Category: Economic Development
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The Impact of Location-Based Applications
This blog post is the latest installment in our ongoing series, exploring how technology-driven location-based services can revolutionize community engagement. Demystifying Location-Based Technology The digital tools have the power to change the way we engage with our communities, offering customized experiences and enhancing our understanding of the world around us. Location-based applications, or LBAs, utilize…
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Transforming Data Accessibility Through Location-Based Engagement
In this piece, I will mostly discuss the topic of data accessibility in informal settlements, however, accessing relevant data to make informed decisions about one’s life is a brother issue and touches on most aspects of everyday life. In today’s digital era, data has become a vital asset in driving informed decision-making. From healthcare and…
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Secure Tenure on Zanzibar
Using cutting-edge technologies to simplify the process of obtaining proof of property ownership in Zanzibar Our solution is designed to simplify and modernize the outdated, paper-based data collection and parcel mapping processes, all while tackling the challenges of limited professional capacity and high costs of land data collection. By teaming up with the Commission for…
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Kenya Digital Public Works
Between 2021 and 2022, we carried out a project called Kenya Digital Public Works. Here’s a short description of the project with more on the way in the future. The goal of the Digital Public Works project was to produce the information necessary for informal settlement upgrading by engaging with and providing short-term employment opportunities…
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Applying ICTs to the Data Capture Element of Land Registration: Lessons Learnt and Recommendations
This is the next in the series of blog posts on research into applying ICTs to the data capture element of land registration. It follows the previous blog post titled: Testing ICTs and Affordable Mapping Tools for Demarcation of Land Under Real-World Scenarios. In our research conducted in 2017, we aimed to test whether: Cheap…
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Registration of Private Land in Kenya
This is the next in the series of blog posts on research into applying ICTs to the data capture element of land registration. The previous blog post was titled: Affordable Tools for Demarcation of Land are Widely Available. In one of our previous posts, we wrote about the requirements and the process of registering community…
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Affordable Tools for Demarcation of Land are Widely Available
We cannot do the all the work alone. There are not enough of us. Joe Kheti, Kenyan Surveyor This is the next in the series of blog posts on research into applying ICTs to the data capture element of land registration. The previous blog post was titled: Registration of Community Land in Kenya. According to…
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The Process of Land Adjudication in Kenya
This is the next in the series of blog posts on research into applying ICTs to the data capture element of land registration. The previous blog post was titled: A Short Note on Land Laws in Kenya. While the previous blog post briefly describes the classification of land in Kenya according to the new constitution,…
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Land Tenure Issues in Taita Hills
As a part of our research into applying ICTs to the data capture element of land registration, we conducted a series of interviews in Taita Hills touching on major issues people face when it comes to land tenure. The interviews were done in Wongonyi, Ghazi, and Kishushe village, and other locations throughout Taita Taveta County.…
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The Need for Inclusive Community- and Data-centered Land Registration Within Standards and Legal Thresholds
In countries across Africa, many people do not have access to formal land registration. Individual and shared property rights have not been properly documented or acknowledged. Lack of documentary evidence of customary property rights leaves individuals, households, and communities at a disadvantage. Lack of customary land rights has undermined the ability of individuals, households, and…