Smart city plans for Bahir Dar

Smart city plans for Bahir Dar
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Deployment Status	Planned
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City	Bahir Dar
Country	Ethiopia
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managed by	Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
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Summary	Smart city technology is planned for Bahir Dar, a large city in Ethiopia and popular tourist destination. Circa 3 billion dollars has been allocated for the developments, which promise to deliver improvements based on IoT (Internet of Things) softwares, principles and technologies. Usually such projects have sensors and data collection at their core and may be comprised of some elements of biometric collection.

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Deployment Purpose: Surveillance

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Smart city technology is planned for Bahir Dar, a large city in Ethiopia and popular tourist destination. Circa 3 billion dollars has been allocated for the developments, which promise to deliver improvements based on IoT (Internet of Things) softwares, principles and technologies. Usually such projects have sensors and data collection at their core and may be comprised of some elements of biometric collection.

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Status	Planned
Events	? (2 January 2018, Documented, , No description)
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Managed by	Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
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City	Bahir Dar
Country ⠉	Ethiopia

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There are plans to develop a smart city in Bahir Dar, a major city in Ethiopia and popular tourist destination.

After the smash hit release of the film Black Panther – chronicling the defence of a hyper-advanced city in a fictional city-state called Wakanda by a superhero king – a smart city developer aims to help build something similar. According to the Ethiopian News Agency, the country’s government, in partnership with the developer called HubCity Live, will aim to build the $3bn internet of things (IoT) connected city in an area called Bahir Dar in the state of Amhara. Expected to take up to 10 years to develop, the blueprints were presented during a workshop in the country’s capital of Addis Ababa, including the Ethiopian national and regional governments 1

According to Getahun Mekuria, Ethiopia’s Minister of Science and Technology, the establishment of the city will have a great impact on improving the lives of the people. The very heart of this smart city should house state-of-the-art technologies used worldwide. It will, at the same time, serve as a learning centre for the various actors in the sector: both in terms of individuals and institutions. In addition, this city will see the creation of employment opportunities for young people 2

Mikal Kamil, co-founder of Hub City Live-Ethiopia, says the project will help give Ethiopia the first-ever technocratic African government. This Wakanda will bring together various ICT innovations widely used around the world. It will also house various institutions and individuals involved in science and technology 2

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