TEMBO Africa
Transformative Environmental Monitoring to Boost Observations in Africa
Our Objectives
Our ambition is to close the environmental in situ data gap in Africa. To fulfill this ambition our general objective is to have cost-effective innovative sensor networks that can be financed by the climate services we develop using these sensors. First, we build on recent sensor technology to make measurements cost-efficient. Then, applications are developed that generate large socio-economic value in the fields of geo-hazards, water management, and agricultural information
What We Offer
At TEMBO Africa, we pride ourselves on the transformative impact of our services on communities across the continent. Here’s what our clients have to say about their experiences with our innovative solutions.
Flood Early Warning Systems(FEWS)
FEWS
Dam Reservoir
Management
Dam Reservoir Management
Germination Insurance
Germination Insurance
SNAPSHOTS FROM THE FIELD
TEMBO Africa in summary:
Reuse as much as possible existing software platforms, avoiding inefficient use of resources, making use of the advantages of what is there (robust data flows in AgroApps platform; controlled data access and visualisation in TWIGA platform, etc.)
Use data standards from the Open Geospatial Consortium, to ensure easy data exchange with GEOSS and Copernicus
Use standard APIs and formats to develop scalable and modular Lego®-like elements for all services.
LATEST UPDATES
From Pilot to National Product: How Ghana’s Germination Index Insurance Reached 16 Insurers
From Pilot to National Product: How Ghana’s Germination Index Insurance Reached 16 Insurers By restructuring from direct insurer to technical product provider, the Ghana Agricultural Insurance Pool turned a single pilot into a nationally distributed climate insurance product now sold by 16 certified Ghanaian insurance companies. Most agricultural insurance pilots...
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The LocalDevices Technologies Story
The LocalDevices Technologies Story Three years ago, LocalDevices Technologies Zambia did not exist. There was no company. No registered business. No client list. Just a group of Zambian engineers and technicians working alongside Dutch environmental monitoring specialists Rainbow Sensing, and Swiss hardware producers’ Photrack installing cameras above rivers, running cables,...
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Satellite Data Supporting Smarter Agricultural Decisions
Satellite Data Supporting Smarter Agricultural Decisions Sentinel-1 satellite data at 10m resolution can detect whether it rained on a specific farm field in Ghana enabling fairer, faster payouts for smallholder farmers enrolled in TEMBO Africa’s Germination Index Insurance. For smallholder farmers across sub-Saharan Africa, the difference between a successful planting...
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