TELECOMMUNICATION: a GIS to avoid white areas

TELECOMMUNICATION: a GIS to avoid white areas

The company grouping made up of IGN FI/ PROGRESYS/ INC has been selected to create an exhaustive list of localities throughout Gabon which will be entitled to receive the universal electronic communications service. The government of Gabon wishes to provide access to basic electronic communication services for people in geographically remote Continue reading

Benin now has an up-to-date national map

Benin now has an up-to-date national map

In October 2014 IGN FI was awarded a contract to carry out digital mapping of the entire country of Benin at a scale of 1:50,000. Apart from a very few exceptions, the cartography of Benin had never been updated since the country gained its independence. The project to update Benin’s national Continue reading

Celebrating the Tata Sombas

Celebrating the Tata Sombas

The French Institute in Benin is organising an exhibition devoted to the Tatas, the remarkable architectural heritage of North Benin, from April 16th to 30th 2019. This exhibition comprising photographs and mapping of the tourism sites is compiled from data gathered and produced as part of the project to modernize Continue reading

Ethiopia: Training and technical advising for EGII

Ethiopia: Training and technical advising for EGII

IGN FI travelled to Addis Ababa to give a training course to the Ethiopian Geospatial Information Institute (EGII) teams on how remote sensing can contribute to land cover projects. This training course falls within the terms of a framework cooperation agreement concluded between CNES/EGII (formerly EMA, the Ethiopian Mapping Agency) and Continue reading

IGN FI AT THE AFRICA CEO FORUM, IN KIGALI

IGN FI AT THE AFRICA CEO FORUM, IN KIGALI

The 7th edition of the largest international meeting of Africa’s private sector, the Africa CEO Forum, will be held on March 25 and 26 in Kigali, Rwanda. Each year, the Africa CEO Forum brings together 1,500 leading decision-makers from industry, finance and politics, coming from more than 70 countries to Continue reading