Transcript Oulu Tshwane Cooperation

City of Tshwane & City of Oulu Cooperation
17 March 2009
City of Tshwane Profile
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Merger of 13 municipalities in 2000
POPULATION: 2,2 million
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LOCATION
- City of Tshwane is
situated in the Province of Gauteng
and lies 50km north of City
Johannesburg.
It is also situated on the axis
formed by two major Southern
African roads (The N4 Platinum
Highway which is a section of the
Maputu SDI linking Mozambique,
South Africa Botswana and Namibia
on the east-west axis;
and the N1 Highway linking all
major South African cities to the
south of Tshwane with the African
continent north of Tshwane)
MUNICIPAL AREA
219864
ha, or 2198 km², or 849 miles²
NUMBER OF ELECTED
COUNCILLORS: 76
MUNICIPAL STAFF EMPLOYED:
13,100
13 Municpalities consolidated into
1
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COOEPRATION VISION AND
OBJECTIVES
• Integrated Smart City Plan - Exchange
of competence – to help in development
and implementation of Smart City Plan
•Broadband Connectivity– Exchange
expertise and knowledge around wireless
connectivity to assist the City of
Tshwane.
- Expertise to develop the strategy to
accelerate the roll out of broad band
technology
•Exchange Programme – Broad but not
limited to Council Officials, universities
and students
•Business-to-Business Programme
EXPECTATIONS FROM SOUTHERN
PARTNER
• Availability of experts in Telecoms
operations
• Experts in City Strategy Development
• Identify opportunities for Tshwane &
Oulu Enterprises
• Identify needs for student exchange
programme
The Team
• City:
• Febridge Lebea
(CIO)
• James
Masonganye (Ops)
• Caiphus Chauke
(LED)
• Khanya Matlhare
(Marketing)
• Innovation Office
• Butana Mboniswa
• Gift Mphefu
• Mbali Nkomonde
• The Innovation
Hub
• Tsietsi Maleho
• Jeanette
Morwane
• Johan Swart