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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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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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Page 1: African Urban Matters - African Ideas - Connected Cities

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.

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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

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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

[email protected]

www.africanideas.co.za

www.slideshare.net/nsooful