GIS for Africa

21/08/2026

Talents Accruing and Trading Points

Within GISforAfrica, talents accrue points by participating in activities, completing assignments, contributing to projects, producing outputs, engaging in intellectual or physical activities, and …

19/08/2026

Why these GTMS Progression Board Tasks Matter?

GIS Forum I & II Assignments + "Personal Introduction" & “About My City” French Exercises

1. Geospatial Intelligence & Geoliteracy
Applying geospatial knowledge while advancing practical and technical GIS skills.

2. Language & Global Mobility
Building French communication skills to strengthen international communication and facilitate global mobility.

Og Field Activities' Intellectual Engagement.

19/08/2026

Earlier today, Babs traded 60 BSDB points. He traded using the last general conversation rate.

19/08/2026

The platforms mostly in demand are Og Field Activities (OgF), Geospecial Consultancy, Nexus GIS Professionals, eMarketglobal, and CityTalkGlobal.

Choose the platform that can best move your goal forward, take action, document your progress, and keep going.

GTMS Progression is not about waiting for opportunities it is about using the available platforms to create and pursue them.

18/08/2026

Use the available GISforAfrica platforms to support your progression. Learn, engage, produce, exhibit, connect, reflect, progress & invest through the platforms that best match your current needs & goals. The system is designed to help you turn everyday into measurable progress.

17/08/2026

The GTMS Progression Board is on. It means keep working toward your personal goals, workspace milestones, GIS Forum Declarations, and Challenge objectives. Every step counts, and every activity is an opportunity to move from where you are today toward where you want to be.

14/08/2026

Earlier today, Ogheneochuko once again visited the University of British Columbia to continue engaging with people and geospatial technologies. The visit provided another opportunity to explore new ideas, build meaningful connections, and identify pathways for collaboration in geospatial innovation.

10/08/2026

Every talent registered under GTMS is introduced to the GTMS Progression Board and Checklist, which provide a framework for managing expectations, defining objectives, recording activities, measuring progress and achieving outcomes.

The Progression Board connects individual strategic goals with GISforAfrica activities and collective objectives, including relevant declarations, challenges, workspace milestones and other organizational targets.

Registration Link in bio.

08/08/2026

GIS Forum II is designed to encourage GIS professionals, students, researchers, entrepreneurs and communities to contribute to the development of their community's spatial database ecosystem.

This resource provides practical examples and ideas to help you identify a theme, define your study area, determine the data you need, and begin building a geospatial database.

Your community is full of data. Go out, explore, gather, map and create.

GIS Forum II Assignment
📌 Select a Theme
📌 Define Your Study Area
📌 Gather Geospatial Data
📌 Create a Database
📌 Turn Data into Insights

05/08/2026

Signing up for GISforAfrica Talent Management Services (GTMS) is more than registering for a program; it is a commitment to achieving both your personal ambitions and contributing to collective socioeconomic development.

From the moment you join, you are introduced to the GTMS Progression Board, which helps you define, track, and achieve your academic, career, business, and leadership goals.