--- title: Cisco Launches 40 Communities Johannesburg: A New... description: Cisco has announced Johannesburg, South Africa as its newest 40 Communities (40C) Initiative site — the first in Africa. The initiative centers on a multi-year... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/cisco-launches-40-communities-johannesburg-a-new-chapter-of-community-led-transformation-in-south-a-fujf2flzy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Cisco Launches 40 Communities Johannesburg: A New Chapter of Community-Led Transformation in South Africa | daily.dev og:description: Cisco has announced Johannesburg, South Africa as its newest 40 Communities (40C) Initiative site — the first in Africa. The initiative centers on a multi-year... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/cisco-launches-40-communities-johannesburg-a-new-chapter-of-community-led-transformation-in-south-a-fujf2flzy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fUJf2Flzy.png og:image:alt: Cisco Launches 40 Communities Johannesburg: A New Chapter of Community-Led Transformation in South Africa og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Cisco Launches 40 Communities Johannesburg: A New Chapter of Community-Led Transformation in South Africa **[Cisco](https://daily.dev/sources/cisco)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Cisco has announced Johannesburg, South Africa as its newest 40 Communities (40C) Initiative site — the first in Africa. The initiative centers on a multi-year collaboration called Masibambisane with Jozi My Jozi, a coalition of over 140 organizations. Together they will focus on digital education and skilling, connected safety, smart mobility, and community engagement. Additional partnerships include the Raspberry Pi Foundation and EduNova for AI literacy in schools, and Camp Sizanani for youth entrepreneurship. Cisco's broader South Africa work spans 24 digital transformation projects and over 600,000 learners trained through the Networking Academy. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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