Durban: Future City - Presented by Aurelia Albert, Innovate Durban on 18 April, 2017 at Digitize Africa 2017.

1. DIGITAL CITIES
DURBAN: FUTURE CITY
Presented by Aurelia Albert,
Innovate Durban

2. Digital
Cities
Aurelia Albert
Innovate Durban
18 April 2017
Digital
Cities
Durban: Future City

3. Technology

4. Mobility

5. Connected Citizens

6. Open data
Open government

7. Networks
Community

8. Cyber security

9. “Not all Smart Cities are Future Cities, but all Future
Cities will be Digital Cities.”

10. What does a future city look like?
What does a future city look like?
• No traffic congestion
• No crime
• Green spaces
• Walkable
• Beautifully designed environments
• 100% environmentally sustainable & renewable
• Able to produce ample food
• Buildings that respond to the needs of those that live, work and learn
• Unlimited access to clean water
• Economically thriving
• Innovative

11. 5 Things Digital Cities get Right
Work Like a Start-up
Think Like a Business — Don’t Underestimate Customer Service and
Marketing
See Government as a Platform for Entrepreneurship
Know That Innovation Doesn’t Require a lot of Resources
Hire “Techies”
- Bloomberg Associates

12. Is Durban a Digital City?
•Digital engagement
•Embarking on a journey of Digital Transformation
• Innovate Durban – Youth Innovation Challenge
• Transnet – digitizing the Port of Durban
• Free WIFI
• Use of Smart City Apps – Go!Durban, Taxi Map, Smart City App, Water Loss
• Open Data
•Inclusivity

13. ‘By 2030, eThekwini is recognised as world leader in city-led innovation, where
disruptive innovation drives local economic development (LED), and public innovation is
building towards eThekwini becoming a smart city’

15. Concluding thoughts…A Digital City
Connecting unconnected people and things
Future cities – integrated cities
A digitized smart city is future-ready
Future cities are for people and by people

16. Thank you