President Ramaphosa’s first State of the Nation (SONA) address in 2019, he encouraged South Africans to “dream big” as he announced his own dream of creating the country’s first interconnected Smart City. This…
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As reported by news outlets earlier this week, the town of Port St Johns will be getting a new makeover and will ultimately be developed into a new South African…
During the first parts of his speech, president Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that government is currently ‘conceptualizing’ a number of post-apartheid smart cities in provinces around the country. The president…
Saudi Arabia has shared a wild idea to build a city without roads, where 1 million people will live in one long line along a core train track. Mohammed bin…
As cities get smarter through connected networks, they become more vulnerable to cyberattacks. The umbrella term of a smart city is more than a concept, it is a dream. The smart…
Facebook has launched its JoziPlug Community City Guide in Johannesburg – the first city on the African continent where the global initiative has been introduced. The JoziPlug is aimed at…
Ghana has 834 confirmed infections and nine people have died from COVID-19, the disease the virus causes
Rwanda has relatively few coronavirus cases so far with just 138 confirmed and no deaths
Taru Madangombe, vice president, Power Systems, Anglophone Cluster for Schneider Electric discusses smart cities and the fourth industrial revolution.
A new smart-city is taking shape in Lanseria, which 350,000 to 500,000 people will call home
