https://www.bizcommunity.com/411/715.html North Africa news 15 Smart Buildings & Cities news - North Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/411/715.html en-us Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:06:02 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/715/238995.html Amid all the headlines about weakening currencies, rising inflation, and political instability, it's easy to get caught up in the negatives, but there's a lot to celebrate on our continent. As we approach the African Smart Cities Summit in June, it's a great time to recognise the remarkable advancements in Africa's top-performing smart cities. 1-238995 Mon, 05 Jun 2023 11:18:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Smart Buildings & Cities North Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/494/234167.html In June 2022, a fire outbreak at a hospital construction site in Istanbul, Turkey, destroyed most of the newly installed medical and security devices, and injured three people. A few days later, firefighters from West Fargo in North Dakota attended a flaming construction site behind the town's Costco. And a month after that, a blaze broke out at a railway development in Stuttgart, Germany. 1-234167 Mon, 05 Dec 2022 12:17:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Smart Buildings & Cities North Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/715/226395.html Globally, the number of buildings deploying smart building technologies will reach 115 million in 2026, up from 45 million in 2022. This is according to a new study from Juniper Research which says that this growth of over 150% reflects increasing demand for energy efficiency from businesses and residents alike, as energy costs spike. 1-226395 Mon, 28 Mar 2022 09:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Smart Buildings & Cities North Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/715/224367.html Shanghai has been ranked the world's top smart city for 2022 following an extensive study carried out by Juniper Research. The results were published in the organisation's latest research, Smart cities: Key technologies, environmental impact & market forecasts 2022-2026. 1-224367 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 10:16:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Smart Buildings & Cities North Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/715/221269.html The past two years were a busy time for real estate professionals. While commercial buildings like office towers, shopping malls and hotels stood empty for months in a row as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, building owners and their corporate tenants were pondering how to bring people back to their properties. Technology plays a big role in these plans. 1-221269 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 15:12:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Smart Buildings & Cities North Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/698/215044.html The recently released Knight Frank Africa Horizons Report 2021/22, ranked Nairobi as the top city in Africa for innovation, followed by Cape Town in second, Kampala third, with Cairo and Johannesburg at fourth and fifth place respectively. 1-215044 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:27:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Smart Buildings & Cities North Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/715/198040.html Smart cities rely on smart grid technology that includes traditional and renewable energy sources in its mix of power supply. Driven by the advanced technology of the fourth industrial revolution (4IR), the smart grid technology is able to include coal-based energy and renewable energy sources to create a seamless analysis of power usage and problems. 1-198040 Tue, 19 Nov 2019 06:39:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Smart Buildings & Cities North Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/640/197351.html By 2050 an estimated 2.5 billion more people will be added to urban areas, with 90% of this growth taking place in Africa and Asia. According to Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Romer, this will mean the building of more urban areas in the next 100 years than currently exist today. 1-197351 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 07:01:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Smart Buildings & Cities North Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/11/196216.html New expectations of transparency and authenticity in business means things like organisational purpose, brand stories, how your company does things, what it believes in and what it stands for, can all play a part in how your company sees itself and how it is seen by others. 1-196216 Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:07:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Smart Buildings & Cities North Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/715/193756.html Smart cities need the operational technology foundation of smart panels and transformers, the middle layer of connected devices with edge control self-management and the top layer of real-time insights that can optimise services. 1-193756 Tue, 30 Jul 2019 09:25:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Smart Buildings & Cities North Africa