Open science initiatives
Community projects that take my research beyond the lab: AI and open data for safe water and wildfire early warning across Africa.
- Initiatives
- 2
- Open to contributors
- 1
- Core team
- 3
- Focus
- Africa
Initiatives
Each initiative pairs field data with open AI models to answer one urgent question.
Phase 1Vision 2040
WATER4ALL for Africa
Using AI and crowdsourced data to improve the success rate of water borehole drilling across Africa.
- AI-assisted borehole siting
- Crowdsourced field and hydrogeological data
- Côte d’Ivoire as first national pilot
Conceptual phaseAfrica FireShield Initiative
Developing an AI-powered early warning system to predict and mitigate wildfire risks in Africa.
- Satellite and climate data fusion
- Ground-truth reports from citizens
- Early alerts for communities
Why it matters
Three principles shared by every initiative.
Real-world impact
The initiatives tackle urgent challenges in Africa: access to safe water and early warning for wildfires.
Open science
Methods, code and results are published openly so others can reuse and verify them.
Community-driven
Researchers, engineers, field teams and local communities all contribute data and knowledge.
Get involved
Want to contribute or partner?
Share field data, join the research, or bring your organisation on board. Every initiative welcomes new collaborators.