How can NGO’s use GIS and Mapping?
Geographic Information Systems is a powerful tool in the hands of NGOs or Non-profit organizations, the understanding and use of spatial data in an organization is no-longer a luxury! It is the missing...
View ArticleQGIS Offers Superior GIS and Analytical Capabilities for the Ugandan and...
Am I ready To Change My Identity? I discovered QGIS by sheer coincident. At work, people kept throwing the name QGIS around especially in serious technical GIS discussions. At first I was entirely...
View ArticleGIS opportunities in Africa: the Continent not the “Country”
A colleague of mine recently asked me about the future prospects of the GIS industry in Africa. Well I jokingly answered him, “if I was a prophet I would need further intercession before I could...
View ArticleHow GIS will Disrupt these Professional Careers
It’s really funny how time flies and changes. 8 years ago (2007) while joining Makerere University one of the finest in East and Central Africa, If one had asked me to wager on what I would be doing...
View ArticleHow NGO’s are Using technology to Transform Lives in Africa
Africa is home to about 1.1 Billion people, sub-saharan Africa is the second largest mobile technology market after Asia and the fastest growing one, with the GSMA forecasting the region’s mobile users...
View ArticleAre you thinking of Building a Solid Career in GIS ?: Amateur Career Counselor
I am not the type who usually gives career advice…!!….because I believe the word “career” is an over inflated concept that limits the full use of our diverse human potential…..it’s like choosing to...
View ArticleGoogle Earth Pro is now for FREE!
Google one of the largest company in the world recently made an announcement that left me very happy, and i am confident it will excite you too: Google Earth Pro, the enhanced version of the world’s...
View ArticleLets Design some Cool Maps: Online map Publishing using Google Map Engine
Sometimes we just want a quick way to visualize, and share our spatial data using maps, without the hassle that comes with the whole process. Well your prayers has just been answered……..!! Google and...
View ArticleSocial Media, Football and GIS: We are out to find you
Two weeks ago BBC aired and published an interesting article asking the question. “Which is Africa’s favourite English Premier League Team?” Having already tried to guess the answer to the above,...
View ArticleWhat is GIS and Why is it a BIG Deal?
In one of my articles about GIS Opportunities in Africa: the Continent NOT the Country, i confessed “each time I meet a friend and he/she asks me what we do as company! I try to stick to as basic an...
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