Presentation Outline
       • Introduction 
       • 4th Industrial Revolution Discourse
       • PropTech investments in Africa
       • PropTech Solutions to Real Estate Challenges
       • PropTech Impacts in Real Estate
       • Emerging Issues
       • Conclusions 
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             Introduction 
             Historical Account of PropTech Advent 
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                    Other  people                                                 Focus – Capital       Focus: other 
                                           materials,       Focus- Markets           Markets              people
                                         Leasing Land
                        Rural              Semi-Urban           Urbanization             Urban             Urban 
                                                                                      Renaissance        Dispersal 
                 Physiological Needs and Functions         Social Needs              Esteem, Status and Self Actualization 
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              4  Industrial Revolution Discourse
              What is 4th Industrial Revolution?
              • Started around 1969 in USA, USSR & Europe
                    •  introduction of Electronics, IT and Automated Production 
              • Developed into an array of cyber systems around the globe
                    •  Building and extending the impact of digitization in new and unprecedented ways 
              • Has disrupted boundaries of knowledge sets across entire economies, bringing together the physical, 
                 digital and biological worlds. 
              • The Revolution has manifested itself in advances made in:
                    •  artificial intelligence (AI), 
                    • the Internet of Things (IoT), 
                    • Robotics, 
                    • Generic Engineering, 
                    • Blockchain
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                           Source: https://www.proptechforgood.com/post/society50-proptech-sdgs
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               Investment in PropTech Platforms
               • Definition of PropTech?
                    “…is any technology-based innovation or platform that makes planning, managing, developing, 
                    buying/selling/renting, and the usage of real estate more efficient, cheaper and easier at any stage of a 
                    building’s lifecycle…”(Rusin, 2020)
                    “…Tech-driven innovation that is related to buildings and the real estate industry at large. This is tech that 
                    influences real estate in terms of design, management, transactions, investment or use…” (URERU & SA 
                    Proptech, 2019)
                    “… combination of recent innovation technologies and solutions that optimise the creation and management of 
                    real estate…” (Unnisu, 2019)
               • PropTech is redefining our practice:
                      • How we operate and interact
                      • Modifying traditional practices and services through technology advancements
                      • Creating sharing economy- 
                            •   Consumers begin their real estate journeys online
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