The Africa Smart Cities C Townships Alliance (ASCA) is a global public-private partnership dedicated to advancing comprehensive development projects across Africa. The ASCA fosters innovative growth in major cities and rural areas through collaboration, technology, and sustainable development strategies. The ASCA was proposed by the World Smart Cities Forum (WSCF) as an extension of the Global TWIN CITIES Initiative (TCI). TCI, a collaborative smart city implementation platform, was launched among 25 global cities during the OXYGEN Summit in New York City in 2024. Five African cities—Casablanca, Dakar, Mombasa, Benguerir, and Konza Technopolis—are currently participating in the TCI.
Kisumu Governor Nyong’o calls for strategic urban planning to handle the growing migration from rural areas into cities pic.twitter.com/vpkeeSpBb2
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) September 5, 2025
“Africa’s future will be locally-based,“ Kisumu Governor Nyong’o says as the ASCA Summit kicks off pic.twitter.com/HIfVCrRyvo
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) September 12, 2025
Establishing innovation-driven partnerships between ASCA cities and partnering countries and organisations around the world Launching the ASCA pilot testbeds in African cities and townships Engaging venture capital and corporate investors in scalable African infrastructure solutions
African Leaders: Governors and Mayors from ASCA member states, cities, and townships Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India Government officials from South Korea and the UK Global Institutions: Rockefeller Foundation Green Climate Fund (GCF) World Bank Group African Development Bank (AfDB) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) FIWARE Foundation Academia: Professors and researchers from the Korean Universities, MIT, IIT, UM6P, etc. Startups, Investors, and Tech Enterprises