Mapping Access to Electricity in Urban and Rural Nigeria
Emmanuel Jolaiya, Mercy Akintola, Opeyemi Nafiu · Sustainable development goals series · 2022
Abstract YouthMappers use OpenStreetMap and IoT tools to help map where rural communities have good, poor, or no access to electricity throughout Nigeria, contributing to efforts that bring stable power across West Africa. An ongoing energy crisis is hampering other efforts to make sustainable cities and communities, so assessing and locating the reality of power access are critical not only to address SDGs related to affordable and clean energy but also as a fundamental element that serves as an engine for sustainable development. Through these efforts, we students have built our technology capacity and community networks, while also advancing practices about how to build inclusive, sustainable cities and communities in both urban and rural places where we live and study.