Cape Town’s acronym-loving Alderman James Vos has a policy that’s systematic and pragmatic to grease the wheels of the city’s economy. “The problem is not that so many informal traders do not follow the rules and regulations,” Jeffery argues. Kick-starting the manufacturing machinePerhaps the most distinct shift in the alderman’s strategy is visible in his Manufacturing Support Policy (point number one). Data is the destinationThe remaining points of the plan – Evolving the Ease of Doing Business (point three), Improved Business Support (point four) and a Tourism Development Framework (point five) – act as the supporting struts for this structure. Cape Town was the first African city to adopt an Ease-of-Doing-Business Index, and Vos is doubling down on it.