Geospatial innovation in Africa is growing and Locana is learning a lot from this through their work in Africa. We sit down with Todd Slind, Locana’s Vice President of Emerging Markets, who also leads the Open Data & Development (OD&D) unit, to discuss some of their numerous projects within the African space, and how they help foster collaborative development (cross-fertilization) between Africa and the rest of the world.
Tune in to know about the work they have done and some of its impact on socio-economic development across Africa.
In this episode Todd discusses;
Some past and current projects he is excited about within Africa,
Innovative usage of OpenStreetMap data in disaster relief.
Their approach to new spatial data types and making it more accessible to ordinary users, such as organizations in need of such data.
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