April 2013 Gaëtan Siew CEO

“What is a city, but the people?” Coriolanus – Shakespeare - 1608

AFRICA URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE SUMMIT – Cape Town

Better with less.

Key Points

1. African Challenges – Cities2. Strategy ?3. Cities - Infrastructure - Mayors4. Do better with less5. Lessons ?

Infrastructure : Key role

Unique roleIntegrates Land Use & Property with• Public services• Commercial Professional

Activities• Leisure & Lifestyle Activities

Infrastructure• Quality of life• Sustainability• Competitiveness

Spatial Asset supporting• Services• Utilities• Logistics

Abundant resources – Poor distribution

Lack of regional integration

Pressure•Rapid Urban Growth•Pressure on resources ( Energy/Water)•Capacity to absorb Pollution/Waste•New needs + Backlogs•Maintenance & Renewal

African Challenges - Cities

Kinshasa

Population•2011 : 1,05b >>> 2030 : 1,56bUrban Population•2011 : 414m >>> 2030 : 840m (54%)

Challenges•Africa Infra costs = x2•Power cuts 30 countries •2010 : New ~ $ 93b pa•2010 : Maintenance $ 31b pa

Lagos Cairo

Ms Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma: AU Commission Chair1st Speech 29 Jul 2012 , Pretoria“How do we connect ourselves?" Transport and communication links were not doing enough to connect countries with each other.

I.C.E.• Innovative

• Connected

• Empowered

INNOVATIVE

CONNECTED – People, Ideas, Goods

Cities – Infrastructure - Mayors

Cities FutureInfrastructure Deficit = major drag on• Quality of life• Economy-Entrepreneurship• Sustainability

Copenhagen = 2,6 m2011 only electric /H² cars2025 First carbon neutral capital

Systems Integration• Mayors > lots of interest / but limited power• Local / National – Public / Private• Coordination > Big Issue• Intelligent management of network of

systems

Cities – Infrastructure - Mayors

Investment Agenda• Financial Innovation• Financial Empowerment

Self Financing : Asia / N America >>

EU / L America / Africa Up-front investment Pay back with value creation

Top 5 in Africa• 35. Namibia• 43. Tunisia• 52. Rwanda• 56. Gambia• 59. Botswana Namibia

Aid - Remittanceo ODA = $ 47 bo African Diaspora = $ 47 bo Funding gap $ 31b pa

Cities – Infrastructure - Mayors

Innovative Management & Integration• Vision• Active City Leadership

Use infrastructure to shape cities future growth Integrate systems To achieve inter-operability To secure positive outcomes for citizens/environment

• Flexibility in Financing tools Regulatory framework Land Use (Business/Grabbing?)

Infrastructure meets tradition - Optimisation

Do better with less

Africa needs $ 100b pa > 2030

•40% savings if•+++ Select – Design – Deliver – Manage•Optimal use of existing

Do better with less

Boost Productivity•Improving project selection/Optimise portfolios•Streamlining delivery•Making the most of existing assets

Curitiba 1.3m

Water Reuse

New ways of integrating Space –Time -IT

Do better with less

Improve Governance Systems•Close coordination between authorities (water,energy, transport, etc)•Clear separation between political/technical•Close role of Public/Private sectors•Reliable data : Planning & Management•Strong Public sector capabilities : Process

ObrigadoGratias

MerciThank youShoukran

Gaëtan Siew CEO www.gsiew-gcli.org

Lessons?

“Instead of thinking of Africa as a place that needs to be more like others, we should think about how others need to be more like Africa.”

“Au lieu de penser à l’Afrique en tant que lieu devant être comme les autres nous devons penser à comment les autres doivent davantage ressembler à l’Afrique.”