Laura Mugeha
Board Of Directors at OpenStreetMap Foundation
Nairobi County, Kenya
Summary
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Top SchoolLaura Mugeha is a geospatial engineer and civic technologist with six years of experience applying open-source mapping, data engineering, and community-led approaches to development, humanitarian, and climate projects across Africa. She serves on the OpenStreetMap Foundation board and has driven regional capacity-building through YouthMappers, launching chapters, mentoring women in mapping, and coordinating technical programs that link community projects to regional partners like Digital Earth Africa. Laura blends hands-on GIS and data workflows with program implementation—designing curricula, managing microgrants, and building dashboards and CRM-integrated pipelines to inform operational decisions. Her recent work includes piloting AI-enabled geospatial tools for humanitarian use and launching drone and sensor communities for environmental monitoring, reflecting a focus on democratizing access to spatial insights. Based in Nairobi and active in FOSS and open-data communities, she combines technical depth with a talent for mobilizing networks to turn complex spatial problems into practical, scalable solutions.
6 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BSc Geomatics Engineering and Geospatial Information Systems, Bachelor of Science - BSc Geomatics Engineering and Geospatial Information Systems at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)Master's degree Applied Masters in Tech for Good Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Master's degree Applied Masters in Tech for Good Entrepreneurship & Innovation at École nationale des ponts et chaussées
English, Swahili, French
Github Skills (11)
data-science8
science8
machine-learning7
flask6
python5
javascript4
openstreetmap4
postgis3
postgresql3
cartography2
maps1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mugeha-laura/mugeha-laura
Jun 2023 - Aug 2024
Contributions:30 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
mugeha-laura/stateofthemap-2024
Aug 2024 - Aug 2024
State of the Map 2024 website
Contributions:5 pushes in 1 day
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