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Presentation at the first African Urban Matters: Cities of the Future event in Cape Town, South Africa from 14-15 November 2013 which was held in collaboration with African Ideas. According to UN-HABITAT, the population in some cities will increase by almost 85% over the next 10 years. This startling fact means that a multitude of problems are arising due to rapid urbanisation spiralling. As Africa becomes increasingly urbanized with thousands of people flocking to all major hubs - where the urban population was about 36% in 2010, it is projected to increase to 50% and 60% by 2030 and 2050 respectively - and the continent’s rapidly growing middle-class is insisting upon more of a saying how their cities are run, it is becoming crucial to relook models of engagement with citizens and their urban planning methodologies and efficiencies. Local government organisations, which are already under incredible pressure are facing increasing challenges in providing basic services, let alone the requirements of the future. Relooking these models is also an opportunity to innovate and promote both transparency and efficiencies. SAP designed its global Urban Matters program in response to these challenges, with the goal to improve people's lives. The program comprises a collection of SAP ICT solutions specifically aimed at helping government organisations of all sizes simply run better. During this event being hosted in the beautiful Mother City of Cape Town, South Africa, expect to be involved in thought-provoking sessions and discussions with global and local urban development experts and best-in-class cities, to find out how ICT solutions have helped them to create significantly better cities.
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African Urban Matters: 14-15 November 2013
African Ideas for Local
Government Nirvesh Sooful
CEO, African Ideas
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African Ideas – who we are
African Ideas is a strategic consultancy helping governments to accelerate the benefits of ICT enabled change through transformation of the public sector and the wider economy.
African Ideas brings together people with a track record of success in delivering social, economic and public sector transformation.
At the heart of African Ideas is a team that has worked at top global organisations and who led some of the country’s most ambitious and successful programmes of e-transformation.
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“dropping a stone, or even a drop of water, in a pond causes ripples to
emanate from the source, getting bigger and bigger the further away from
the source they get.
This is a powerful example of small changes causing large and far-
reaching effects”
At African Ideas, we specialise in working with our clients to identify these ‘big
lever’ projects – the projects which, when embarked upon, will set the
necessary ripples in motion to drive change and transformation throughout an
eco-system. In this way we aim to have a profound effect on the society in
which we operate.
African Urban Matters: 14-15 November 2013 3
One hundred years ago, less that 20% of people lived in an urban area.
By 1990, less than 30% of the global population lived in a city, but as of
2010, more than half of all people live in an urban area. By 2050, this
proportion will increase to 70%
More than ever, human life revolves around the city
3 Source: UN, Department of Economic & Social Affairs, Population Division
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Africa is also rapidly urbanising
In the 1950’s the entire continent was
pretty much rural
Currently around 40% of Africans
currently live in urban areas, making
Africa more urbanised than India and
slightly less urbanised than China.
By 2030 it will be 50% and by 2050,
it will be 60%
In 2010, there were 94 sub-Saharan
Africa cities with a population of more
than 500 000 … and in 2025 there will
be 144 such cities
Urbanisation
rates
2010 - 2015
At present, sub-
Saharan Africa
is second only
to Eastern Asia
in terms of the
pace of
urbanisation
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However it is important to understand…
Africa is a very
large and very
complex place with
many unique
challenges
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And it has a different kind of urbanisation
UN's 2010 State of African Cities report observes that “experience shows that
across the world, urbanisation has been associated with improved human
development, rising incomes and better living standards,” but warns that
rapid urbanisation can be more of a burden than an opportunity for Africa.
“Socio-economic conditions in African cities are now the most unequal in the
world”. This situations threatens stability, affecting not only the continuity of
cities as socio-political human ecosystems but also entire nations.
$93 Billion of investment is required annually for infrastructure - water, electricity, sanitation,
irrigation, transport and ICT
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And this is why technology has to play a key role
With the challenges that we have, we need efficient and cost effective
government as all available resources need to be spent on dealing with the
massive infrastructure backlogs that we have.
One of the challenges that we have
seen in South Africa, is the burgeoning
cost of government administration,
without the necessary investment in
infrastructure – this is a very
dangerous position.
Technology can help. In fact, it is the
only real answer.
We need to increase our investment in
effective technology so that we can
reduce the cost of running
government.
SAP
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Municipal Policing
Urban Planning &
Environment
Sport & Recreation
City Administration
Community Services
Emergency Services
Primary health care
Economic & Social
Development
Public Housing
Roads, Stormwater
& Transport
Solid Waste / landfill,
removal & area cleaning Water & Sanitation - storage,
treatment & distribution
Electricity - distribution & retail
The information/
ICT challenge
• Leveraging information to make better decisions
• Anticipating problems to resolve them proactively
• Co-ordinating resources to operate effectively
Cities are amazing places The city is a microcosm of the major challenges and opportunities facing the planet
today—intensified and accelerated.
Here, all man-made systems come together and interact with one another.
Opportunity
Inclusive
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Leadership & Strategy
Enabling policy and regulatory environment
Core/ strategic infrastructure
Appropriate Institutional Model (for delivery)
Key objectives of an ICT enablement strategy within
the context of a developmental state
Fo
un
da
tio
n
Efficient and Effective
Administration
Improved Governance
and Customer Service
Social and Economic
Development
Citizens and businesses
Target:
Government employees & elected politicians
Target:
Citizens
Target:
Society & the economy
African Urban Matters: 14-15 November 2013 10
Many of the issues that we were facing then, still plague
local government in SA today
• Lack of / Poor service delivery (water, sanitation, electricity, refuse removal)
• Lack of communication with communities
• Corruption and Nepotism
• Financial mismanagement and Maladministration
• Outstanding debt payments for municipal services
• Lack of capacity – poor project planning, poor management and/or under-spending by municipalities
• Government officials who spend time focusing on their personal business interests at the expense of service delivery.
• Violation of MFMA & Supply Chain Mgt - results in tender irregularities, fuels corruption, erodes confidence in municipal leadership and compromises service delivery.
• Poverty and unemployment
A REPORT ON THE CURRENT ‘SERVICE DELIVERY
PROTESTS’ IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Commissioned by the House Chairperson Committees,
Oversight and ICT, Parliament of South Africa, 2009
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Source: Bosch Internet of Things and Services Lab
Cities of the future: key issues
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• Interconnected
Systems and the
“internet of
things”
• Connected
Citizens
• Big Data
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Connected Citizens
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Connected Citizens: Impact of Mobile
Global
rank
Country Penetration
rate
49 Ghana 33.3%
55 Zimbabwe 29.7%
56 Namibia 28.8%
60 Egypt 26.9%
62 South Africa 26%
65 Cape Verde 22.5%
69 Mauritius 21.5%
76 Botswana 16.6%
77 Sudan 16.4%
82 Libya 13.8%
As Dr. Yonah (previous Director: ITC at
Tanzania’s Ministry of Communications) says,
“the proof is in the adverts”. He points out that
data is being bundled even if people might not
want it. Because they can & it so cheap.
900 Tanzanian Shilling = R5.80 or US$0.56
Source: ITU
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Technology and Culture
This
technological
solution even
deals with an
issue of
urbanisation –
how do you
maintain a
traditional culture
in an urban
context where
space is at a
premium
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Empowered Citizens (who have having powerful platforms
of their own)
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hedonometer.org an instrument that measures
the happiness of large
populations in real time
Impact of cheap
consumer grade
sensor technology
and connected
citizens
Offers unprecedented
opportunities for co-
management of cities – given
our infrastructure backlog
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Big data (as a result of 1 trillion things, all generating data)
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Source: CISCO
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Source:http://www.slidesha
re.net/gleonhard/data-is-
the-new-oil-publicy-is-the-
new-privacy-futurist-
speaker-gerd-leonhard
Big Data - Big issues to be resolved
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Big data or Big
brother (power
& control)
Access (usage
rights &
obligations)
Open data
information
transparency
Privacy
Security
Ethics
Etc.
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Conclusion
Africa is rapidly urbanising – like the rest of the world
This could be an opportunity or challenge for us
Across the world, urbanisation has been associated with improved human development, rising incomes and better living standards,
However currently socio-economic conditions in African cities are the most unequal in the world. Our infrastructure backlogs are scary.
Traditional methods and traditional
approaches are not going to work. We
need to do things radically different.
ICT offers great promise and potential to
look at innovative ways if managing and
governing cities.
However ICT on its own will not do this –
need an effective and integrated strategy
that looks at people, processes and
technology across society
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• About the ACC
• The African Centre for Cities (ACC) was established at the University of Cape Town in
2007. It is an interdisciplinary research institute that facilitates critical urban research and
policy discourse for the promotion of vibrant, democratic and sustainable urban
development in the global South from an African perspective. The ACC works at local,
national, Africa and global scales.
• ACC’s research programme on Cape Town is called the CityLab programme. Initiated in
2008 as an interdisciplinary applied research programme for learning from the experience
of Cape Town. The programme provides a dedicated, university based but multi-partner
research process to investigate urban dynamics in the region. The programme is organised
around a number of key themes, each of which has a lifespan of around three year. Current
themes include Climate Change, Healthy Cities, Green/ Sustainable Cities
• African Ideas is working with the ACC to develop an African focussed lab
(based on the City Lab and Living Labs concept) focussing on technology
and urbanisation.
• We would welcome the Cities and the vendors here to engage/ partner with us around this
very important initiative.
African Ideas and the African Centre for Cities
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Thank you
Contact information:
Nirvesh Sooful
CEO: African Ideas
nirvesh@africanideas.co.za
www.africanideas.co.za
www.slideshare.net/nsooful
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