City signs MoU with Abu Dhabi based Presight for smart solutions in traffic, utility, energy

Astana

The Astana City Administration in Kazakhstan recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Presight, the region’s leading big data analytics company powered by artificial intelligence and based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Aimed at contributing to Astana’s development as a thriving hub of innovation and economic prosperity, the MoU was signed between Erlan Bekmurzayev, Deputy Mayor of Astana and Thomas Pramotedham, CEO of Presight during the Forum of Mayors that took place as part of Astana’s 25th anniversary celebrations.

Under the agreement, the Astana City Administration and Presight will work closely together and leverage advanced digital technologies to further

Presight’s smart city solutions empowers governments, city planners and local municipality administrators with big data analytics capabilities to improve the services offered to residents.

These include tourist journey and spend analytics, healthcare digitization, city-wide traffic optimization and retail insights. Presight has previously had success in deploying similar smart city solutions as the smart city solutions provider for Expo 2020 Dubai. Larger in size than the Principality of Monaco, the Vatican City or Disneyland Resort in California, Expo 2020 Dubai witnessed more than 120,000 visitors and over 6,500 vehicles every day. The integration of Presight smart sensors, video analytics, big data, digital twins, and AI capabilities – all seamlessly deployed on a secure cloud infrastructure – helped Expo 2020 Dubai achieve operational intelligence success and set a benchmark for smart city management.