¶ Mjini Hackathon 2024
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Dunia was the platform of choice in the Mjini Hackathon 2024 on Earth Observation for mapping Sustainable Urban Development in Africa, organised by Dunia and AfriGEO.
The hackathon took place from the 18th until the 20th of October 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya 🇰🇪
The participants had to think out of the box to develop innovative solutions that leverage Earth Observation data to tackle one of the following thematic issues:
- Urban Expansion Mapping in African Cities
- Informal Settlement Detection and Characterization
- Infrastructure Assessment for Urban Development
- Green Space Identification and Planning
Besides these challenge tasks, also own innovative ideas in the context of sustainable urban development have been accepted1
A total of 110 people have registered for the competition.
¶ Impressions
¶ Winners
The criteria that decided about the winners were:
¶ Effective Utilization of Dunia Platform
How effectively does the solution leverage Dunia's data, tools, and infrastructure to address urbanization challenges in Africa?
¶ Relevance to Kenyan Context
How well does the solution address the unique challenges and opportunities of urbanization in Africa?
¶ Impact on Sustainable Development
What potential impact does the solution have on promoting sustainable urban development and resilience in African cities?
¶ Scalability and Replicability
Is the solution scalable and adaptable to different cities and regions within Africa?
¶ Innovation and Technical Excellence
How innovative and technically sound is the approach to leveraging Earth observation data for urban development?
→ It was a tight race. Instead of three winning teams, we chose four winners 🏆
¶ Team 1 - Spatial Think Tanks
¶ Team 2 - Space Crackers
¶ Team 3 - GeoDime
- Cynthia Anguza
- Sally Mlingi
- Roy Kipchirchir
¶ Team 4 - TriGIS
¶ Notebooks
The winners of the hackathon presented their innovative ideas by showing their notebooks.
These notebooks will be published as example notebooks inside the Dunia Sandbox so that the entire Dunia community can benefit from them.
¶ Feedback
The feedback for Dunia was great!
Some developers used local software like ArcGIS alongside Dunia or imported data generated with Google Earth Engine. However, these approaches are difficult to reproduce.
In general, the “hackers” learned everything is possible with Dunia if you provide your feedback and start communicating with each other but also with the Dunia team to foster a cooperative community.
¶ Sponsors
We extend a big thank you to:
- RCMRD
- AfriGEO
- European Space Agency for the amazing merchandise that the winners got
¶ See also
- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7256970942818537472
- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7253228679168688128
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/afrigeo_rcmrd-sustainableurbandevelopment-greenspaces-activity-7240011739604385795-Hk1y?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7252950744746586112
- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7239341792624615424
- https://opportunities.spaceinafrica.com/register-for-the-mjini-hackathon/