Featured Series on Future Cities Africa
We collaborate with private sector, public sector, nonprofit sector, academia and more. Together we deliver themed series’ of episodes with key industry stakeholders that dive into major topics impacting the future of African cities.
Technology, Finance and Due Diligence for Green Energy Projects in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Works
Explore technologies, considerations for financiers and due diligence for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Works.GreenCape is working on a multi-stakeholder project with the financial support of the Green Climate Fund, implemented and managed by UNIDO. View Series
Unlocking Bellville’s Potential as a Sustainable and Prosperous Leading African City
The Greater Tygerberg Partnership is connecting people, places and partners to the many possibilities that exist for the current and future success of Bellville - Cape Town's secondary city.
This series explores how Bellville is a great showcase and template for African Cities, the economic and social value of multi-cultural urban populations, successful placemaking to build inclusive African places, Bellville Future City and Local Spatial Development Framework Masterplan, and more.
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Urban Governance and Managing Urban Growth in Kenya
6 episode Series focussing on urban governance and how to get it right in managing urban growth in towns and cities in Kenya.
Dive into the essentials for orderly urban growth, urban management, financing infrastructure development in cities, the role of resident associations in building resilient cities, the climate and sustainability agenda for future cities, and managing urban growth in secondary cities and towns.
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Discover Open Cities Lab
OCL is a non-profit open and non-partisan organisation that combines the use of action research, co-design, data science, and technology with civic engagement, to enable the development of inclusive cities and urban spaces.
This Series explores some of the key projects they are involved in and the impact these projects have.
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Growing the Green Economy and Improving Lives
GreenCape in collaboration with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom presents three thought leadership episodes including:
Democratising the Provision of Alternative Service Delivery in South African Informal Settlements.
Training Green Economy Decision Makers to Shape the Future of African Cities.
Understanding the Climate Finance Accelerator South Africa.
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Integrated Digital Mapping and Visualisation of Data
Explore how digital maps make complex data less abstract and provide actionable insights that drive revenue and improve service delivery.
Understand the value in spatial representation of information for public and private sector organisations.
Learn how visualisation of data can help understand and address education requirements. And much more.
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Strategy and Future Thinking at City of Cape Town
Dive into current strategies and future thinking in key sectors and departments at the City of Cape Town.
Learn directly from leaders about the City’s Infrastructure, Water, Transport, Energy and Innovation strategies.
Understand how they are planning to future proof their sectors, overcome challenges, improve service delivery and much more.
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Lessons from the pandemic
2020 has fundamentally changed the context in which South African municipalities govern and provide services.
Future Cities Africa has partnered with South African Cities Network on a series of 4 episodes that look at how cities have fared during the pandemic and what fundamental lessons have been learned.
We cover:
Economic Recovery, Climate Change, Built Environment and Governance & Municipal Finance.