Future Cities Africa podcast

Visionary Leadership is crucial to the sustainable growth of our cities and businesses as responsible leadership affects both the present and the future.

This episode explores:

• The key characteristics of a visionary leader.
• What our leaders are not getting right when leading their municipalities and organisations, what needs to change and how change can happen.
• The focus of a leader in the Administration, especially in turbulent times.
• How he manages the complexity of his daily responsibilities and how he prioritises what is done first.
• He he will define his success.

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Dr. Hanson Chishimba is a Researcher and Lecturer of Development Economics at the University of Zambia. I holds a phd in Governance with specialisation in Public Finance. Hanson is also the author of the book. Equalisation Transfers and Service Delivery in Local Authorities in Zambia.

This episode dives into Improving City Service Delivery and Governance in Zambia. How national and city managers are trying to overcome the challenges of inadequate service delivery which is largely attributed to inadequate technical, administrative and financial capacities of cities.

Young peoples' experiences, ideas, choices and preferences help shape the future of cities.

Chuma Mbambo is an Urban Planner with experience working at the SA Cities Network, as a Smart Cities Research Consultant for The World Bank, and more. She has a Masters Degree in Urban Management and Development, which specialised in Infrastructure and Smart Cities.

Chuma believes that the interventions required to spatially and economically transform South African Human Settlements, particularly, previously disadvantaged black township areas, lie in the hands of their youth.

Yash Ramkolowan is Managing Director at DNA Economics.

We explore key challenges and solutions to policy design and valuation, emerging disruptors and opportunities, the digital revolution, how to make cities more 'investable', how municipalities can stay relevant in the future, the current status of AfCFTA and much more.

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Regina Opondo is Senior Community Principal at Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI) in Kenya, and part of an exciting team of urban designers and action researchers who have worked on some exciting community-driven urban interventions across Nairobi and other cities. This episode explores interesting and exciting urban interventions, like Kibera, that are happening in Kenya and revitalising green spaces in Nairobi's informal settlements.

Towards sustainable and smart mobility this episode of the MOVE Africa show is with Sasheen Rajkumar. He is a SANRAL project manager, engineer, creative problem solver, big-picture thinker, and futurist that actively thinks about solving local and global problems. Listen or watch to explore:

• His definition of smart mobility and the key elements of smart mobility.
• Biggest challenges currently holding back progress in enabling smarter, sustainable mobility.
• How these challenges can be addressed right now.
• Innovative thinking at SANRAL. Key projects and future thinking.
• The important of industry collaboration and how to enable more of it.
• How actual behavioural change can happen.
• Fresh thinking and new approaches currently 'in progress' to keep cities accessible without compromising residents' quality of life or the environment.
• Emerging technologies that will disrupt the industry and cities.
• When and how the impacts of these emerging technologies will be seen in our daily lives.
• His vision for the future of cities and how we can make it happen.

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Phila Lubisi is an ambitious young professional with a great passion for young people. He is currently a Key Account Manager at Altron Karabinna. Listen or watch to explore:

• Overview of his career and role at Altron Karabina and why it is important.
• His experience in peer to peer mentorship and how it is beneficial.
• Key takeaways from Govtech 2022. Progress being made.
• The main challenges to digitization in the public sector and what is still slowing down progress.
• His approach to continues learning and staying relevant.
• How young people can remain hopeful.
• How he make sense of what is going on in South Africa and the world.
• His vision for our future cities, and how to make it happen.

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Peter Griffiths is a Global Urban Futures Expert who helps people see and imagine cities differently. In this Master Class on city branding we dive into why brand is so critically important and how to leverage it for maximum impact, how brand impacts people's lives, African cities to be treated as peers internationally, and so much more. Listen or watch to explore:

• Why we should think about brand when cities already have so many other challenges to solve.
• Science and data to prove that brand really matters for cities.
• The fascinating correlation between city 'mentions' and GDP.
• Exactly how brand impacts on people's lives.
• The South African Cities Network (SACN) city branding toolkit and further recommendations.
• What cities and towns can be doing more of when promoting themselves and how to think strategically.
• How Paris and London partnered to increase footfall by 10%.
• Impact of the pandemic on city branding.
• How cities can stay relevant given new forms of competition arising that can drive people out of cities.
• Asking how your city is likely to be seen from the outside when people learn about it for the first time.
• What African cities learn from other parts of the world.
• Why African cities should be seen as peers internationally.
• Advice for African cities that want to elevate their brand with more impact.
• His vision for the future of cities.

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Bronwyn WIlliams is an Economist, Trend Analyst, Futurist and Partner at Flux Trends. She shares the key trends that will impact cities, businesses, and citizens in 2023. We dive into Greenlining, Georgism, Liveable cities, the future of technology and cities, and more trends for 2023. Listen or watch to explore:

• Greenlining: What it is and its potential impacts.
• The reappearance of an ideology called Georgism. New ideas around how we value things.
• The perfect wealth tax.
• Liveable cities and how we can extend the conversation.
• How the liveable city concept apply to townships or informal settlements.
• References to the work of Jane Jacobs.
• Trends around the future of technology and cities. (AI, ChatGPT, and more)
• How governments will use the Metaverse to have citizens engage with them and improve services.
• How technology and AI will be integrated into our lives in a positive way.
• 1 thing she believes will happen this year that many people don't want to happen.
• The Future Starts Here in Africa: A first of its kind Innovation Tour for 2023, by Flux Trends.

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Sandile Mbatha is a Senior Manager responsible for Research and Policy Advocacy in eThekwini Municipality. We discuss how eThekwini is creating data driven, smart, liveable and caring cities. Listen or watch to explore:

• His career and background.
• How he defines a 'Smart City' in the African context.
• Why data is important for Smart Cities and how it should be used.
• How to make sense of large amounts of complex data.
• Challenges keeping us from data driven, liveable and caring cities.
• How these challenges can be tackled.
• Innovative Smart City projects at eThekwini Municipality.
• Lessons learned from international experiences.
• How a bit of intellectual arrogance can help you move forward.
• His vision for the future of cities.

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