The African continent will experience unprecedented population growth over the next 30 years, with dramatic urban growth expected to put pressure on cities large and small. Hence the need for data is imperative. Thus, as a contribution to the Africa Summit to be held in Kisumu, Kenya from 17 to 21 May, the United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa) and CityIQ, creators of an innovative global standard for measuring cities, has announced that 60 major African cities have been assessed. description.

Rabat/Toronto, April 26, 2022 The United Cities and Local Government of Africa (UCLG Africa) and CityIQ, creator of an innovative global standard for measuring cities, today announced that 60 major African cities have been assessed as contributing. Africans Summit Which will be held in Kisumu, Kenya from May 17-21. Research shows that the African continent will experience unprecedented population growth over the next 30 years, with a dramatic urban boom expected to put pressure on cities large and small.

CitiIQ uses an evidence-based method to score 35 critical ideas within five dimensions of core needs, competitiveness, opportunity, vibrancy and future trajectory. Using an intuitive online dashboard, a city’s metrics are readily available to customers via a cloud-based annual subscription.

The rating of 60 major cities shows the importance of measurement for intermediate cities in Africa. Accurate and consistent data gathering is essential for the growth and development of African cities. Local, regional, national and international investor confidence increases dramatically when progress can be reliably quantified over time. Intermediate cities need to take accurate data measures to meet their needs, which is fundamental to building their capacity for growth. A consistent rating system will accelerate the development of effective data cultures for intermediary cities.

UCLG Africa counts among its members 51 national associations of local governments from all regions of Africa, as well as 2,000 cities and territories with over 100,000 residents. As such, the organization represents approximately 350 million African citizens.

Jean-Pierre Along Mbassi, Secretary General of UCLG Africa, said: ” We have specifically chosen the theme of the 9th Africans Summit to emphasize the role of African intermediary cities in the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda and African Union Agenda 2063. “. UCLG Africa mobilizes strategies, methods and tools to support its members under three pillars, which aim to support the development of local governments to better serve their communities.

Kenya’s Kisumu city is the first intermediary city to host the Africans Summit.

CityIQ uses a wide range of technology tools and expertise to collect data for cities that is processed through its global city measurement algorithms. Comparable scores out of 100 are prepared for the 35 most important things for any given city. The data feeds into a dashboard that conveniently displays scores and allows customers to drill down into the data for the 114 city metrics used.

, Increasingly, the health and well-being of people around the world depends on the efficiency of their city. Mr. Don Simmonds, President of CityIQ, says. , Municipal leaders face enormous challenges and benefit greatly when comprehensive and comparable data can guide their decisions., ,

Most cities struggle to translate disparate data into actions that can improve the lives of their citizens. The CityIQ method standardizes data so that city elements can be easily compared within a given city or with other cities around the world. The service is provided in the form of an application that can run on any website chosen by the customer city. It can be viewed on desktop, laptop, tablet and smartphone.

CitiIQ recognizes the important role that midstream cities around the world play as home to more than half of the world’s urban population. Often underserved, these cities play a vital role in localizing the SDGs, empowering local governance, and ensuring policy cohesion that links higher-order priorities with local civic priorities.

Accurate, persistent and accessible data supports more effective decision making for local governments and their citizens. The CityIQ Dashboard is a common reference point that reflects the complex interactions of the company. Data also plays an increasingly important role as a currency of equity and support for vulnerable populations. CitiIQ provides a reference point for the values ​​of unity, responsibility, transparency and service that characterize intermediary cities.

Africa has 56 cities with a population of 500,000 to 1 million, 85 cities with a population of 300,000 to 500,000, 380 cities with a population of 100,000 to 300,000, and 564 cities with a population of 50,000 to 100,000. These 1,086 cities need a solid data infrastructure to make their growth efficient in the coming decades.

CitiIQ. 60 African cities rated by

Area	Country	city
North Africa	Algeria	Algiers, Oranu
	Egypt	Cairo, Alexandria
	Libya	Tripoli
	Mauritania	noakhali
	Morocco	Rabat, Casablanca
	Tunisia	Tunisia
West Africa	gentle	Cotonou
	Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou
	Green cap	Paraiya
	Ivory Coast	abidjan
	The Gambia	banjul
	Ghana	Accra
	guinea	Conakry
	Guinea-Bissau	Bissau
	Liberia	monrovia
	Gardner	bamako
	Niger	Niamey
	Nigeria	Lagos
	Senegal	Dakaro
	Sierra Leone	freetown
	Go	linseed
South Africa	Angola	luanda
	botswana	Gaborone
	eswatini	manzini
	lisotto	Maseru
	Mozambique	maputo
	Namibia	windhoek
	South Africa	Johannesburg, Cape Town
	Zambia	Lusaka
	Zimbabwe	Harare
Central Africa	Central African Republic	bangui
	piece of paper	na’djamena
	Republic of the Congo	brazzaville
	Democratic Republic of the Congo	kinshasa
	Equatorial Guinea	Malabo
	Gabon	Libreville
	Sao Tome and Principe	sao tome
	cameroon	Yaounde
east africa	Burundi	bujumbura
	Comoros	Moroni
	Djibouti	Djibouti
	Eritrea	asmar
	Ethiopia	addis ababa
	Kenya	Nairobi, Kisumus
	madagascar	antananarivo
	Malawi	lilongwe
	Mauritius	Port Louis
	Rwanda	Kigali
	Seychelles	Victoria
	Somalia	mogadishu
	South Sudan	Juba
	Sudan	Khartoum
	Tanzania	dar es salaam
	Uganda	Kampala

About CityIQ

CitiIQ to C. Known for its unique system of measuring the overall well-being of the city by scoring 35 essential elements calledIdea, within the framework of basic needs, competitiveness, opportunity, habit and the trajectory to come. Most cities struggle to convert the growing amount of disparate data into actions that can improve the lives of their citizens. The CityIQ measurement system converts the raw data into scores out of 100 so that these elements of the city can be easily understood and compared with other cities within a given city or around the world over time.

CityIQ strives to be the global standard for city diagnosis and uses evidence-based methodology that purposefully illuminates human-centered design to help a city reach its full potential. As a cloud-based subscription service, CitiIQ is easy to use, Economic And accomplished.

In April 2020, as the pandemic spread globally, UN-Habitat rolled out the CitiIQ platform, where city-level COVID-19 data was measured and displayed daily for 2,600 cities around the world.

About UCLG Africa (United Cities and Local Governments of Africa)

www.uclga.org

The umbrella organization for African local governments was established in 2005 in the city of Tshwane, South Africa, following the amalgamation of three continental groups of local governments, namely the Association of African Local Authorities (AULA); Association of African Cities (AVU); and UCCL AFRIQUE, the Africa section of the União das Cidades e Capitais Lusofonas (UCCLA). The organization’s founding congress was held in May 2005 in the city of Tshwane, South Africa. UCLG Africa brings together 51 national associations of local and regional governments from all regions of Africa as well as 2,000 cities with more than 100,000 residents. UCLG Africa represents over 350 million African citizens. A founding member of the world organization UCLG, it is the regional division of Africa. Its headquarters are located in Rabat, the capital of the Kingdom of Morocco, where it has the diplomatic status of the International Pan-African Organization. UCLG also has regional offices on the continent of Africa.

About the 9th edition of Africaties Summit

www.afriities.org

9^IMe An edition of the Africities Summit (Africities 9) will be held from 17 to 21 May 2022 in Kisumu, Kenya’s third largest city with a population of 409,000 residents as of the 2009 census. This is the first time that the AfriCities summit is held in a central city. The theme of Africans 9 is: “The contribution of intermediary cities in Africa to the implementation of the United Nations Agenda 2030 and African Union Agenda 2063”.

For the first time ever, the Africa 9 summit will highlight the first tier of the continent’s urban infrastructure, made up of about 1,500 intermediate cities in Africa with populations between 50,000 and 500,000 residents. This layer of the continent’s urban landscape currently accounts for more than 30% of the urban population. It is the basis for the development of local economies that structure the relationship between the population living in rural areas and those living in urban areas. It is the first level of development and improvement of local capacity and production. Thus this level represents the first phase of structural change of the continent. It also acts as a buffer and shock absorber in migration flows between rural areas and major cities as well as metropolitan areas.