Singapore, which is ranked among the smartest cities in the world, is looking to make a deal with South Africa.
Reuters reported that a delegation of Singaporean companies is in the country this week to explore opportunities in manufacturing, logistics, and consumer goods, as trade between the two nations continues to surge.
Enterprise Singapore, the city-state’s trade and enterprise agency, said the business mission forms part of its Scale-Up Programme.
Recently, in front of a captive Singapore audience, two men had a conversation that could reshape the world’s thinking about AI regulation. One represents the vendor side: Thomas Roehm, SAS’s vice president of corporate marketing, armed with decades of analytics experience and war stories from Fortune 500 implementations. The other echoed the regulator’s dilemma: Frankie Phua, managing director and head of group risk management at United Overseas Bank, who wrestles with a fundamental question that keeps data leaders awake at night: How do you govern AI that evolves faster than the rules meant to contain it?
Their conversation, held at SAS Innovate On Tour in Singapore, was part of a broader discussion about Singapore’s groundbreaking Project MindForge. It offered a rare glimpse into how data-driven regulation actually gets built, highlighting the messy intersection of business reality and regulatory necessity.
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Singapore has long been well-regarded for its admirable vista, opulent foliage, and exceptional development. In the current year, the Lion City earned a new distinction by being named one of Asia’s smartest capitals, according to the newest Smart City Index by the International Society for Urban Informatics (ISUI), featured in a recent story of Time Out.
Classified as the 21st in the world and 5th in Asia, Singapore’s spot strengthens its rank as a trailblazer in smart inner-city development. Thus far, there is one question that continues to nag — can technology really solve all of the city’s glitches and difficulties?
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Two cities, two very different tacks on embedding digital technology into everyday lives.
Dubai and Singapore share a common aesthetic: Modern high-rise towers of glass and steel, sweeping freeways, sprawling shopping plazas and exclusive marinas. Their contemporary urban design also shares deeper similarities. Both are cities built on the regional and global flows of capital, goods and information. They are transit points for the region and destinations for wealth.
Based on six core dimensions, including economy, citizens, and governance
Singapore isn’t just a beautiful city full of scenic green spaces amidst shiny high-rise buildings. We’re big on the smarts too, as proven by the latest Smart City Index for 2025 – and there’s clearly much depth beneath our compactness.
Published by the International Society for Urban Informatics (ISUI), this Smart City Index 2025 ranking isn’t just about smartness in the traditional sense of the word, nor is it purely about technological advancements.