ROOTGIS : Youths, Innovations and Sustainability

Honored to receive an award from the #DURP for our tech-driven solution in food waste management! 🌍♻️As part of the Green Cities and Infrastructure Programme supported by The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCDO) and The British High Commission Tanzania @UKinTanzania

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#AfriLabsAnnualGathering2025! We proudly join Innovation Hubs , innovators and ecosystem leaders from across the continent to shape the future of Africa’s innovation. A heartfelt thank you to #THN @Funguo_Tz @UKinTanzania #aag

Not quite the ordinary story you can always find , In 8 weeks we managed to conduct a practical training for university students, 30+ in total and developed A GIS based system to improve decision making for university administrators, improve campuses navigations and more.

Are you going to be a part… or just gonna watch? The 4th Tanzania Geospatial Conference is coming this November 2025 🌍✨. Where ideas meet innovation, and geospatial technology takes center stage.

Join our Mergin Maps for Beginners training and learn how to Collect. Share. Publish. geospatial data straight from your mobile device 🌍 📍 Online (link shared after registration) Sept 3 | 13:00 EAT | 11:00 CET 👉 Apply now and secure your spot: linktr.ee/rootgis

We defined our first form of data collection using QGIS, conducted data collection using Mergin Maps, and updated the university campus basemap. Now we are developing a campus navigation app, turning ideas into solutions. Just five weeks in, and no one can stop this fire .

Confidence is rising, and the project is leveling up! Our students are confidently navigating the full data pipeline 🔹 Designing smart forms using @qgis and @MerginMaps 🔹 Data cleaning and analyzing maps 🔹 Enhancing field data with street-level imagery via @mapillary

Now in week 2, Our Students dive deep in the mobile data collection using @MerginMaps and @qgis. Creation of interactive forms, sever configurations, setting our website UIs, and display rules. Follow us for more!

First as students, now we're FAM 🫂! Wrapped up Week 1 like bosses 💼👊! The grind doesn't stop, but the vibes are 🔥. Bring on the rest of this 8-week journey! 💪

GIS x ICT for 8 weeks. Aren't you excited?

What if ? ....

@725Hemeed Hahaha, we see you champ

@rootgis09 Senior Papa Lungo 👨🏾‍🏫🗺️🤍

🔥🔥 Geospatial Bootcamp 2025 is NOW in FULL swing and in full of SWAG . University students will dive deep practically to update and enhance universities basemaps, improve navigations and waste management infrastructure Do you see any face familiar ? Help us to tag them 😃

🎉 Our #BetterTomorrow program website is now LIVE! Built by our talented beneficiaries — youth & women trained in digital skills through the program 💻🌍 We’re empowering Tanzanian communities with tech, entrepreneurship & English skills. #DigitalLiteracy #Empowerment

🔊 Call for Sponsorship! Join us in making State of the Map Africa 2025 a success! 🌍✨ Be part of the biggest OpenStreetMap event in Africa — happening Nov 28–30 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Click here to see the sponsorship packages: 2025.stateofthemap.africa/sponsor #SotMAfrica2025

🔥A Quick overview of what #osm is. Happy Learning

A quick overview of what GIS is, what it does and where it is applied. In less than 2 minutes you have all you need to know about GIS.

🌍 From Streets to Startups: How OpenStreetMap Data Fueled Youth Innovation in Tanzania openstreetmap.org/user/KAWAMALA/…