Nov 21Tech for Good: How Rwandans are Empowering Their Communities through Innovative SolutionsWritten by Teta Naomi The Open Skies Fellowship in Rwanda effectively trained and chose 15 fellows through two cohorts. In March 2022, the initial cohort’s selection took place at our partner hub, IDA Technology, resulting in the selection of 10 fellows with promising projects. The workshop’s goal was to empower…Technology7 min readTechnology7 min read
Nov 6How Tanzanian Youth Are Using Technology to Make a Difference: The Open Skies FellowshipWritten by Aisha Hamisi In 2021, OMDTZ announced the start of the Open Skies Fellowship program, funded by Fondation Botnar and implemented by OpenMap Development Tanzania (OMDTZ), Uhurulabs, and the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) consortium. The program was implemented in three countries: Tanzania, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the…Technology5 min readTechnology5 min read
Jun 21Mapping for Sustainable Solid Waste Management MapathonBy Neema Alphonce and Samuel Kyando Today, our planet is being inundated by plastics, and a big percentage ends in our water bodies while the rest clogs our landfills, according to United nation Environmental Programme (UNEP) by 2050, there could be more plastic than fish in the ocean, that being…Mapping6 min readMapping6 min read
May 10Inspiring the next generation of technologists: highlights from Science and Technology Week in the DRCBy Divine Ela Science and Technology Week is organized by ASBL Investing in People, ONGD Elongo Elonga, the Ministry of Primary, Secondary, and Technical Education, the Ministry of Higher Education and Universities, and the Ministry of Scientific Research and Technological Innovation. …Technology3 min readTechnology3 min read
Feb 28Five Years of OMDTZ: From a Volunteer Project to Flagship Open Mapping Community!We are celebrating five years of community mapping, innovation, data collection, training, capacity building, and more! — From a small volunteer project to where we stand now, more needs to be done, but we believe our story is worth sharing! By Aisha Hamis The story of OMDTZ begins with a…Anniversary4 min readAnniversary4 min read
Feb 3Building Bridges with Open Mapping: Uniting OSM Communities & Contributors at State of the Map Tanzania 2023By Aisha Hamisi and Hawa Adinani The State of the Map Tanzania 2023 was a game-changer, bringing together a diverse community of individuals and organizations all driven by a common goal: using and contributing to OpenStreetMap (OSM), the free editable map of the world; with the theme “Supporting Progress Towards…State Of The Map3 min readState Of The Map3 min read
Dec 22, 2022The Second Cohort of Open Skies Fellowship in Rwanda Selected — Twenty-Five Rwandan Youth Trained!By Teta Naomi and Erneste Ntakobangize The Open Skies Fellowship in Rwanda successfully trained and selected four female fellows among the 25 workshop participants. …Technology3 min readTechnology3 min read
Dec 15, 2022Unveil the Minds of Future Innovatorsby Aisha Hamis The Open Skies Fellowship is delivering a series of emerging tech workshops to youth in different regions, offering hands-on experience and capacity-building programs that introduce young people particularly females, to the latest trending technologies. OpenMap Development Tanzania through the Open Skies Fellowship holds technology workshops across the country to inspire youth in technology, provide practical skills, and expose youth to different technologies. …Women Empowerment3 min readWomen Empowerment3 min read
Nov 28, 2022Unleashing Women’s Tech Potential with Open Skies Fellowship: Kinshasa, DRCBy Hawa Adinani In August 2022, OpenMap Development Tanzania, through the Open Skies Fellowship program (OSF), organized an emerging technology workshop in Kinshasa- Central Africa’s largest and fastest-growing urban system with a population of 23 million people. We organized a one-week workshop with 22 youth in Kinshasa (all women) who…Youth4 min readYouth4 min read
Oct 10, 2022In Pursuit of Greener Cities: GeoData for Urban Landscape Development Opportunities in Dar Es SalaamBy Aisha Hamisi Efforts to achieve sustainable urban development in Dar es Salaam by identifying opportunities for public landscaping and urban forestry projects that can create benefits in urban environments Dar es Salaam is Tanzania’s largest city and one of Africa’s fastest-growing cities in Africa, with a population of over 6 million people. Dar es Salaam has an estimated 70% of its urban population living in unplanned settlements. From 2002 to 2012, the average annual population growth…Urban Planning5 min readUrban Planning5 min read
