CONCEPT PAPER for Transforming Juba into a Smart City through “SMART” Approaches

Traditional cities always strive to become modern and smart cities. The concept of a Smart City revolves around leveraging technology and data-driven and integrated solutions to enhance various aspects of urban life, including key modernization elements such as infrastructure (both road and broadband connectivity), affordable modern housing, business facilities, transportation (public transport and parking spaces etc), waste management and environmental protection and sustainability, governance, and citizen engagement. Among others. By considering factors such as ICT infrastructure, transportation efficiency, energy, and green initiatives, as well as e-government services, innovation hubs and or bio-networks, and quality of life of city inhabitants among others, and implementing development initiatives that enhance them, traditional cities are able to become smarter, more efficient, and more resilient and hence, transform into modern smart cities.