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Our very first episode of the Geohabari Impact Series is here, and what a way to begin!(insert drum rolls:-))

In partnership with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) Eastern & Southern Africa Hub and the Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN), this story takes us deep into Laikipia’s Sipili town, where maps, data, and community converge to spark real change.

Featuring Duncan Kebut, Project Lead at HOT, and Lucy Ngandu, Programme Officer at ALIN, the episode explores what happens when communities map their own realities and how open tech becomes a tool for empowerment and visibility.

What happens when communities map their own realities? When open tech becomes a tool for empowerment and visibility? This episode follows how ALIN and HOT used open data and local knowledge to identify where to deploy internet masts, connecting homes that had never been online before through the Beyond the Map Grant.  A walkthrough into what community mapping done right looks like and decolonizing data in practice. 

And this time, we’ve layered the story with immersive soundscapes and voiceovers...growth, eyy? 😉

A powerful walkthrough of what community mapping done right looks like  and what decolonizing data means in practice.