Get in the Time Machine: What Will Cities Look Like in 2040?

A collection of interviews with 12 thought leaders.

Bronwyn Williams, Partner, Flux Trends
Musa Khumalo, Head: Shared Services, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
Craig Kesson, Chief Resilience Officer and Chief Data Officer, City of Cape Town
Geci Karuri-Sebina, Associate, South African Cities Network
Bob van Bebber, Director, Boogertman + Partners Architects
Omeshnee Naidoo, Chief Information Officer, City of Cape Town
Dmitry Pozhidaev, Global Advisor, UN Capital Development Fund
Juanita Clark, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Council Africa
Jonathan Wilson, Urban Data Project Manager, South African Cities Network
Oualid Ali, President, Future Cities Council
Siphelele Ngobese, Researcher Inclusion, and Well-being, South African Cities Network
Thabo Mofokeng, President, Information Technology Association of South Africa

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