In line with the SmartCity initiative, the fibre-optic network infrastructure of the eThekwini Municipality is now complete. This will make Durban the only city in Africa with the ability to share its broadband access to vital services, businesses, schools, hospitals and tertiary institutions. With Durban being the SmartCity of Africa, the next generation of networking solutions have prompted it to leap into the Quantum regime.  The QuantumCity project allows the vital services of the City to communicate securely linking municipal buildings in Pinetown and Westville. Such a test-bed network will pave the way for the roll out of further quantum security solutions to create the an unsurpassed communication solution. The network will be of interest to government agencies, finance houses and large corporate clients in securing their confidential data.

CQT intends to investigate passive and active routing techniques in the QuantumCity project for implementation into quantum networks.