By Editha Mwanyika This year, Open Skies Fellows took part in Innovation Week Tanzania 2022, which was held in 16 regions from the 20th to the 23rd of May. …

By Editha Mwanyika. Early this year, OpenMap Development Tanzania began to expand to Rwanda through the Open Skies Fellowship, collaborating with its local partner IDA Technology to implement the program in Rwanda following a successful pilot in Tanzania with 12 recruited fellows. …

By Hawa Adinani The growth of OSM communities in Tanzania is taking shape as most organizations, institutions, and communities in general, are recognizing the importance of using and contributing to OSM data. To support the growth of OSM communities in Tanzania, OpenMap Development Tanzania with her partner the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap…

By Hawa Adinani The use of satellite images in crop monitoring is developing rapidly in larger-scale farming along with the use of remote sensing data i.e vegetation index analysis. However, there is an increasing need for ground truthing data to make sure the monitoring of crops is precise. In collaboration…

By Hawa Adinani In May 2021, Open Skies Fellows announced the selection of the first cohort of four youth focusing on diverse technology ranging from drones, virtual reality, flood modeling and automatic wheelchairs. Fellows were given mentorship and technology loans to support their project’s needs throughout the implementation. Intentionally, the…

By Hawa Adinani Tanzania is the most flood-affected country in East Africa, and city governments across the country are underprepared to meet the challenges of urbanization, including the increased vulnerability to climate-related hazards. …

By Hawa Adinani Earlier this year, OMDTZ announced the commencement of the Open Skies Fellowship program — funded by Fondation Botnar and implemented by a consortium of OpenMap Development Tanzania (OMDTZ), Uhurulabs, and the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). To select the first fellows, we organized a…

By Hawa Adinani and Msilikale Msilanga Since 2017 OMDTZ has been supporting industrial training to university students to gain digital geospatial skills and knowledge, a culture adopted from the Ramani Huria project — a community mapping for flood resilience in Dar es salaam. …

By Hawa Adinani In Dar es Salaam, it is estimated that only 40 percent of waste is collected and disposed of at the official dumpsite of Pugu Kinyamwezi. The remaining waste (over 2,800 tons per day) is burned, buried and thrown into rivers and drains, to the detriment of public…