Event Summary
Session Lead
- Julie Arrighi, Resilience Advisor Africa, Red Cross
Speakers
- John Ahlrichs, Vice President, Planet Labs/Blackbridge
- Aboud Jumbe, Environment Scientist, Government of Zanzibar
- Juliana Letara, Municipal Town Planner, Tanzania
- Angela Oduor Lungati, Director of Community Engagement, Ushahidi
- Bernard Justus Muhwezi, Head of GIS, Uganda Bureau of Statistics, Uganda
- David Rovira, SenseFly
- Douglas Ssebaggala, Fruits of Thought
Description
Risk models and policy decisions are only as good as the data on which they are based. Recent years have seen a revolution in the geospatial and mapping sector which now provides powerful and affordable technology that is increasingly adopted throughout Africa. This session discussed how these tools and methodologies can address data gaps. It highlighted low-cost and open access technologies and presented practical lessons learned from projects implemented in Africa.