Frank Cumming is Director for Urban Catalytic Investments at the City of Cape Town. We discuss city mega projects, the Bellville Future City and Local Spatial Development Framework masterplan, the role of partnerships, and more. This episode is brought to you in partnership with The Greater Tygerberg Partnership Listen or watch to understand: How mega projects like the Bellville Future City vision impact on the sustainability of cities. The opportunities and, correspondingly, challenges, for the...
May 19, 2022•30 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Maurietta Stewart is Head of Environmental & Heritage Management for District A+D (Table Bay and Tygerberg) at The City of Cape Town and Guy Briggs is Partner and Head of Urban Design at dhk Architects. We discuss successful placemaking to build inclusive African places. This episode is brought to you in partnership with The Greater Tygerberg Partnership Listen or watch to understand: The unique opportunities for effective placemaking in African cities. Introduction to the top 10 factors to be c...
Apr 19, 2022•28 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast Executive Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, the Mayor of Cape Town, is our first guest on the Visionary City Leader Show. We discuss what is means to be a visionary city leader, his 1st 100 days in office, how he’ll define success over his 5 year term, the importance of partnerships in solving complex problems, future-proofing cape town, how the role of the mayor has changed in recent times, and much more. This episode is brought to you in partnership with GPA GROUP Listen or watch to understand: Major ...
Mar 17, 2022•23 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 6 of the Series focussing on urban governance and how to get it right in managing urban growth in towns and cities in Kenya. Show guest: Dennis Abuya is a Registered Physical Planner currently working with the County Government of Kiambu. He holds a Master’s Degree in Urban Management and a degree in Urban and Regional Planning - both from the University of Nairobi. Listen or watch to understand: How Kiambu County is developing and changing in the spatial and socio-economic form. The dev...
Feb 15, 2022•27 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 5 of the Series focussing on urban governance and how to get it right in managing urban growth in towns and cities in Kenya. Show guest: Engineer Geche Karanja is Chairman of Kiambu Residents and Neighbourhood Association (AKiRNA). He has worked in various locations worldwide including Germany; Brazil; South Africa; USA; Egypt and Japan. Listen or watch to understand: The role of residents’ associations. Collaboration and partnerships between the county and residents’ association in shap...
Feb 10, 2022•36 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 4 of the Series focussing on urban governance and how to get it right in managing urban growth in towns and cities in Kenya. Show guest: Grace Kamweru is a Landscape Architect, Environmental Planner & Assistant Lecturer at The Technical University of Kenya. Listen or watch to understand: The status of climate change and associated crises in this post-pandemic era at the City level. How the pandemic has affected the gains and transition to the Sustainable Development Goals. The impact of ...
Feb 08, 2022•40 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 3 of the Series focussing on urban governance and how to get it right in managing urban growth in towns and cities in Kenya. Show guest: Mary Chege, Founding Partner of EMSI & Associates. She has over seventeen years’ experience in advising on a broad range of transactions across Sub-Saharan Africa. Listen or watch to understand: The current state of infrastructure financing in Kenya’s towns and cities What can be done to shore up financing for infrastructure development in Kenya’s urban...
Feb 01, 2022•36 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast Bronwyn Williams is back and she shares 3 key trends for cities: Haha Cities, DIY Cities and Charter Cities. We also talk about private cities, the Metaverse, crypto trends affecting cities, strategies local governments can implement to do more with less for its people, book recommendations to help us navigate what lies ahead, and much more. Listen or watch to understand: HaHa cities: Invisibly walled gardens / 15 minute cities. DIY cities: Hacking democracy/ citizen shadow governments. Charter ...
Feb 01, 2022•26 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 2 of the Series focussing on urban governance and how to get it right in managing urban growth in towns and cities in Kenya. Show guest: David Gatimu, Corporate Member of the Architectural Association of Kenya Town Planners Chapter. He has over 25 years’ experience in Public Service and holds a MSc in Urban Planning from Oxford Brookes University. Listen or watch to understand: Key trends in urbanization in Kenya. Key factors to consider in the social, economic and spatial development in...
Jan 25, 2022•34 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 1 of the Series focussing on urban governance and how to get it right in managing urban growth in towns and cities in Kenya. Show guest: Cyrus Mbisi, a Town Planner and Chairperson of the Town Planners Chapter of The Architectural Association of Kenya. Listen or watch to understand: Why the management of urbanization and growth is so important in the Kenyan context. The place of technology and related innovations (and digitization of Kenya’s land Registry). The tools that exist for manag...
Jan 25, 2022•37 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast GreenCape's Alternative Service Delivery Unit (ASDU) is working with different informal settlements to improve their access to basic services. This episode explores the ASDU, principles of co-design in asset based community development, and the impact of this and other ASDU project partnerships. This episode is presented in partnership with GreenCape in collaboration with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Listen or watch to understand: Guests in this conversation: Reshmi Wolvers, ASDU...
Oct 21, 2021•29 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast GreenCape and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom are running a series of Green Economy decision-makers courses that have a reach into African cities. This episode explores the decision-makers courses, the planned Symposium, and the impact that this initiative is seeing by equipping decision-makers to understand and align their strategies with green economy principles. This episode is presented in partnership with GreenCape in collaboration with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Free...
Oct 13, 2021•12 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast Abdullahi Ali Hassan has a Master’s in Urban Studies and is very active in the Bellville Somalian community. We explore the importance of multiculturalism in urban centres, narratives and perceptions, the importance of strong leadership, how city governments can better support multicultural populations, and more. Listen or watch to understand: This episode is presented in partnership with The Greater Tygerberg Partnership (GTP). Narratives and perceptions. The importance of multiculturalism in u...
Oct 11, 2021•40 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast 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 investors, so that they can secure funding more readily. The CFA is part of the UK Government’s efforts to help South Africa tackle climate change and support a just transition. This episode is presented in partnership with GreenCape, in collaboration with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Read t...
Oct 06, 2021•28 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast 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, programmatic agendas, and media echo-chambers. The Dexter project seeks to leverage modern computational paradigms to monitor and analyze Southern Africa's digital media. Listen or watch to understand: This episode is presented in partnership with Open Cities Lab Background on guests William Bird, Dir...
Sep 28, 2021•32 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast 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, how they measure success, key milestones reached, overcoming challenges and how the Pandemic has influenced how they innovate. This episode is presented in partnership with the City of Cape Town See all episodes: https://futurecitiesafrica.com/all-future-cities-africa-podcasts.php...
Sep 13, 2021•32 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast 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: This episode is presented in partnership with 1map ( Visit them ) Organic growth vs proactive town planning/city management. If organic growth is a good idea for African countries. What happens to town planning policies? Who informs them, who implements them? Why don’t policies always reach their goal...
Aug 31, 2021•20 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast 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 city, Bellville’s culture and combined intellectual capital, attracting investment, working closely with the public sector, and many facts about Bellville. This episode is presented in partnership with The Greater Tygerberg Partnership (GTP). See all Future Cities Africa episodes here: https://future...
Aug 18, 2021•20 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast 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 City’s Transport Strategy for growth and recovery. Barriers that exist to the implementation of the strategy. How the City is responding to the crisis involving the Minibus Taxi industry. The City’s response to criticism for only putting aside 2% of its budget for non motorised transport initiatives. ...
Aug 16, 2021•26 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast 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 information for a school and how it enables them to identify and overcome key challenges, and much more. This episode is presented in partnership with 1map ( Visit them ) See all FCA episodes: https://futurecitiesafrica.com/all-future-cities-africa-podcasts.php...
Aug 11, 2021•15 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast 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 municipality, major challenges that can be visualised and solved, why collaboration between departments are important in the context of using technology, and much more. Presented in Partnership with 1map, visit them at www.1map.co.za Watch all episodes: https://futurecitiesafrica.com/all-future-cities-africa...
Jul 22, 2021•22 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast 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 lessons from the pandemic, a uniformed standard to Sector Plans, enabling innovation in alternative service delivery, reaching historically under-serviced areas, and more. This episode is presented in partnership with the City of Cape Town To partner contact Futurecitiesafrica.com...
Jul 06, 2021•44 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast 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 stories, future technologies, opportunities for collaboration with private sector, and what the future can look like. This episode is presented in partnership with the City of Cape Town Contact us to partner on www.futurecitiesafrica.com...
Jul 06, 2021•33 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast 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 made, future thinking, new technologies, opportunities and challenges for private sector collaboration, and advice for cities grappling with water management. This episode is presented in partnership with the City of Cape Town Read the Water Strategy here...
Jun 29, 2021•25 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast 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. See all episodes: https://futurecitiesafrica.com/all-future-cities-africa-podcasts.php Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FutureCitiesAfrica...
Jun 22, 2021•27 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast 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 everyones’ workflow. This episode is presented in partnership with 1map ( Visit them ) See how you can partner with Future Cities Africa...
Jun 03, 2021•27 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast 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 offered by the African Data Hub, how to collaborate with them and their plans to have a quantifiable impact. This episode is presented in partnership with Open Cities Lab See how you can partner with Future Cities Africa...
May 10, 2021•16 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast 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, main lessons taken from 2020 and how cities might change over the next 5 years. Website: https://futurecitiesafrica.com/all-future-cities-africa-podcasts.php Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FutureCitiesAfrica...
Apr 12, 2021•22 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Strong: Elite Resistance and the Neo-Apartheid City. This episode dives into: • His larger book project that compares Johannesburg and São Paulo. • Summary and key takeaways from the article and his dissertation project. • What is meant by “Weapons of the Strong”. • Why Johannesburg was chosen for this en...
Apr 06, 2021•27 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast 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 the affordability of municipal bills, lessons from the report, and implications for municipal finance in the future. This episode is brought to you in partnership with South African Cities Network (SACN). Website: https://futurecitiesafrica.com/all-future-cities-africa-podcasts.php Youtube: https://www...
Mar 29, 2021•33 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast 
