Abridged Profile of Professor Lazarus Mustapha OJIGI
Lazarus Mustapha OJIGI is a Nigerian and a Professor of Geomatics, with expertise in Space/Satellite Geodesy, Geoinformatics, Engineering Surveying and Spatial Computing. He has several specialised training experiences in space science and technology, GNSS, EO satellite data management and spatial data science from across the globe. He is a Visiting Professor (Honorary) at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom.
Professor Ojigi was the Head of Department of Surveying & Geoinformatics and the Deputy-Dean, School of Environmental Technology, FUT, Minna (2006-2008 & 2008-2010 respectively). He was the Director of Mission Planning & Satellite Data Management, National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Obasanjo Space Centre, Abuja, Nigeria. He was appointed Provost, Institute of Space Science and Engineering (ISSE), affiliated to the African Univeristy of Science Technology (AUST), Abuja in October 2022; the post he held until his appointment as the Executive Director of African Regional Institute for Geospatial Information Science & Technology (AFRIGIST), Ile-Ife, Nigeria, effective 6th January, 2023. He is member of DIGITAL EARTH AFRICA’s Technical Advisory Committee of which AFRIGIST is an implementing partner.
About Digital Earth Africa
Digital Earth Africa exists to improve the lives of people across the African continent by translating Earth observations into insights that will support sustainable development.
Our platform and services enable African governments, industry and decision makers to track changes across the continent in unprecedented detail. This provides valuable insights for better decision making across many areas, including flooding, drought, soil and coastal erosion, agriculture, forest cover, land use and land cover change, water availability and quality, and changes to human settlements.
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We are built on partnerships with African governance and in-country expertise to create sustained capability development in Africa. Digital Earth Africa is working with the African and international community to ensure that Earth observation data is analysis ready, rapidly available and readily accessible to meet the needs of our users. Learn more about our partners here.
The establishment of Digital Earth Africa (DE Africa) has been funded by US-based Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust and the Australian Government. The Australian Government has committed to providing the technical and operational expertise from Digital Earth Australia (DE Australia). Through the establishment phase, we will institutionalize the DE Africa program in Africa, and staffing for the program based in Africa will increase over the next three years. A key objective is to leverage the existing capacity across Africa and work with partner institutions to maximize the potential impact of the program.