Build Back Better

In this episode of the Build Back Better podcast, host Vincent Hoffman chats to Dominic Collett, urban development engineer and smart city specialist at Royal HaskoningDHV Southern Africa, and Dr Harry Bradbury, executive chairman of Imaginatives Group, about the potential of Greenfields developments to lift communities out of poverty and give them hope for the future.

In this episode of the Build Back Better podcast, host Vincent Hoffman, Tijs van den Brink, Director of the Digital Services Advisory Group at Royal HaskoningDHV SA, and Calayde Davey, co-founder of urban strategy consultancy Regen50, explore what “smart” means in the context of urban planning, and why South Africa should be making existing cities smart rather than just building smart cities.

In this episode, host Vincent Hofmann chats to Victor Radebe, founder of Mzansi Aerospace Technologies, about the potential use cases for drones in South Africa and the importance of empowering previously disadvantaged people with the skills to enter the industry and help drive economic change.

In this episode of the Build Back Better podcast, host Vincent Hofmann speaks to Bongani Dladla, water engineering specialist at Royal HaskoningDHV South Africa, about the biggest water and sanitation challenges facing South Africa. They discuss how the private sector can help to optimise and scale the tank-and-tanker water-delivery system while the public and private sectors collaborate on better long-term solutions.

The status quo needs to change now, to attract more women and to bring different perspectives to engineering challenges.

In this episode of the Build Back Better podcast, we speak to Suzie Nkambule, CEO of Nafasi Water, about the role of women in engineering, and why the industry needs to change – fast – to retain the unique perspectives and ideas that women bring to an industry that, ironically, excludes a huge portion of its target market in solution design.

In this episode of the Build Back Better podcast, we speak to Ivan Reutener, Smart Mobility Expert at Royal HaskoningDHV South Africa, and Gareth Taylor, Country Manager for Bolt in South Africa, about the urgent need to make the country’s transport system smarter, more accessible, and more affordable – especially for the poor living in a post-pandemic society.

South Africa’s water and sanitation challenges are under the spotlight as Coronavirus continues to spread. Technology, partnerships, and mindset are the keys to lasting change. Join us, as we dig deeper.