digital technology
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.
Segregation “bit by bit”: digital technologies, housing market and the remaking of post-apartheid Cape Town
African Centre for Cities is hosting a seminar by visiting scholar Julien Migozzi, an Urban Studies Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford. Migozzi will present Segregation “bit by bit”: digital technologies, housing market and the remaking of post-apartheid Cape Town, on 19 April, from 13:00-14:00.
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.
Launch of paper series on financing infrastructure in Africa
This series of papers by African Centre for Cities and Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft explores the challenges and opportunities for financing sustainable urban infrastructure in African cities.
