digital platforms
How to write about platformisation from Africa
Call for applications to attend an intimate three-day writing workshop on “How to write about platformisation from Africa”
Case Report: Fintech and motorcycle platform services in Cape Town, South Africa: legacy capital, retail extension and growing experimentation
This case report by Alicia Fortuin, as part of the Platform Politics and Silicon Savannah project, explores fintech and motorcycle platform services in Cape Town, South Africa.
Case Report: Fintech and paratransit in Kigali, Rwanda: uniformity, gaps and speculative pilots
This case report by Alexis Sebarenzi, as part of the Platform Politics and Silicon Savannahs project, explores fintech and paratransit in Kigali, Rwanda.
Case Report: Motorcycles, digital platforms and fintech integration in Nairobi, Kenya
Case Report: Motorcycles, digital platforms and fintech integration in Nairobi, Kenya
Fintech and the platformed motorcycle: speculating on ordinary mobility economies in urban Africa
Fintech and the platformed motorcycle: speculating on ordinary mobility economies in urban Africa
The rise of on-demand logistics in Cape Town
This report shares insights on how the use of motorcycles reconfigures urban mobility, governance and economies due to the introduction of platform-based systems and the rise in platformisation of on-demand logistics.
Zeit Stiftung Fellowship awarded to ACC’s Alicia Fortuin
ACC PhD candidate and research fellow Alicia Fortuin was awarded a Zeit Stiftung Fellowship.
EXTENDED DEADLINE: Call for Applications: Junior Research Fellow
The African Centre for Cities invites applications for a two-year Junior Research Fellow position to join Young and Online in African Cities: Tech-based Activations for Just and Sustainable Urban Development, an applied and action-oriented research project aiming to tackle inequality through exploring the relationship between youth, technology, work, citizenship, and sustainable and just placemaking.
BOOK LAUNCH | Disrupted Urbanism: Situated Smart Initiatives in African Cities
African Centre for Cities is delighted to invite you to the launch of Disrupted Urbanism: Situated Smart Initiatives in African Cities by Prof Nancy Odendaal, Head of Department, School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, University of Cape Town (UCT).
Between ACC and the field: a reflection on two years of learning
ACC invites you to join us as researcher Andrea Pollio reflects on his time as Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow jointly at the African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, and at the department of Urban and Regional Studies (DIST) at the Polytechnic of Turin.
Edgar Pieterse appointed co-chair of T7 task force
African Centre for Cities Director and South African Research Chair in Urban Policy, Prof Edgar Pieterse, is taking up the co-chair of the Science and Digitalisation for A Better Future task force as part of Think7.
