Getting Citizens to the Polling Booth Informed and Ready

This is summary of a lightning talk I gave at Media Party Africa. Check out the #MediaPartyAfrica tweets here. And awesome recap by Kainaz Amaria here.

“Never stop learning.” Something we all know we’re supposed to be doing.. but are we really? We get comfortable with what we are good at and we try to build on that. Don’t get me wrong, that is important but to really grow, we need to get uncomfortable.

Health scares are something that keep millions of Africans awake at night, terrified that they might be unable to keep their loved ones safe. Possible solutions using digital tools were therefore a big focus at the continent’s first #AfricaOpenData conference in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) this week.

If you're interested in creating accessible, interactive maps using Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), you might already be familiar with the remarkable tool, Kartograph. This article aims to shed light on a common installation hurdle faced while setting up an essential component for Kartograph: the Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL).