Africa GeoConvo Podcast-GIS ,Geospatial,Remote Sensing,Earth Observation,Geography,Volunteering,Community in Africa

Milsat is a "Data Acquisition as a service (DaaS) company focused on building location data collection tools, methodologies, and native analytical concepts specifically for the African ecosystem".    In this episode of our startup series, you will hear from the founder who is on a mission to make data acquisition in Africa valid and native. Taslim shares his love for geography and gives a deep dive into his geospatial career journey and why this innovative project is important for the African Ecosystem.   Learn more about Milsat: https://milsat.africa 

Data quality is fundamental for end-users benefiting from open mapping data including communities, organizations, and governments.   In this episode, Yves Emmanuel from OSM Cameroon shares his experience from HOT Data Quality Internship. He shares his perspective about data quality, the approaches to creating data quality, and how to prepare for the next round of application opening soon. This is a paid internship with an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in remote mapping and validation using tools such as JOSM, OSMCha, MapRoulette. Links: Learn more about the internship by checking out the application for 2020: https://www.hotosm.org/jobs/data-quality-internship/ Episode 2 with HOT: https://africageoconvo.com/shows/2 To get an update on the next round of application, follow HOT on Twitter and LinkedIn To sign up on OpenStreetMap: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/new To learn more about YouthMappers: https://africageoconvo.podbean.com/e/the-youthmappers-network/

Geoluminous Co. Ltd is a female founded geospatial startup providing platforms, products and experiences with the aim of helping more people discover and connect to the geospatial industry. In this episode, Esther Onyekachi Ogbu, the Chief Visionary Officer, shared with us her background in the GIS and creative industry, how she discovered her passion for cartography and how her interest in geo-creativity led to the start of her own company and her non-profit initiative, with the support of her co-founder Omowonuola Akintola. Links: Learn more about Geoluminous: https://geoluminous.co.uk/ Shop for Geoluminous mappy items here: https://geoluminous.co.uk/shop/ Learn more about the #30daysmapchallenge: https://twitter.com/search?q=%2330daysmapchallenge&src=typed_query Episode 2 with HOT: https://africageoconvo.com/shows/2 Follow and connect with us: https://twitter.com/africageoconvo

Youthmappers network is a global community of university students capitalizing on web-based open geospatial technologies to respond and address developmental needs around the globe. In this episode, we sit down with Tommy Charles, the regional ambassador for Youthmappers Sierra Leone, to talk about his journey as a youthmapper member, how to be a part of the network, and the benefits. You will also learn about the Power Mapping Grid Project where they contributed to minigrid feasibility analysis by mapping roads and buildings in rural towns in Sierra Leone.    Learn more about Youthmappers - https://www.youthmappers.org/ Power Mapping Grid Project - https://www.osmsierraleone.com/projects/power-grid-mapping

The African Drone and Data Academy (ADDA) is giving access to 21st century skills for young professionals in Africa through drone training. In this episode, we sit down with Ndapile Mkuwu and Alexander Mtambo who are currently Senior drone instructors at the academy. Ndapile and Alex were part of the first cohort before becoming instructors at the academy. In this episode, you will learn about drone technology, ADDA, the courses they offer and how you can take advantage of this academy to learn drone and improve your skills. Link in this episode Download free drone imagery: https://openaerialmap.org/ Learn about Pix4D for processing drone imagery: https://www.pix4d.com/ Reach out to the academy via email : adda@vt.edu Connect with Ndapile on twitter: https://twitter.com/Ndapile_M

With data science, deeper insights can be extracted from data using comprehensive algorithms and analytical methods. In this Episode, we sit down with Abba Barde, a data scientist who has worked in a wide range of sectors and now in the geospatial field. This episode will expose you to the world of data science, what to learn to get started, where to find resources, how to participate in competitions to build a strong portfolio, and all you need to know to explore a data science career. Abba Barde is currently with Radiant Earth Foundation Links in this episode    Learn Data Science on Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/   Get a scholarship to get started on Udacity: https://www.udacity.com/scholarships   Don't forget to also check out Datacamp on Youtube and Website    Get started with Statistics for free on this Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=3+blue+1+brown   Get Started with Competitions on Kaggle https://www.kaggle.com/competitions and don't forget to start with the Titanic Dataset as mentioned in this episode.   Check out Zindi Africa for some other competitions as well: https://zindi.africa/   Check out the Radiant Earth ML HUB, a cloud-based open library dedicated to Earth Observation training data for Machine Learning - https://www.radiant.earth/mlhub/   Tutorials to get started with the ML Hub - https://medium.com/radiant-earth-insights/accessing-and-downloading-training-data-on-the-radiant-mlhub-api-f04dc635592f

This special holiday episode gives a recap of interviews we had in 2021. From Volunteering to Web Development to Securing Funding to Freelancing etc., you will hear a summary of each episode and get motivation to probably listen to the full episodes, sometimes. Finally,  a big shout out to all our followers and listeners from all over the world.   We have created this survey here to help us learn about what you enjoy and how we can improve. This will help us shape our contents for next year and serve you better. We appreciate your support always.

The Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) Open Mapping Hub is supporting HOT's goal of mapping an area home to one billion people in areas vulnerable to disasters or experiencing multidimensional poverty across 94 countries. In this episode, we speak with Monica Nthiga, the Regional Director for the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) Open Mapping Hub. The ESA hub will be supporting communities and organizations in 22 countries across Africa and Monica shares extensively on how their plans and how people in the region can get involved. This Episode is sponsored by HOT We will love to hear from you: africageoconvo@gmail.com

One way to highlight your skills in GIS is through a professional portfolio. Job applications now have recruiters requesting access to a GIS portfolio, helping them get a feel of your skill sets. In this episode, Emmanuel Jolaiya shares about Spatialnode - a new platform where you can build your own personal portfolio, showcase your amazing projects and connect with professionals all over the world. You will learn about his motivation for building this platform, how to get started, and the other amazing features on the platform. Emmanuel Jolaiya with his passion for community development built this platform for the global GIS community to help people without programming skills easily share their projects and share with recruiters

Freelancing can be an attractive option to pursue and can prepare you for a great professional career ahead. If your job isn't taking too many hours out of your week, you can use your spare time to work on freelance projects and generate extra income. The best part is that it is affordable to start once you have the skills and equipment to get started. In this episode, Gibson Okeke who has formed a successful GIS career around freelancing shares how he got started and provides great tips for people who are interested in following in his footsteps. On fiverr, he is the number one in the GIS category globally. He shares about his best freelancing platforms, best approach to communicating with clients, pros and cons, and how to be a successful freelancer.    Below are the links to the platforms mentioned in the episode:   Fiverr  a freelance service marketplace   Upwork a work marketplace for freelancing  QGIS Open source GIS software   Feel free to connect with us on social media : https://linktr.ee/africageoconvo    

The SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) specification provides a common language to describe a range of geospatial information, so it can more easily be indexed and discovered. A 'spatiotemporal asset' is any file that represents information about the earth captured in a certain space and time. In this episode,our guest Chris Holmes shared with us the inspiration behind STAC, the problem it's solving,how you can use it,where you can find it, and why it's important for us to have a unified specification for geospatial data access and discovery in the geospatial community. This episode is sponsored by HOT. Learn more about HOT at https://hotosm.org Links Stac Index- http://stacindex.org to see what's trending in the STAC community and available tools and API that you can use for your projects. Stacspec https://stacspec.org/ to learn more about the specification. Google Earth Engine Platform Microsoft Planetary Computer  Chris Blog about STAC V1.0 release on Medium Radiant Earth ML Hub Radiant Earth website Geoserver Geonode OGC Features API Episode with HOT Cloud Optimized Geotiff(COG) Stac Spec Github repository Application Programming Interface   Subscribe to our newsletter to receive exciting updates on scholarships and other opportunities.   Emmanuel Jolaiya and Omowonuola Akintola are more than happy to hear from you.   Remember to Subscribe :) and share this podcast with a friend! Happy to connect with you!  

In this episode, our guest Ernest Opoku-kwarteng shares with us his journey from Geomatic Engineering to Application Development, talks about CERSGIS Ghana, and 2 amazing geospatial applications solving local issues in Ghana. Ernest is the head of the E-mapping and Innovation unit at CERSGIS, a software developer and he enjoys writing scripts and building applications.   Below are some of the links mentioned in the episode:   The Mining Monitoring Portal    Google Earth Engine Platform   Mobile Application on Playstore. This application called Landscape-GH can be used to map and report illegal mining activities in Ghana.   Join the Africa Geospatial Developer group on LinkedIn to connect, learn and share ideas with other Developers from Africa.  If you want to get started with programming you can visit these website mentioned by Ernest - W3schools, Udemy , Coursera, Youtube

In this episode,Willy Franck shared with us the GeOSM platform,the first open location intelligence platform in Africa. He walked us through the inspiration behind the project,the technical backbone,why it is developed,for who it is developed,how you can use the platform and the plans for the future.   Sponsor:   Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)(https://hotosm.org)   Links: The GeOSM Platform: https://geo.sm Check out the GeOSM github repository to perhaps contribute to the project. The OpenStreetMap The Launch of the GeOSM platform on HOT youtube page Subscribe to our  newsletter to receive exciting updates on scholarships and other opportunities Emmanuel Jolaiya  and Omowonuola Akintola are more than happy to hear from you. Follow us: https://africageoconvo.com Remember to Subscribe :) and share this podcast with a friend!  

Securing a fully funded program can be a daunting task,but with the right information and strategic positioning,you can be a scholar. In this episode,two GIS Scholars, Adebowale Daniel,an Erasmus Mundus Scholar and Nnenna Nkata a Commonwealth Shared Scholar both shared their experiences and gave some tips on how to position yourself and build a strong profile to win your desired scholarship. Links:  We found this whatsapp Group ,that post updates about fully funded Scholarships Follow this forum on Twiiter for scholarship news as well as MomentWithBren You can also find the shownotes here  Subscribe to our newsletter to receive exciting updates on scholarships and other opportunities  Emmanuel Jolaiya and Omowonuola Akintola are more than happy to hear from you. Please don't forget to share this podcast with your friends and loved ones: https://linktr.ee/africageoconvo 

Lenah Kitenge started The Girls Who Map project to engage more women in mapping. In 2020, the project welcomed women participants from 13 countries spread across Africa. Amazing!!! What should I expect? You will learn about The Girls Who Map Project and the journey so far The mapping platform used for the project  Future plans for the project  Skills that are important for women to advance in their GIS career Useful Links Learn about Here Map Creator  For tutorials on how to get started, check out the Youtube page Check out the main Youtube page   Reach her via email  and LinkedIn  Some of the organizations she partnered with in 2020 includes Zulu Nomads and African Women in GIS. Subscribe to our mailing list here  

Have you been finding it challenging to get started with Web GIS Development? Are you a software engineer who finds it challenging to transition into GIS Development or you understand GIS but don't know what to do next? You are not alone. In this episode, Emmanuel Jolaiya together with our guest, Wanjohi Kibui helped to provide answers to questions like, where to start from? How to start? How to secure jobs? How to stay motivated, and lots more...   Links You can reach Wanjohi Kibui here(https://twitter.com/wanjohikibui) and check out his Youtube Series on Geodjango here https://youtube.com/watch?v=QiLO3MQxvds&list=PL7amXK4vKqATa_KrfQ3_tEF_ywAgAqWeJ   You can join the Telegram group on Geodjango here: https://t.me/joinchat/D6VfOBIfhHh4i8yZ19sqbQ   Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/africageoconvo   Reach us via email: https://africageoconvo@gmail.com   Support us on Patreon here: https://patreon.com/africageoconvo   Happy to connect with you on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeafreezy   Read the full show notes here: https://africageoconvo.com/shows/3   Remember to Subscribe :) and share this podcast with a friend! https://linktr.ee/africageoconvo   Subscribe to our mailing list: https://mailchi.mp/431d1fc48f4b/africa-geo-convo-mailing-list

In this episode, Omowonuola explores the world of volunteering with Geoffrey Kateregga, who works with Humanitarian OSM as the Community Manager, East Africa Hub. He enjoys impacting the world through volunteering and mapping and encourages more local participation. Do you care about volunteering but do not know how to start? Join us as we share tips and tricks to get you started; What to listen for :   Sign up on OSM: https://www.openstreetmap.org   Participate in humanitarian mapping: https://tasks.hotosm.org   Get tutorials on how to get started with OSM: https://learnosm.org/en/   Get OSM data at https://www.geofabrik.de/data/download.html   Get some data with the Overpass API: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API   Get more OSM data using QGIS plugin - OSM downloader or Quick OSM   Start a youth mapper chapter in your university today https://www.youthmappers.org/on-boarding   To read more on the HOT's Audacious projects, visit https://www.hotosm.org/projects/audacious/     You can reach out to our guest via email at geoffrey.kateregga@hotosm.org or on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kateregga1   Happy to connect with you: https://twitter.com/Svelte_mo     Remember to Subscribe :) and share this podcast with a friend!   Happy to connect with you!   Subscribe to our mailing list: https://mailchi.mp/431d1fc48f4b/africa-geo-convo-mailing-list  

Not all problems require a mobile application or a website. Some can be solved with the right information. In this episode, Emmanuel Jolaiya and Omowonuola Akintola shared some challenges faced in the Africa Geospatial ecosystem and how they intend to use this podcast to solve them. Remember to Subscribe :) Share this podcast with a friend! Happy to connect with you! Email: africageoconvo@gmail.com Website: africageoconvo.com Twitter: @africageoconvo   Subscribe to our mailing list: https://mailchi.mp/431d1fc48f4b/africa-geo-convo-mailing-list