Who we are

“Open Skies Fellows” is a fellowship program led by OpenMap Development Tanzania in collaboration with Uhurulabs and the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, designed to develop youth in urban settings, giving them power and responsibility to gain technical and social skills, so they can leverage the full potential of frontier technologies and help solve community challenges. The program will operate in 3 countries: Tanzania, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, recruiting 40 fellows in 4 cohorts from all the countries. The first cohort will recruit fellows from Tanzania and then scale up to the other two countries. The fellowship program uses drones as an anchor technology, as they connect to a broad array of technologies and skills. Fellows can focus on any emerging technology they are passionate about, and they will have access to the resources and mentorship they need to guide them through their fellowship.

Project Main Objectives
Develop

Develop

Develop the next generation of African experts on frontier tech, promoting women as participants and leaders.

Support

Support

Support innovative and practical projects in local communities for social good using technology.

Cultivate

Cultivate

Cultivate existing hubs of open data, frontier technology and innovation at OMDTZ and throughout the region.

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Implementing Partners
OpenMap Development Tanzania (OMDTZ)

OpenMap Development Tanzania (OMDTZ)

OpenMap Development Tanzania (OMDTZ) operates in Tanzania to build the capacity of local people to map their own communities for humanitarian and development purposes. OMDTZ works by deploying specialists to the field and provides training in open data collection, open mapping tools, and open data concepts to local partners, including academic institutions, government officials, NGOs/CSOs, private companies and community volunteers.

Uhurulabs

Uhurulabs

We live in a connected digital world, where things such as IoT, drones and big data are not just the domain of the west and/or wealthy. We have already seen Africa embrace the high tech world, even leading the way in areas such as mobile money. We here at Uhurulabs believe that with imagination, innovation and hard work Africa can be a world leader in both the application and creation of many of the technologies of the future.

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

HOT is an international team dedicated to humanitarian action and community development through open mapping. We work together to provide map data which revolutionises disaster management, reduces risks, and contributes to achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. HOT aims to support communities throughout Eastern and Southern Africa through an Open Mapping Hub, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.

Team

Staff

Support Team