Season 3: How GIS Technology is Mapping the Pandemic in Kenya
Early in the pandemic, the data community in Kenya had one question, “What is the data telling us?” We are joined by Yariwo Kitiyo, a geospatial consultant whose organization, Women in GIS, Kenya, was one of the partners working with Kenya’s Ministry of Health to answer this question. Yariwo explores the universe of data being collected around the virus and how governments are using this to evaluate vulnerability to COVID-19, map infections and vaccine uptake, and to make policy decisions on where to direct resources.
Yariwo Kitiyo on Twitter: @YariwoKitiyo, @WiGISKe
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Further Reading
Women in GIS, Kenya. WiGISKe – Learn | Network | Succeed
Mawazo Institute. Breaking Barriers: 30 and Under: Women in STEM. 2019.
McKinsey & Company. COVID-19 digital transformation & technology. October 5, 2020.
McKinsey Global Institute. The future of work after COVID-19. February 18, 2021.
Yarik Turianskyi. COVID-19: Implications for the 'digital divide' in Africa. Africa Portal. April 14, 2020.