Expertise Area: LIS Expert (Land Information Systems)

Bizualem Admasu

Bizualem Admasu Nesir is a senior urban land and cadaster executive with 16+ years’ experience, leading national land reforms and major donor-funded projects, specializing in land administration, cadaster systems, policy development, and urban land governance.

Rahel Hailu

Deputy Project Manager for the Support to Responsible Agricultural Investment (S2RAI) project at the German Cooperation for International Development (GIZ)-Ethiopia and has over 20 years of experience in the land administration sector in Ethiopia. Prior to joining GIZ, Rahel worked in the Ministry of Urban and Infrastructure in various positions ranging from expert to managerial and contributed to the establishment of urban cadastre. Her focus is on land registration and administration, land information system and land governance in general. 

KLEMENS MUWAMBU KAMWANGA

I am passionate in land administration-related fields, such as land rights, Tenure, valuation, survey, land use planning, spatial planning, GIS (Geographical Information System), and LIS (Land Information System)

Abebe Mengaw Wubie

Abebe has teaching and research experience since 2007.  He served as lead/senior GIS/land expert with FINN MAP International (Finland), IAK Agrar Consulting (Germany), GOs and NGOs on land information development, land use planning and land consolidation projects. He is currently Director of Research at Bahir Dar University.

Oluibukun Ajayi

Geospatial intelligence expert with over twelve years of research and teaching experience, applying quantitative geospatial, remote sensing, land management, and artificial intelligence methods to policy-focused challenges across Africa. I am currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Land and Spatial Science at the Namibia University of Science and Technology, where I also lead the Geospatial Intelligence Research Lab.

FREDRICK MOKUA

I am an international consultant with extensive experience in Participatory Land Use Planning and mapping and developing land information management systems. Climate change variability and vulnerability assessment and development of mitigation and adaptation strategies/policy, organizational and institutional capacity need assessments for implementation of ICT, disaster risk assessment and geospatial applications, configuration and deployment of GIS-based information management systems, and Compilation of GHG Inventories (all sectors) and National Communication to the UNFCCC, preparation, and implementation of MRV systems for mitigation and adaptation, NDC Tracking, transitioning to the enhanced transparency framework of the Paris Agreement, Science-based Target Setting (SBTi), and NBS/Carbon Project development.

kendie Kenmoe

I am a geospatial and land information systems expert with over 12 years of experience supporting land governance, land-use planning, forest governance, and sustainable land management across Africa. I currently serve as the Lead of WRI Africa’s Data Lab, where I provide strategic and technical leadership for the development and deployment of geospatial, AI-enabled, and cloud-based platforms that strengthen evidence-based decision-making for governments, regional institutions, and development partners.

Gebeyehu B. Shibeshi

I am a land administration and land management expert specializing on land use planning, registration, catastrophic and land information system. Experienced in land administration system development and policy review.

Federica Acquaviva

Currently working as UN Habitat’s Inclusive Land Governance Expert for strengthen regulatory frameworks and building digital LIS in Somalia.

Abdul Husaini

Permanent Secretary, Niger State Ministry of Lands & Survey; land governance and spatial planning expert with strong GIS and Earth Observation background; UN-Habitat and FAO contributor on urban-rural linkages, food systems, land-use change, and sustainable territorial development in Africa.