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Future Cities Africa podcast is a technology podcast hosted by Dan @ Future Cities Africa, with 100 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.
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Episode #8
Women in Corporate: From Influence to Impact
Jul 17, 202643 minS7
Guests: Nasmera Buckus, Chief Operating Officer, Greater Tygerberg Partnership · Dr Shirley Zinn, Chair of the V&A Waterfront and Wesgro · Petro Myburgh, Senior Manager of Sustainability, V&A Waterfront · Carin Fouché, Innovation Lead: Future Fit Value Chains, Heineken Beverages Topics: Corporate Impact and Community Engagement - Informal Economy - Sustainable Placemaking - Women in Leadership - Bellville and the Greater Tygerberg Precinct Four women, one shared conviction: real change happens when corporate influence meets a real place with real people in it. This conversation brings together the GTP's Nasmera Buckus - who anchors the discussion in the lived reality of Bellville - alongside three corporate leaders from governance, precinct management and global innovation. The question they explore together: how does boardroom intent actually reach the street?
Drakenstein: Effective Leadership, Good Governance and Getting Things Done
Jun 11, 202639 minS7
Eleven clean audits. South Africa's best secondary city. The Western Cape's best municipality. Drakenstein doesn't talk about good governance - they just do it, year after year. In this episode, City Manager Dr. Johan Leibbrandt unpacks the leadership, disciplines and culture that make consistent performance possible in one of South Africa's most recognised municipalities. Presented by Business Engineering
<p >Many of South Africa's municipalities are under enormous pressure - and most people in the sector know it.<br /> <br /> Drawing on a paper he wrote titled The Logic of Local Government Finance, Anton Groenewald - Group Head of Regional Operations at the City of Tshwane and former municipal manager of both Swellendam and Midvaal - delivers one of the most direct and substantive accounts of why South African municipalities are failing, and exactly what it takes to fix them.<br /> <br /> This episode is brought to you by PhoenixERP from Business Engineering.</p>
Built on Values: Governance and Innovation in Bergrivier
May 25, 202618 minS7
<p >Built on Values: Governance, Digital Transformation and a Vision for Bergrivier | Innovation in Local Government Series</p> <p >Presented by Business Engineering | Future Cities Africa</p> <p >Bergrivier Municipality in the Western Cape has achieved 10 consecutive clean audits, 10 consecutive funded budgets, and is one of only 40 municipalities in South Africa participating in the UN's voluntary SDG review process. But this conversation goes well beyond the numbers.</p> <p >Municipal Manager Advocate Hanlie Linde unpacks what actually makes Bergrivier work - from financial discipline and digital transformation to an extraordinary 12-year partnership with a Belgian twin city, and a community...
Connected and Competitive: African Transport Infrastructure Lessons from the Front Lines
Feb 18, 202615 minS7
<p >Key Themes from the Discussion</p> Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) and Stakeholder Participation Drawing from experience on cross-border projects like the Maputo Corridor, Hannes stresses that successful PPPs require early, genuine, and integrated stakeholder engagement (communities, businesses, government departments, media). It's not a one-way info dump - show willingness to adapt designs/processes based on feedback. Address "what's in it for them" (e.g., subcontracting, jobs). Harmonize legislation, operations, and processes across borders to avoid conflicts. Communities are sophisticated (including professionals like engineers/lawyers); involve them respectfully to avoid resistance. Direct, open, fact-based communication (including with media) builds the right...
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