Digital maturity of the local authority
What does the city mean by “smart city”?
For Bamako, a smart city is resilient, resource and energy efficient, with fluid access to basic social and technical services for its citizens. In terms of infrastructure, the city has reliable and secure data, and is equipped with connectivity infrastructure.
In terms of administration, a smart city is one that has a clear vision of a digital transition, and optimises revenue growth through accountable and transparent revenue collection. Importantly for government structure in Bamako, smart city decisions are semi-connected, as part of a semi-autonomous, networked city.
What relevant projects have been done to date?
The District of Bamako does not currently have its own plan for digital transformation. Some of the major projects the city wishes to undertake are currency captured in Vision Bamako 2030, which is a document concerned predominantly with urban planning.
Strategic documents for the local authority include Vision Bamako 2030, which was produced in collaboration with AFD and Les Ateliers, a non-profit organisation focusing on urban design. The report presents the state of play for some urban services, and concentrates on traditional infrastructure projects proposed for Greater Bamako.
e-Government
The city authority is currently undertaking a project to create an intranet that would include management of personal data and the administration of internal affairs.
Internet access is also being established across the council offices of each commune of Bamako.
Renewable energy
The City of Bamako is a signatory of the Covenant of Mayors of Sub-Saharan Africa on Climate and Access to Energy.
What relevant projects have been done to date?
The District of Bamako does not currently have its own plan for digital transformation. Some of the major projects the city wishes to undertake are currency captured in Vision Bamako 2030, which is a document concerned predominantly with urban planning.
Strategic documents for the local authority include Vision Bamako 2030, which was produced in collaboration with AFD and Les Ateliers, a non-profit organisation focusing on urban design. The report presents the state of play for some urban services, and concentrates on traditional infrastructure projects proposed for Greater Bamako.
e-Government
The city authority is currently undertaking a project to create an intranet that would include management of personal data and the administration of internal affairs.
Internet access is also being established across the council offices of each commune of Bamako.
Renewable energy
The City of Bamako is a signatory of the Covenant of Mayors of Sub-Saharan Africa on Climate and Access to Energy.
What are the plans for the future?
Plans in the short term to digitalise activities of the local authority are modest but will enable future development of digital services that can be used by citizens.
K’LIS PAY
In December 2019, the Bamako District Council signed an agreement with private company NTA Tech to create an online payment solution to manage the tax collection of municipal officials in markets using Point of Sale (POS) devices. The solution, called “K’LIS PAY”, will cover agents collecting taxes related to advertising panels, market taxes, real estate, health, road crossing taxes, product inspection, and public lighting.
e-Government
The Regional Development Agency of the District of Bamako has also begun mapping public amenities of interest, in order to create a portal for development actors to use in their activities. This will be done with support from the World Bank.
The Regional Development Agency has also partnered with the Information and Communication Technology Agency to connect the civil registry centres of the 6 communes and the District of Bamako with each other digitally.
How would you rate your capacity to conduct a digitisation project? 2/5
• Limited use of basic ICT tools
• Human resources have not been able to adapt to digital developments• Insufficient IT equipment
• Huge gap between services (fibre optics available in the finance department, no Internet connection in other departments).
Data gathered from a questionnaire shared with all cities in Phase 1.
