Tag: Environment
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Sitting Around the Fire
The Power of Participatory Approaches in Documenting Pastoralist Communities Pastoral societies are among the most dynamic and adaptable populations in the world. With an estimated 240 million people living in these communities across sub-Saharan Africa, their experiences are far removed from those of others. Not many can relate to a lifestyle that includes moving across vast, semi-arid,…
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A mixed-method approach to solid waste mapping in Mogadishu
Last year, we collaborated with Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and OSM Somalia to generate high-quality geographic data aimed at comprehending the extent and dispersion of solid waste sites in Mogadishu. Managing solid waste is a multifaceted and intricate problem that necessitates a thorough comprehension of the ecosystem, involving various actors and factors such as social, economic,…
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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the process of obtaining proof of property ownership in Zanzibar Our solution is designed to simplify and modernize the outdated, paper-based data collection and parcel mapping processes, all while tackling the challenges of limited professional capacity and high costs of land data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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Zanzibar Resilience Academy
Since 2017, we spent many months on Zanzibar working with the government and other stakeholders on data collection activities. The main focus of these activities was to utilize the rectified drone imagery provided by the Zanzibar Mapping Initiative and generate datasets critical to disaster risk management. Between May 2017 and March 2018, the first phase…
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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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Testing ICTs and Affordable Mapping Tools for Demarcation of Land Under Real-World Scenarios
This is the next in the series of blog posts on research into applying ICTs to the data capture element of land registration. This blog post follows the previous blog post was titled: Testing ICTs and Affordable Mapping Tools for Demarcation of Land under Ideal Conditions. In the previous post, we looked at how some available…
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Testing ICTs and Affordable Mapping Tools for Demarcation of Land Under Ideal Conditions
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: Technical Thresholds Required for Demarcation of Individual and Community Land in Kenya. The idea of communities demarcating their own land is predicated on a series of…
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Technical Thresholds Required for Demarcation of Individual and Community 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: Registration of Private Land in Kenya. Following the fit-for-purpose principle, the accuracy of data capture of boundary points can be considered as a variable based on…
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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…