Speed up service delivery

Issue 8 2021 News & Events, Integrated Solutions, Government and Parastatal (Industry)


My Smart City app.

The My Smart City team in Cape Town is reporting improved turnaround times for the resolution of reported service delivery issues logged onto its platform in Cape Town.

My Smart City has reported a four-fold improvement in resolving service delivery issues like water outages, broken traffic lights, potholes and power outages from inception until today. This insight proves that My Smart City is making great strides in streamlining service delivery issues being wrestled with by citizens.

My Smart City is a free citizen’s platform that allows city residents to engage service providers within a city. The platform has been available in Cape Town for five months and is also being used successfully in Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni.

“The My Smart City support team has been on the virtual frontline of assisting with service delivery issues in our major cities and we have heard first-hand the frustrations faced by South African citizens when logging service delivery issues. From trying to identify the correct municipal channels, to engaging on long calls with officials, these challenges have been made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic,” explains CEO of Acumen Software, Joao Zoio.

Despite these disruptions and delays to service delivery caused by the pandemic, data extracted from the My Smart City platform shows a significant improvement in fault logging procedures and turnaround times in Cape Town and other cities.

“Our teams have seen positive results through collaborating effectively with Cape Town’s municipal support teams and fault reporting channels. This has enabled the My Smart City dispatch centre to be more efficient in dealing with issues reported by citizens,” says Zoio.

The City of Cape Town’s municipality is geared up to engage with the private sector through its Open Data Portal and through their standard application program interface (API), which allows private organisations to integrate into their customer relations management (CRM) system.

“The City of Cape Town’s team has supported and assisted with the integration of the My Smart City platform through their standard API. The interface allows citizens to log issues on their mobile device and the issues are then immediately sent to the City of Cape Town’s system via the interface. This has alleviated the need for human intervention and has sped up call logging times,” explains Zoio.

All pending faults are expedited by the My Smart City dispatch centre team ensuring that nothing slips through the cracks. The dispatch centre reviews issues that have reached a certain age and provides citizens with support by escalating and prioritising these ageing reported issues.

Download the My Smart City App from the Google Play Store or the Apple App store today and strengthen the voice of the people.

Find out more at www.mysmart.city




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