22, 2021 10:03 - 22 minutes - 41.1 MBCarlo Barnard is Business Intelligence Specialist at Munsoft and a past municipal CFO at Victor Khanye Local Municipality. We discuss the value in spatial representation of information for a municipality, major challenges that can be visualised and solved, why collaboration between departments are important in the context of using technology, and much more. Presented in Partnership with 1map, visit them at www.1map.co.za Watch all episodes: https://futurecitiesafrica.com/all-future-c...
Draft Infrastructure Strategy and Future Thinking at the City of Cape Town
July 06, 2021 12:08 - 43 minutes - 81 MBCraig Kesson is Executive Director for Corporate Services at the City of Cape Town. We explore the thinking behind the City’s Infrastructure Strategy, its scope and key elements, impacts of and lessons from the pandemic, a uniformed standard to Sector Plans, enabling innovation in alternative service delivery, reaching historically under-serviced areas, and more. This episode is presented in partnership with the City of Cape Town To partner contact Futurecitiesafrica.com
Energy and Sustainability Strategy at the City of Cape Town
July 06, 2021 10:57 - 32 minutes - 60.4 MBKadri Nassiep is Executive Director for Energy at City of Cape Town. We explore the City’s energy and sustainability strategy for growth and recovery, major challenges, energy independence, success stories, future technologies, opportunities for collaboration with private sector, and what the future can look like. This episode is presented in partnership with the City of Cape Town Contact us to partner on www.futurecitiesafrica.com
Water Strategy and Future Thinking at the City of Cape Town
June 29, 2021 15:00 - 24 minutes - 46.1 MBMichael John Webster is Executive Director for Water and Waste at the City of Cape Town. We explore the City’s water strategy and key commitments, lessons from the 2018 water crisis, recent progress made, future thinking, new technologies, opportunities and challenges for private sector collaboration, and advice for cities grappling with water management. This episode is presented in partnership with the City of Cape Town Read the Water Strategy here
Deep Dive into the South African Cities Open Data Almanac (SCODA)
June 22, 2021 10:25 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MBJoanne Parker is the project lead for SCODA at Open Cities Lab. Tshegang Chipeya is the project lead for the Durban EDGE Programme at eThekwini Municipality. We explore what SCODA is, what it offers Cities, tools utilised in the Durban EDGE case and success stories, Open Data challenges at the municipal level and how they can be overcome. See all episodes: https://futurecitiesafrica.com/all-future-cities-africa-podcasts.php Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FutureCitiesAf...
Integrated Digital Mapping for Better City Management
June 03, 2021 13:15 - 26 minutes - 20.5 MBNicolaas Klopper is Director at 1map. We explore the National Property Register and its importance to the management of a city, how maps make complex data less abstract and provide actionable insights that drive revenue and improve service delivery, and how Mapping will be transformed as part of everyones’ workflow. This episode is presented in partnership with 1map (Visit them) See how you can partner with Future Cities Africa
Data-Driven Journalism Enabled by the Africa Data Hub
May 10, 2021 17:18 - 16 minutes - 12 MBSarah Findlay is 'Africa Data Hub' Project Lead at Open Cities Lab. We explore the importance and key features of the Africa Data Hub, responsibly sourced data, enabling trust in the media, value offered by the African Data Hub, how to collaborate with them and their plans to have a quantifiable impact. This episode is presented in partnership with Open Cities Lab See how you can partner with Future Cities Africa
Transformational Technology for a More Inclusive Future
April 12, 2021 09:43 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBGarsen Naidoo is GM at Cisco Sub-Saharan Africa. We explore the various impacts of the pandemic, how technology can be used as an enabler to inclusive economic recovery, Smart Cities, IoT in Africa, main lessons taken from 2020 and how cities might change over the next 5 years. Website: https://futurecitiesafrica.com/all-future-cities-africa-podcasts.php Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FutureCitiesAfrica
Weapons of the Strong: Elite Resistance and the Neo-Apartheid City
April 06, 2021 08:45 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBBen Bradlow is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. We dive deep into an article from his dissertation project called: Weapons of the Strong: Elite Resistance and the Neo-Apartheid City. This episode dives into: • His larger book project that compares Johannesburg and São Paulo. • Summary and key takeaways from the article and his dissertation project. • What is meant by “Weapons of the Strong”. • Why Johannesburg was chosen f...
Governance and Municipal Finance (Lessons from the Pandemic Series)
March 29, 2021 07:23 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MBDanga Mughogho is Programme Manager for Well Governed Cities at South African Cities Network. We explore the State of City Finances 2020 report, impacts of the pandemic on city finances, trends in the affordability of municipal bills, lessons from the report, and implications for municipal finance in the future. This episode is brought to you in partnership with South African Cities Network (SACN). Website: https://futurecitiesafrica.com/all-future-cities-africa-podcasts.php Youtub...
Digital Transformation, Connected Cities, and the Future
March 24, 2021 16:23 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBEdwin Diender is Chief Digital Transformation Officer for the Enterprise Business Group at Huawei Technologies. We explore digital transformation, Smart Cities, Connected & Intelligent Cities, Artificial Intelligence, 5G, bridging the digital divide and how cities may change over the next 5 years. Website: https://futurecitiesafrica.com/all-future-cities-africa-podcasts.php Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FutureCitiesAfrica
Gautrain's Vision and the Future of Public Transport
March 24, 2021 11:38 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBTshepo Kgobe is Chief Operating Officer at Gautrain Management Agency. We explore the impacts of the pandemic on Gautrain, their plans for recovery and future expansion, the future of public transport, lessons from 2020 and how Gautrain will integrate with other modes of transport. Website: https://futurecitiesafrica.com/all-future-cities-africa-podcasts.php Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FutureCitiesAfrica
Redefining Africa’s Smart City Narrative
March 23, 2021 13:39 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBLuke Boyle is a Researcher at the Urban Real Estate Research Unit at the University of Cape Town. We explore Africa’s smart city narrative, the role of technology, financing future cities, the role of open data, socioeconomic development and how cities may change over the next 5 years. Website: https://futurecitiesafrica.com/all-future-cities-africa-podcasts.php Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FutureCitiesAfrica
Built Environment (Lessons from the Pandemic Series)
March 15, 2021 12:49 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBKayla Hanna Brown is Project Manager for Built Environment at South African Cities Network. We explore the impacts of the pandemic on the built environment, how different Cities responded, fast tracking spatial transformation, technology and innovation, and main lessons taken from 2020. This episode is brought to you in partnership with South African Cities Network. Partner with us: www.futurecitiesafrica.com/partner.php Web: www.futurecitiesafrica.com Youtube: www.youtube.com/c/...
Trends in the Circular Economy and Urbanisation
March 10, 2021 16:44 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBDion Chang is the Founder of Flux Trends. He’s a business strategist, trends columnist and professional cage rattler. We explore trends in the circular economy, case studies, the sharing economy, Generation Z, the great real estate reshuffle, urban migration and the future of work. Website: www.futurecitiesafrica.com Youtube: www.youtube.com/c/FutureCitiesAfrica
Climate Change (Lessons from the Pandemic Series)
March 10, 2021 08:56 - 25 minutes - 23 MBLiteboho Makhele is Programme Manager for Sustainable Cities at South African Cities Network. We explore the current state of climate change interventions, key sustainability projects, the biggest challenge to climate change adaptation, the circular economy and the main lessons taken from 2020. This episode is brought to you in partnership with South African Cities Network. Website: https://futurecitiesafrica.com/series/1/lessons-from-the-pandemic Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/F...
Economic Recovery (Lesson from the Pandemic Series)
March 04, 2021 09:23 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBNomfundo Faith Dlamini is Programme Manager for Productive Cities at South African Cities Network. We explore various economic impacts on our cities and towns, key ingredients and steps to economic recovery and the main lessons taken from 2020 and how to use them going forward. This episode is brought to you in partnership with South African Cities Network. About the Future Cities Africa and South African Cities Network Partnership: 2020 has fundamentally changed the context in which ...
Cities that Respond to People's Needs
February 15, 2021 12:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBProf. Hangwelani Hope Magidimisha-Chipungu is a Professor of Town and Regional Planning at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, SARChI Chair for Inclusive Cities and Academic Leader for Planning and Housing. We explore the challenges keeping us from inclusive cities, what can be done to solve the challenges, improving the role of local authorities in inter-governmental dialogues and how to build cities that respond to the people’s needs. Website: https://futurecitiesafrica.com Youtube: h...
Informed Decision Making for Participatory Democracy
February 04, 2021 13:51 - 40 minutes - 37 MBRichard Gevers is the Founder of Open Cities Lab, a civic technology lab with a focus on the development of open data for application to urban challenges operating within cities in Africa. We explore many projects they are involved in, overcoming the general ‘fear of data’, how to improve public private sector collaboration on Open Data and how cities may change over the next 5 years. See show notes: https://futurecitiesafrica.com/discussions/richard-gevers-informed-decision-making-for...
The Emergence of Private Cities in Africa
February 02, 2021 15:19 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBBronwyn Williams is an Economist, Futurist, Trend Analyst and Partner at Flux Trends. They recently published 21 trends for 2021 and a key trend that stood out for us was: Private Cities. In this episode we dive deep into the emergence of Private Cities in Africa and what the not so distant future may hold: • What is a Private City and how is it different to the cities we are used to? • What a Private City looks like in the African context. • Real world examples of Private Cities. • P...
What Will Help Us Become Smarter Cities?
January 26, 2021 13:22 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBWe explore the typical architecture and technological layers of a ‘Smart City’, his definition of a ‘Smart City’ in the African context, what will help us become smarter cities, improving Public - Private sector collaboration, how the Internet of Things will impact Africa over the next 5 years, the one thing he would change with his magic wand and what he hopes to see happen over the next 5 years. This episode is brought to you in partnership with Digital Council Africa Website: https://...
The One Thing I Would Change With My Magic Wand
January 25, 2021 13:45 - 13 minutes - 12 MB7 thought leaders explain the one thing they would change if magic wands existed. Show Guests Include: * Juanita Clark is the Chief Executive Officer of the Digital Council Africa. * Vino Govender is Executive for Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions and Innovation at Dark Fibre Africa. * Dr. Geci Karuri-Sebina is a multi-disciplinary scholar-practitioner currently occupied in several capacities working at the intersection between people, place and technological change, focusing on the glob...
What is the Definition of a ‘Smart City’ in Africa?
January 25, 2021 13:40 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MB11 thought leaders share their definitions of what the term ‘Smart City’ consists of in an African context. Show Guests Include: * Musa Khumalo is the Group Head for Shared Services at the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. * Craig Kesson is Executive Director for Corporate Services at the City of Cape Town. * Vino Govender is Executive for Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions and Innovation at Dark Fibre Africa. * Bronwyn Williams is a Partner at Flux Trends. She's a Futurist, Ec...
Improving Public - Private Sector Collaboration
January 25, 2021 13:34 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MB9 thought leaders share their insights on how public - private sector collaboration can be improved and how challenges can be overcome. Visit Futurecitiesafrica.com to read the summary. Guests include: * Steve Apps is a Smart City and Industry 4.0 technology expert. He’s past CTO of Huawei Southern Africa for government services. * Omeshnee Naidoo is Director of Information Systems and Technology at City of Cape Town * Vino Govender is Executive for Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions an...
Putting Humanity First
December 07, 2020 13:59 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBNikolas Badminton is a world-renowned keynote speaker and futurist consultant that shows you the future trends that shape impactful organizations, trillion-dollar companies and progressive governments. We discuss the type of future city that Africa needs, explosive growth expected in Africa, lessons from global smart city initiatives, the world in 400 years, cities in 2040 and shifting mindsets from ‘’what is’’ to ‘’what if’’. Website: https://futurecitiesafrica.com Youtube: https://...
How Africa Can Thrive In a Post-Pandemic World
November 30, 2020 16:51 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBRonak Gopaldas is a Director at Signal Risk, an exclusively African risk advisory firm. His work focuses on the intersection of politics, economics and business on the continent. We discuss the biggest economic challenges currently facing the African continent, how we’ll get to the predicted Mega Cities in Africa, if the African Continental Free Trade Agreement will survive the pandemic, how Africa has managed the pandemic relative to other regions of the world, where Africa features in p...
Future Proofing Africa's Cities
November 17, 2020 12:52 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBSteve Apps is a Smart City and Industry 4.0 technology expert. He’s a past CTO of Huawei Southern Africa for government services. He was also executive for ecosystems and solutions at SqwidNet, rolling out the SIGFOX IoT network across South Africa. We explore what will stop us from becoming smarter cities, financial models and how future cities can be funded, improving public/ private sector collaboration, current state of IoT in Africa, civilization engineering, the role of Blockchain i...