Future Cities Africa podcast

The 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 investo…

A 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, p…

Zukiswa 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,…

Miriam 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:T…

Warren 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…

We 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 …

Monica 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 inform…

Carlo 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 municip…

Craig 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 lesso…

Kadri 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 s…

Michael 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 …

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 …

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 insight…

Sarah 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 off…

Garsen 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, …

Ben 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 Stron…

Danga 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 th…

Edwin Diender is Chief Digital Transformation Officer for the Enterprise Business Group at Huawei Technologies.

We explore digital transformation, Smart Cities, Connected & Intelligent Cities, Artifi…

Tshepo 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 transpo…

Luke 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 …