September 19, 2025
The first step in meaningful community engagement Having worked at the intersection of community and technology for nearly 16 years across Eastern Africa and beyond, we […]
- All
- Artificial Intelligence
- Augmented Reality
- Cities
- Community Development
- Community Land
- Covid-19
- Crime
- Data
- Design
- Digitization
- Economic Development
- Environment
- Gender
- GIS
- Income Inequality
- Informal Economy
- Land
- Location-Based Services
- Machine Learning
- Mapping
- Mathare
- Micro-tasking
- Mobility mapping
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Mtaa
- OpenStreetMap
- Opinion
- Photography
- Platform Development
- Property Rights
- Public Services
- Reflections
- Research
- Resilience
- Safety
- Serurity
- Small Data
- Spatial Collective
- Survey
- Technology
- Terrestrial Imagery
- Training
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
- User Experience Testing
- Violence
- Waste Management
- Youth
August 6, 2025
A system that delivers the right information, at the right time, in the right place. Imagine a system that curates and delivers information based on where […]
March 10, 2025
Using Technology to Build More Inclusive, Smart, and Resilient Cities Urban planning shapes how we live, work, and move within cities. At its best, it creates […]
February 25, 2025
The Power of Participatory Approaches in Documenting Pastoralist Communities Pastoral societies are among the most dynamic and adaptable populations in the world. With an estimated 240 million […]
October 11, 2023
This blog post is the latest installment in our ongoing series, exploring how technology-driven location-based services can revolutionize community engagement. Demystifying Location-Based Technology The digital tools […]
June 26, 2023
In this piece, we will mostly discuss the topic of data accessibility in informal settlements, however, accessing relevant data to make informed decisions about one’s life […]
March 22, 2023
Last year, we collaborated with Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and OSM Somalia to generate high-quality geographic data aimed at comprehending the extent and dispersion of solid waste […]
January 18, 2023
In this piece, we will specifically talk about community-led field mapping and how terrestrial imagery and consensus can be used to improve the accuracy of data. […]
January 8, 2020
This is part of a series on the Industrial Training of Students on Zanzibar by Spatial Collective. You can read parts one, two, three, four, and five here. As mentioned in previous blog […]
