Paper presented at ACIST 2015

On the 7th and 8th of July, Professor Judy Backhouse attended the African Conference on Information Systems and Technology (ACIST 2015) in Accra, Ghana. She presented a paper titled "Smart City agendas of African cities" which examines the Smart City agendas of five African cities.

The conference was organised by the School of Technology at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) and hosted at the GIMPA conference centre.

The conference attracted a number of papers on topics relating to public management and provided good networking opportunities with researchers working in these areas.

A copy of the paper is available here:
BackhouseJ (2015). Smart city agendas of African cities. Proceedings of the African Conference on Information Systems andTechnology (ACIST) 2015, 7-8 July 2015. Accra, Ghana.

Paper accepted for ACIST 2015 conference

A paper by Professor Judy Backhouse, entitled Smart city agendas of African cities has been accepted for the African Conference on Information Systems & Technology (ACIST) 2015 to be held in Accra, Ghana on the 7^th and 8^th of July.

This paper investigates how African cities understand the idea of a Smart City by examining what smart city agendas are being pursued in five cities on the continent and how these agendas are informed by local realities. The paper identifies competing discourses of social inclusion and development that benefit all city residents and smart-looking cities that benefit business and the elite.

More information about the conference can be found here http://www.gimpa.edu.gh/index.php/academics/the-schools/school-of-technology/sot-events/acist-2015.html