Rethinking African City Sustainability through Digital Socio-Technology

Abstract

In the world, within the framework of population needs, environment commitments, economy trends, societal facts and infrastructures, urbanization planning and smart urban experience are common concerns to provide sustainable living areas in developed and developing countries. Similarly, the digital revolution has transformed citizens' daily life through the adoption of socio-digital technologies, resulting in a transition of traditional cities to smart city models. In the African context, this digitalization transforms urban experience and serves as a way of overcoming challenges of energy, water, governance, mobility, environment, education, business. In this connection, the present article aims at rethinking urban sustainability in Africa via the integration of mobile terminals and smart platforms to improve the daily mobility and communication in the city. In our qualitative descriptive case study, it is multisite ethnography that is proved to contribute to exploring practices and social representation of citizens in Abidjan, a West Africa metropolis.