Building a better world with the United Nations: Planet Smart City chief digital strategy officer on supporting Nairobi's slum communities through proptech
In this week’s Tech Talk Radio episode, tech and global reporter Lucy Alderson is joined by Planet Smart City chief digital strategy officer Alan Marcus to talk about a very special project the proptech start-up and affordable housing developer has recently announced. Last year, Planet Smart City came on the United Nations Human Settlements Programme’s radar for the work they were doing in designing and building affordable housing across the world, and placing tech at the heart of these developments. Planet Smart City is now working with the United Nations to build an app for two of Nairobi's largest slum communities to use to organise events, access educational resources, advertise business services to develop a local economy, and create a better life. Marcus discusses the “gold mine of information” that will be collected through the app ,which will be able to give data insights into how slum communities can be best supported. He also outlines the challenges he expects the partnership will face in encouraging the local community to adopt the technology.