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Youth group puts their Kibera neighbourhood on digital map
Nairobi’s Kibera slums. Non-governmental organisations, private and public companies can ascertain what services are required in the informal settlement through a new digital map created with the help of youths in the area. Anthony Kamau
In early November, a group of explorers set out to map a blank space in Africa’s map. Twelve youths armed with global positioning system (GPS) devices made the rounds of the Nairobi slum of Kibera.
The teens are working with an organisation called OpenStreetMap to create a public map of their neighbourhood, seven kilometres southwest of the city centre. It is the second-largest informal settlement in Africa, after South Africa’s Soweto township.
