1.0thesmartcityjournal.comhttps://www.thesmartcityjournal.com/enrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="sQTn09JWuB"><a href="https://www.thesmartcityjournal.com/en/archives/its-time-for-africa">It’s time for Africa</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.thesmartcityjournal.com/en/archives/its-time-for-africa/embed#?secret=sQTn09JWuB" width="600" height="338" title="“It’s time for Africa” — thesmartcityjournal.com" data-secret="sQTn09JWuB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.thesmartcityjournal.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.thesmartcityjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/portada17.jpg808493Smart Cities are trendy in Africa, the economically less powerful continent despite their endless raw materials. Since IBM announced the creation of a laboratory in Nairobi, summits and conferences have multiplied through urban Africa. Metropolis like Accra and Kinshasa are already planning smart urban extensions in the periphery of their large conurbations, in order to…