Featured Discussions on Future Cities Africa
Explore the minds of thought leaders and experts on major trends, technologies, innovations, projects, challenges and opportunities impacting African citizens, business and cities.
Water Strategy and Future Thinking at the City of Cape Town
Michael Webster is Executive Director for Water and Waste at 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.
Deep Dive into the South African Cities Open Data Almanac (SCODA)
Joanne 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.
Integrated Digital Mapping for Better City Management
Nicolaas 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 everyone’s workflow.