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Home › Placements › Industrial Training › Zanzibar Land, Tourism & Property-Tax Mapping
8 weeks (Aug–Oct)

Zanzibar Land, Tourism & Property-Tax Mapping

Community and ground-truth base-mapping across Zanzibar — buildings, roads, infrastructure, tourism features and property-tax attributes — with SUZA students and Spatial Collective, for the Zanzibar Revenue Board and Commission for Lands.

8Weeks duration

About this placement

Community and ground-truth base-mapping across Zanzibar — buildings, roads, infrastructure, tourism features and property-tax attributes — with SUZA students and Spatial Collective, for the Zanzibar Revenue Board and Commission for Lands.

Impact & open data

Placements are hands-on: participants produce real geospatial data that is published openly to the Resilience Academy Climate Risk Database and reused by cities, universities and communities.

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Placement history

3 years · 145 students placed to date.

202140 placed · Spatial Collective u2014 Chwaka & Makunduchi, Zanzibar
202052 placed · Spatial Collective u2014 Nungwi, Zanzibar
201953 placed · Spatial Collective u2014 Urban District & Pemba, Zanzibar

Placement details

Duration8 weeks (Aug–Oct)
LocationUnguja, Zanzibar (Urban District; Nungwi; Chwaka & Makunduchi)
EligibilitySUZA undergraduates (Geography, IT & Management, Computer Science), with female participation encouraged.
StipendWeekly attendance-based stipend via mobile money; community guides paid daily.
CertificateNot offered
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Team involved

Msilikale MsilangaResilience Academy Project Manager

Funders

World Bank GFDRRFunder (World Bank / TURP)

Partners

State University of Zanzibar
OpenMap Development Tanzania

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