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TechInAfrica – Siemens South Africa has launched a web-based application named the Atlas of Digitalization. The web-based app measures the readiness and potential of six major cities in embracing digitalization and developing new ways of living, working, and interacting. It focuses on three main themes including Mobility, Sustainability, and Opportunity. Additionally, it also assesses how the fourth industrial revolution transforms global urban life, as well as positive impacts it will bring in the future.
In order to produce a Digital Readiness Score, data of 21 indicators have been analyzed in several cities in the world, including Buenos Aires, Dubai, Johannesburg, London, and Los Angeles. From the data, it reveals the score that shows a great performance of each city’s digital infrastructure and its readiness for a connected future.
Siemens CEO for Southern and Eastern Africa, Sabine Dall’Omo, said: “Each city must address its own unique mix of challenges and opportunities by combining the physical and digital worlds; we believe embracing digitalization is the key to sustainable, livable future cities.”
She added, “The Atlas of Digitalization gives us an all-important understanding of the current status of digitalization in key cities, and we hope it will inspire new ways of thinking to realize the full global potential of City 4.0. With intelligently applied technology and data analytics, we aim to shape the smart cities of tomorrow.”
To give a city the score, the analysis also looks at other areas like innovation, greenhouse gas emissions, and time spent in traffic. It indicates the opportunity to develop digital capabilities in transforming society and the economy. The Readiness and Potential score at the same time picture the different capacities each city has and which area they can develop further to make an impactful change as well as growth.
Each city is unique yet they all share the same characteristic—the ingenuity to use digital technologies to improve infrastructure, making it more productive and efficient and to tackle the country fundamental challenges including air pollution, congestion, population growth, and natural hazards.
Dall’Omo explained: “Although our progress is lagging compared to our European counterparts, for example, we’re still making great strides towards becoming a digitally inclined city. Our Siemens FABRIC initiative is the perfect example of how data can be used to identify the needs of a city and ensure smart decision-making to advance it and make it more efficient for a growing population. For us to succeed as a city in this age of digitalization we need to embrace the possibilities and changes that it brings. Siemens is ready to contribute to the advancements of this city.”
For further information about the Atlas of Digitalization, please visit atlas.dc.siemens.com or www.Siemens.co.za
Source: africabusiness.com
