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Building Smart Cities
The HBCU Smart Cities Program is an annual program hosted by the Pathway Community Foundation. It challenges all HBCU students to create real-world solutions for their community leveraging IoT, Web3, and other emerging technology.
The program provides a unique opportunity for HBCU students, city leadership, and HBCU communities to showcase their skills and creativity while addressing their communities' challenges.
Why HBCU Talent?
Untapped talent and research infrastructure that supports city innovation
HBCUs are the new talent pipeline for cities and companies
HBCU students are intrinsically linked to these communities and possess a profound understanding of the specific issues at hand, making them the ideal candidates to craft impactful and meaningful solutions.
HBCUs produce 40% of all black engineers across the United States
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The three computer science students — Ndhlovu at St. Augustine’s University in nearby Raleigh and Bhebhe and Mukuchura at Alabama State University, all historically Black institutions — joined forces to figure that out. As part of the inaugural HBCU Smart Cities Challenge, they developed a proof of concept for a platform that could give first responders, including police officers, timely and relevant information to help them make smarter decisions faster. And that, Mukuchura says, could also fortify trust in communities where faith in first responders may be lacking.
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Learn more about the HBCU Smart Cities Challenge hosted by WSSU and the City of Winston-Salem, where we are fostering innovation and sustainable urban development.
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Dive into our exclusive interview with Afroflare, where we discuss the HBCU Smart Cities Challenge and the transformative potential of the program.
