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Voice of America

Somalia Launches First Census in Nearly 50 Years

Nigeria Health Watch

Mapping for Better Coverage: How GIS Microplanning is Revolutionising Immunisation Campaigns in Kano State

Space in Africa

Accelerating Africa’s Sustainable Development with Geospatial Intelligence

PATH

Primer on Digital Solutions for COVID-19 Vaccination Service Delivery

Punch

UBEC votes N2bn for teachers, pupils’ headcount

Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)

CHAI helps Democratic Republic of Congo’s health authorities map underserved communities

Boost Community (Sabin Vaccine Institute)

Supporting Vaccination Efforts through Geospatial Solutions

Boost Community (Sabin Vaccine Institute)

Geospatial data: Unlocking the Unseen

eHealth Africa

Need for Stable and Sustainable Energy for better Healthcare Delivery in Nigeria

Wired

The Census Is Broken. Can AI Fix It?

WHO

Geospatial data as a key innovation to boost immunisation coverage in the DRC

DHIS2

Immunization Webinar Series: Advanced Population Mapping in DHIS2

The Christian Science Monitor

As South Sudan builds back, here’s how a census can help

Pod of the Planet

Episode 17: Mapping Out a Vaccination Strategy in Nigeria

AllAfrica

South Sudan: Ensuring Everyone Counts in the World’s Youngest Nation, South Sudan

Al Jazeera

The power of radio in Sierra Leone

New York Times

X Marks the Spot: Officials Map a Route Out of the Pandemic

Blueprint

NASRDA develops satellite system to curb insecurity

Esri

New Data Hub Improves the Features of over 250 Datasets

UK Government

Highlight on the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Blueprint

Projects tracking: CSO pledges partnership as FG launches app

PR Nigeria

Minister announces Support for Federal Character Commission’s Mandate

Radio Okapi

Que faut-il faire pour augmenter le taux de vaccination des enfants en RDC?

GEM Report

The power of radio in Sierra Leone: ensuring no child is left behind

Sierra Leone Telegraph

Construction of Lungi Bridge to commence soon at $1.2 billion – says president Bio in state of nation address

Science Nigeria

GRID3 Nigeria Project: NASRDA On Threshold Of History

Premise

Using Microplanning to Deliver COVID-19 Vaccines

This Daily Live

FG to Deploy Web Solution to Track Project Execution

The Daily Trust

FG Begins National Boundary Validation Project Saturday

Radio Miraya

South Sudan prepares for Population Estimation Survey

Aid Evolved

The Tip of the Spear with Matt Berg of Ona

The Tide

GRID3: NASRDA Charges States On Geospatial Data

Acasus

Using satellite imagery to improve immunization coverage in DRC

UNESCO

Don’t forget about those who were not in school before the pandemic

Gavi

How geospatial technology is helping Nigeria’s COVID-19 vaccine roll-out

Eyeradio / Sudans Post / UNFPA / Radio Community / XinhuaNet

South Sudan launches population estimation survey

IOM South Sudan

IOM donates 100 tablets to the National Bureau of Statistics in South Sudan

Global Partnership for Education

Transforming education in Sierra Leone continues with geospatial data

The Guardian

Government to deploy geo-spatial tech in project monitoring

PHYS

New technique to calculate population in census challenged countries

Royal Geographical Society

Using geospatial data techniques to fight disease and improve population estimates

Space in Africa

Using Geospatial Data to Fight Polio: Understanding The eHealth Africa Model

Space in Africa

How African Countries Used Space Technologies to Solve Developmental Challenges in 2020

Space in Africa

Nigeria Is Developing A National Database With GRID3 Portal

Vanguard

Osinbajo, Sanwo-Olu, harp on provision of data for meaningful national devt

State of the Planet

Technology Behind GRID3 Program Helps Eradicate Wild Polio in Nigeria

The Borgen Project

Coronavirus data in the DRC: driving change

Namibia Statistics Agency

Namibia Hub Media Release Statement

Namibia Economist

Online COVID-19 Information Hub Launched

Nigerian Tribune

Zainab Ahmed’s Economic Policy Actions In The First Year

Vanguard

POLIO: Our true story — Dr. Faisal Shuaib

Namibian Sun

Interactive NSA hub to aid in COVID-19 battle

Akros

Reveal and GRID3 bring geospatial data to the ground for malaria prevention

Wired

Satellite Data Reveals the Pandemic’s Effects From Above

African Review

COVID-19: UNECA pitches hope on data doorway

Devex

Gridded population datasets: Which one is fit for purpose?

Space in Africa

Sierra Leone Is Fighting COVID-19 Using Innovative Geospatial Data and Technology

Via Satellite

Leading Medical Experts Believe Need for Satellite in Healthcare Will Expand

DSTI

Sierra Leone fights COVID-19 using innovative geospatial data and technology

SciDev.Net

Initiative for fighting COVID-19 with data launched

Modern Ghana

COVID-19: Data for a resilient Africa

UNECA

COVID-19: Data for a resilient Africa

Sundiata Post

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) to partner with Budget, National Planning ministry on geospatial data

The Guardian / Punch / This Day Live

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) pledged to work with the Ministry of Budget and National Planning on the use of geospatial data

The Daily Times

Finance Minister charges GRID3 Committee on data relevance

Independent Nigeria

Minister Convenes GRID3 Nigeria National Steering Meeting

News Ghana

South Sudan plans to conduct population survey

Juba Monitor

Gov’t to conduct population survey next month

State of the Planet

GRID3 Project Aims to Put Everyone on the Map

Daily Trust

Osinbajo inaugurates committee on GRID3 project

All Africa

Nigeria: Data Mapping Crucial for Planning Health, Financial Inclusion, Agriculture – Osinbajo

Today News Africa

Osinbajo inaugurates committee on Geo-Referenced Infrastructure and Demographic Data

Pulse.ng

Osinbajo inaugurates committees for GRID3 Nigeria

Vanguard

Osinbajo inaugurates committees for GRID3 Nigeria

Technext.org

Data Science Nigeria Holds 2019 AI Summit with Talks, Inter-School Debate and Launch of the First-Ever AI Textbook in Africa

Punch / Daily Trust

GRID3 Nigeria Use Case Workshop Communique

INE

Lançada base de dados georeferenciada de infraestruturas e demográficos

THISDAY

Udoma Emphasises Usefulness of Geospatial Data in National Development