Lagos has been nominated for the Most Innovative City of the Year award. The city has been nominated with 24 other global cities.
South Africa's Cape Town is the only other African city on the list.
Other nominated cities are London,
Bratislava, Hong Kong, New York, Hamburg, Toronto, Copenhagen,
Singapore, Sao Paulo, Shenzhen, Vienna, Medellin, Atlanta, Tel Aviv,
Chicago, Vancouver, Berlin, San Francisco, Seattle, Raleigh-Durham,
Melbourne and Boston.
According to the organizers, the
competition tests the ability of the nominated cities to re-imagine
themselves. The 25 cities have succeeded in exhibiting a sustained and
growing commitment to development.
The competition is sponsored by
Citigroup in partnership with the Urban Land Institute. It recognises
places where people, passion and ingenuity are shaping efforts to build
sustainable and liveable cities.
“The Urban Land Institute used selected
criteria to identify the initial 200 most innovative cities. The list
was then narrowed down to 25 cities after an online vote by the general
public and readers of the Wall Street Journal,” De Lille said.
The competition is now in its second
phase, in which all 25 cities compete for a place on the shortlist of
three finalists. The three cities with the highest number of votes will
be announced at the Wall Street Journal Magazine Innovator of the Year
Awards on October 18.
Thereafter, voting will resume until
December 31, 2012 to determine the winning city, which will be announced
in the Wall Street Journal Magazine early next year.
People can cast their votes online at www.wsj.com/ad/cityoftheyear
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