Version 0.12 Dec. 1, 2023

We released a new schedule version!

We sadly had to cancel a session: “Improving national datasets through OSM” by Claire Halleux

We have moved a session around: “Cartographie Communautaire A Bamako” by Nathalie SIDIBE (Nov. 30, 2023, 4:30 p.m. → Dec. 2, 2023, 10 a.m.)

Version 0.11 Dec. 1, 2023

We released a new schedule version!

We have a new session: “Mapping with FAO in Somalia and meet the Sketch Map Tool” by Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

• “Building Sustainable Open Mapping Communities across Africa” by Innocent Maholi (Dec. 1, 2023, 4:30 p.m., Auditorium → Dec. 2, 2023, 2 p.m., Room 2)
• “Data Quality Internship” by Rebecca Chandiru (Dec. 1, 2023, 4 p.m., Auditorium → Dec. 1, 2023, 5 p.m., Room 3)

Version 0.10 Dec. 1, 2023

We released a new schedule version!

We sadly had to cancel a session: “Mapping with FAO in Somalia and meet the Sketch Map Tool” by Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

• “Building Sustainable Open Mapping Communities across Africa” by Innocent Maholi (Nov. 30, 2023, 9:30 a.m. → Dec. 1, 2023, 4:30 p.m.)
• “Data Quality Internship” by Rebecca Chandiru (Nov. 30, 2023, 4 p.m., Room 2 → Dec. 1, 2023, 4 p.m., Auditorium)

Version 0.9 Nov. 30, 2023

We released a new schedule version!

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

• “Data Quality Internship” by Rebecca Chandiru (Nov. 30, 2023, 2 p.m. → Nov. 30, 2023, 4 p.m.)
• “OSM Data Improving Government Data Based Planning and Resources Distribution” by tumusiime.ronald@mapuganda.org (Nov. 30, 2023, 4 p.m. → Nov. 30, 2023, 2 p.m.)

Version 0.8 Nov. 29, 2023

We released a new schedule version!

We have moved a session around: “Soutien au developpement des communautes en Afrique de l'ouest, du centre et du nord” by Teg-wende TINTO (Dec. 2, 2023, 2 p.m., Room 2 → Nov. 30, 2023, 2 p.m., Room 1).

Version 0.7 Nov. 29, 2023

We released a new schedule version!

Sadly, we had to cancel sessions:

• “Addressing water in rural area of Niger through open mapping” by Samaila Alio, Moustapha Mahamane Abdoul Kader
• “Embracing EveryDoor 3.1” by Letwin

Version 0.6 Nov. 27, 2023

We released a new schedule version!

We have a new session: “A Journey to 2 Billion Open Street-Level Imagery with Mapillary” by Said Turksever.

Version 0.5 Nov. 22, 2023

We released a new schedule version!

We have a new session: “The Transformative Power of Sponsorship in Community Events”.

Version 0.4 Nov. 21, 2023

We released a new schedule version!

We have a new session: “Improving national datasets through OSM” by Claire Halleux.

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

• “CULTURAL, POLITICAL, AND ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS OF DATA PRODUCTION AND USAGE PRACTICES IN OPENSTREETMAP” by GIBRIL AHMED LANSANA (Dec. 2, 2023, 11:30 a.m. → Dec. 2, 2023, 3 p.m.)
• “OSM fitness of use for the Global South” by Eleftherios Kaltsas (Dec. 2, 2023, 3 p.m. → Dec. 2, 2023, 11:30 a.m.)

Version 0.3 Nov. 20, 2023

We released a new schedule version!

We have a new session: “Assessing Potential of OpenStreetMap Data for Climate Resilience: A Case Study of Panguru Community, Nigeria” by Jumoke Mujidat Omodeni.

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

• “Empowering YouthMappers Uganda: Open Mapping for Local Development and Inclusion” by Desire Gift (Dec. 2, 2023, 11 a.m. → Nov. 30, 2023, noon)
• “Traffic-Aware Isochrone methods: Accessibility Analysis incorporating Traffic Speed Data for Nairobi, Kenya” by Marcel Reinmuth (Nov. 30, 2023, 4:30 p.m. → Dec. 1, 2023, 2 p.m.)
• “CRISIS MAPPING: TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL ELL STUDENTS HOW TO MAKE MAPS THAT SAVE LIVES” by Dr. Joel Thomas (Dec. 2, 2023, 2 p.m. → Dec. 2, 2023, 9 a.m.)
• “Official launch of the OpenStreetMap Africa association.” by SOB Willy Franck (Nov. 30, 2023, 11 a.m., Auditorium → Dec. 1, 2023, 2:30 p.m., Room 1)
• “Mapping Catchment Areas for Health Facilities in Blantyre City” by Patrick Ken Kalonde (Dec. 2, 2023, 11 a.m. → Dec. 2, 2023, 10 a.m.)
• “Towards harnessing OpenStreetMap for Climate Action” by Alexander Zipf (Nov. 30, 2023, 4 p.m., Room 1 → Nov. 30, 2023, 11:30 a.m., Auditorium)
• “Campaigning and Engaging Girls and Women Towards Positive Change using Open Mapping Tech in Nigeria” by Hopeful (Dec. 1, 2023, 4 p.m., Room 2 → Dec. 1, 2023, 5 p.m., Room 1)
• “Bridging the Gap: Revolutionizing GIS Data Access in Africa with OpenStreetMap, Leaflet, OpenLayers, and GeoServer” by Manuel Ndebele (Dec. 2, 2023, 10 a.m. → Dec. 2, 2023, 2 p.m.)
• “State of the Map Africa Opening Session” by State of the Map Africa (Nov. 30, 2023, midnight → Nov. 30, 2023, 9 a.m.)
• “Bridging Gender Gaps in OSM.” by Charles Chilufya (Dec. 1, 2023, 2 p.m. → Nov. 30, 2023, 4 p.m.)
• “OSM education in schools” by Tatu Kazimoto, Daudi Lyakurwa (Dec. 2, 2023, 3 p.m. → Dec. 2, 2023, 2:30 p.m.)
• “OSM fitness of use for the Global South” by Eleftherios Kaltsas (Dec. 2, 2023, 2:30 p.m. → Dec. 2, 2023, 3 p.m.)
• “OpenStreetMap can revolutionise community mapping of the Shack Dwellers Federation: Namibian Case Study” by Royal (Dec. 1, 2023, 5 p.m., Room 1 → Nov. 30, 2023, 11 a.m., Auditorium)

Version 0.2 Nov. 14, 2023

We released a new schedule version!

We have new sessions!

• “State of the Map Africa 2023 Closing Session” by State of the Map Africa
• “State of the Map 2023 Sports” by State of the Map Africa
• “State of the Map Africa Opening Session” by State of the Map Africa
• “State of the Map Africa 2023 Gala Dinner” by State of the Map Africa

We sadly had to cancel a session: “Women's Participation in OpenStreetMap: Survey Findings and Recommendations” by Benedicta Ohene

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

• “MAPPING OF TREES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE IN MOROGORO MUNICIPALITY – TANZANIA.” by Ezekiel Edgar Kiariro (Nov. 30, 2023, 11:30 a.m. → Nov. 30, 2023, 2:30 p.m.)
• “The Role of OpenStreetMap in Harnessing SDG4: OpenStreetMap in School” by Micheal Kaluba, Mahirwe Medius (Dec. 1, 2023, 4 p.m. → Dec. 1, 2023, 11:30 a.m.)
• “How to Map with Rapid” by Said Turksever (Dec. 1, 2023, 4 p.m. → Dec. 1, 2023, 11 a.m.)
• “Data Quality Internship” by Rebecca Chandiru (Nov. 30, 2023, 11 a.m. → Nov. 30, 2023, 2 p.m.)
• “Promoting evidence based integrated planning through community mapping” by Chomba Chishala, Kennedy Jomokela (Nov. 30, 2023, noon → Nov. 30, 2023, 3 p.m.)
• “Do you know about the… OpenStreetMap Foundation?” by Arnalie Vicario (Dec. 2, 2023, 2:30 p.m. → Dec. 2, 2023, noon)
• “OpenStreetMap can revolutionise community mapping of the Shack Dwellers Federation: Namibian Case Study” by Royal (Dec. 2, 2023, 9 a.m., Auditorium → Dec. 1, 2023, 5 p.m., Room 1)
• “Crowd Mapping for Food Security in South Omo Valley, Ethiopia” by Binyam Dele, Yohannes Yehualashet (Dec. 1, 2023, 5 p.m. → Dec. 1, 2023, 4:30 p.m.)
• “Open Mapping Grants - Insights and Learnings from Eastern and Southern Africa” by David Luswata, Sophie Mower (Dec. 2, 2023, noon → Dec. 2, 2023, 2:30 p.m.)
• “OpenStreetMap en Afrique de l'Ouest : 10 ans de cartographie participative et d'impact local” by Saliou Abdou, Kokou Elolo AMEGAYIBO (Dec. 1, 2023, 11 a.m. → Dec. 1, 2023, 4 p.m.)
• “Use of Open Mapping Tools for Local Community Investment Monitoring” by Precious Chisuse (Dec. 1, 2023, 4:30 p.m. → Dec. 1, 2023, 4 p.m.)
• “Addressing water in rural area of Niger through open mapping” by Samaila Alio, Moustapha Mahamane Abdoul Kader (Dec. 1, 2023, 10:30 a.m. → Dec. 1, 2023, 5 p.m.)
• “Governance in open communities” by Christine Mhone, Arnalie Vicario, Geoffrey Kateregga, State of the Map Africa, Chisom Ejeh (Nov. 30, 2023, 2 p.m. → Nov. 30, 2023, 11 a.m.)

Version 0.1 Nov. 10, 2023

We released our first schedule!