Smart urbanism in Africa: when theories do not fit with contextual practices
批评智慧城市化理论忽视地区背景因素，以非洲城市为例，指出主流理论无法适应非洲城市组织，并提出三个研究问题，为全球智慧城市治理提供新视角。
Theories of smart urbanism have overlooked the influence of contextual factors on the conception, planning and implementation of digital transformation practices across regions. To articulate this critique, we focus on African cities and draw on a diverse range of urban and regional scholarship. We present the core assumptions advanced in the mainstream literature on smart urbanism and prove their inability to fit the organisation of African urban contexts. Three main research questions emerge from this critical examination and offer new perspectives for expanding knowledge on how smart urbanism challenges recombine with place-based governance approaches, not only in Africa, but globally.