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Smart City in Accra-Ghana: A Gold Coast again

Looking at the enormous benefit which comes with the development of a smart city, various plans are in place around the world to develop this concept and subsequently implement them in real life, and actually not only in the named First World. India, the second most populous country in the world, has also seen the…

Featured Article, Future Cities, Smart Cities

The Resurgence of Urban Resilience

Urban Resilience is fashionable. Multilateral organizations such as the Rockefeller Foundation, the World Bank or the European Community have firmly bet on Urban Resilience. They are promoting it and supporting it to implement this approach in cities all around the world. But, why this resilient fever? And why now, and not a century or three…

Featured Article, Future Cities, resilence

Smart City Trends: What is your definition of Smart City?

I consider myself a lucky guy! I have been travelling around the world to speak in events about the topic I love most: Smart Cities. Just in the last 12 months, I have already been to more than 20 countries and I have visited more than 30 projects related to this industry. From 'smart dogs'…

Featured Article, Future Cities, Mobility, Smart Cities

2020: A Point blank Year

According to a new market research report ‘Internet of things (IoT) in smart cities market by Solutions (Remote Monitoring, Data Management) Platform (Application & Device Management) Application (Building Automation, Energy Management, Transportation)–Global Forecast to 2020’, published by MarketsandMarkets, the market size is estimated to grow from USD 51.96 Billion in 2015, at an estimated Compound…

Featured Article, Internet, IoT, Smart Cities

Four weapons to get ready for the battle

Renato de Castro follows chasing smart cities’ projects. In 2016 he continues visiting vibrant projects around the world following the new trends and sharing everything with you. New chapter: tools that can be used to fire up your project following some modern management models. It does not matter if you are planning a new project…

Featured Article, ICT, Smart Cities

Global Business Models of Smart and Sustainable Cities

There are apparently no fixed pattern, rules, norms or even common trends in which a city is evolved over time and turn into the state of being recognized as a Smart city. With the passage of time, even the concept of smart cities undergoes metamorphosis; and what we see and believe today to be a…

Featured Article, Future Cities, Governance, Smart Cities India, Technological Solutions

Smart Finance for Smart Cities

This article summarizes the legal framework backing the Smart Cities concept in Europe and provides the readers with some insights concerning the availability of public funds for this initiative.

Digital Cities, Featured Article, ICT, Urbanism

Goodbye, smartphone, goodbye!

In the 5th edition of its annual trend report, Ericsson ConsumerLab presented the 10 hottest consumer trends for 2016 and beyond. This year's report shows consumers believe artificial intelligence (AI) will soon enable interaction with objects without the need for a smartphone screen. In fact, half of all smartphone users expect smartphones to become things…

Featured Article, Future Cities, Technological Solutions

E-Bricks: the foundation of Smart Cities

While cities do not live on technology alone, ICT is an essential driver of a community’s economic and social development. As such, cities around the globe should be –and many are – seeking to harness the benefits of the latest generation of ICT.

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SmartCity Malta

SmartCity Malta is designed to be a business hub for Malta’s knowledge economy, attracting both local and international companies. It is a joint venture between the Republic of Malta and SmartCity Dubai, where the Government of Malta has a 9% equity stake.