Strengthening Kenya’s Flood Early Warning System – One Site at a Time

Strengthening Kenya’s Flood Early Warning System – One Site at a Time Under the TEMBO Africa Project, KenGen, the Kenya Meteorological Service Authority (KMSA), and TAHMO have completed a joint site survey across the Seven Forks Cascade (Kenya’s principal hydropower system), to identify optimal locations for new TAHMO Automatic Weather Stations (AWS), river gauges, and […]

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 in Africa face the same […]

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, troubleshooting connectivity in remote gorges, […]

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 season and a total crop […]

A First for Ghana: Turning Mobile Phone Signals into Near-Real Time Rainfall Maps.

A First for Ghana: Turning Mobile Phone Signals into Near-Real Time Rainfall Maps. Across much of sub-Saharan Africa, reliable rainfall data remains scarce. Conventional rain gauge networks are sparse, and where they do exist, they often lack the spatial coverage needed to capture the high variability that characterises rainfall across the region. This gap has […]

Measuring river flow in Lusaka, Zambia

Measuring river flow in Lusaka, Zambia Testing camera-based monitoring in Lusaka Measuring river flow is essential for water management and flood forecasting. However, traditional methods often require entering the river, which can be difficult and unsafe, especially during high flow conditions. Within TEMBO Africa, field installations in Zambia explored how cameras can be used to […]

From Data Scarcity to Climate Resilience: Advancing Earth Observation in Hard-to-Reach Environments at #EGU26

From Data Scarcity to Climate Resilience: Advancing Earth Observation in Hard-to-Reach Environments at #EGU26 This week at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2026, researchers, engineers, and Earth observation experts came together to address one of the most urgent challenges in climate resilience: improving environmental observations in regions where climate risks are rising fastest, but […]

Improving reservoir monitoring at Bui Dam in Ghana

Improving reservoir monitoring at Bui Dam in Ghana At Bui Dam in Ghana, managing water levels is critical for hydropower production, safety, and downstream impacts. Traditionally, many measurements relied on manual readings, limiting how quickly operators could respond to changing conditions. Within TEMBO Africa, a Reservoir Information Management System has been developed to improve monitoring […]

UPCOMING EGU2026 TOWNHALL MEETING

UPCOMING EGU2026 TOWNHALL MEETING Join us at #EGU2026 Townhall TM6: Exploring remote sensing and in-situ observations in hard-to-reach areas. Beers and finger food are on us 🍺 đź—“ Wednesday, 6 May | 19:00–20:00 CESTđź“Ť Room 1.31/32 (Vienna) + Online for registered participants Register with this Link.🔗 https://www.egu26.eu/session/59094 After a long day of sessions, come wind down […]

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