Rebecca Craig, Urban Age researcher at LSE Cities, delivered “Urban transport, new data and governance: implications of mapping the informal” at the African Centre for Cities International Urban Conference in Cape Town on 2 February 2018. The special panel looking at How digitalisation will shape public transport in African cities was convened by LSE Cities and chaired by Philipp Rode. Panellists included Jacqueline Klopp (Mapping minibuses in Maputo and Nairobi); Herrie Schalekamp (Technology and formalisation in the minibus-dominated public transport sector in South Africa) and Stéphane Eboko (Engaging a shift toward sustainable mobility to leverage the potential of alternative models on the continent).