In this episode, Dr. Remy Sietchiping identifies smart cities in the context of Africa and Morocco and sees the smartness of their cities embedded not solely in their modernity or novelty but in their elements of elasticity in the ways they can overcome time, issues, and everything along their way. That is possible through using all the levers, from knowledge to skills and technologies, to make the lives of the inhabitants easier and bring solutions.
Smartness lurks beneath optimizing technologies and using them as tools, not as ends, to fulfill human needs. It also appreciates the thought process that brings smart solutions to cities and makes cities much more liveable and greener. This brings even stronger solutions within the context of culture and heritage. The noble notion, according to Dr. Remy, is that addressing some of the perennial issues of accessing services or ensuring that we have more transparency in the way we do business or how we manage, make, or count our gains and losses is what creates a sense of smartness.
A smart city, therefore, can be understood in the context of making things much more efficient, optimizing the potential we have, and reducing waste.
By Dr. Remy Sietchiping
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