Smart Tanzania - Strengthening Data Services and Planning

Project Summary:

This Korean Green Growth Trust Fund (KGGTF) grant funded digital development solutions that aid in stakeholder engagement, low-cost mapping and surveying, risk assessment, and service delivery in several economic sectors. Transportation systems as well as urban, water, environment, land, and health systems got a green growth boost, as were Tanzania’s climate-informed development efforts. In particular, Tanzania’s partnership with the KGGTF and the Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporation will advance mapping, surveying, flood response, environmental management, and risk assessment with the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. It also made citizen engagement more available and attractive with improved data and interface standards and mobile access. Lastly, through a transport infrastructure and mitigation assessment of Dar es Salaam, this grant evaluated new transportation business models that reduced congestion and emissions and support new jobs and green economic growth. Overall, data- and tech-driven solutions improved efficiency, resilience, competitiveness, and land management, helping Tanzania include underserved communities in decision-making, foster an innovative spirit, and attract sustainable and smart business.

List of Activities:

1. Regulatory Framework for UAVs
2. Smart Services for Transport, Water, Waste collection 
3. Shared Economy Study on Urban Mobility 
4. UAV Mapping and Surveying Capacity and Applications
5. UAVs for Delivery Capacities
6. Smart Africa Aerial Delivery Technologies Competition “Flying Donkey” 

Outcomes:

Output 1:

• UAVs climate benefits consideration in policy
• Study Visits to Rwanda and Korea

Output 2:

• Open Standards Recommendations for Urban Water, Transportation and Solid Waste;
• Demonstration service in urban water;
• Demonstration Service Bus Rapid Transit;

Output 3:

• Study Findings Report, Communications pieces (blog and awareness video) 

Output 4:

• Trained core of Government staff;
• UAV Labs at SUZA and Ardhi Universities (mainland and Zanzibar);
• Processed UAV survey data released publicly;
• Research papers based on UAV data analysis

Output 5:

• Trained Government Staff
• Technical Advisory board established
• Health Supply Chain delivery pilot findings

Output 6:

• Steering Committee
• In-kind partnership agreements
• Smart Africa Air Race convening event

Outcomes:

The project improved efficiency by supporting the Government to implement smarter services that are digital, with effective citizen feedback loops and collection via mobile of data, and payments. policies that incentivize innovation, awareness raising and investment are expected to lead to new services and channels allowing for consumer behavior change adopting more efficient models such as shared economy, digital services and low carbon transport. The project increased resilience through better data for planning, risk assessment and response through the UAVs – maps and elevation data will be used for flood assessment and housing stock mapping generating much more accurate and timely flood scenarios, response and management applications and damage assessment. The project integrated new technologies into the national growth strategy and supported the new business models that are more competitive

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others:

WBG internal partners:

• Trade and Competitiveness – The “Launchpad” program
• Transport – The WBG Transport and ICT GP
• Learning Leadership and Innovation (LLI) – has collaborated with the Tanzania portfolio in the past by providing a single mapping UAV for demonstration (2015) which supported the client awareness and demand for this activity.

K- Partners:

• Korea Land and Geospatial InformatiX Corporation: develop a collaboration for knowledge exchange, training assistance and potentially to serve on technical steering committee or advisory group.
• National Information Society Agency (NIA expand NIA-Tanzania support to topics of smart services through either participation in the open standards advisory work, or through sharing Korean experience of “Government 3.0” projects from Korea during dissemination workshops.
• ePeople –serve as a model for Tanzanian smart services for both adoption of standards as well as inspiration for possible services and analytics that can be built.

Other external partners:

• UAViators: policy consultations and potential for sourcing technical advisory members
• FSD: support consultations and international experiences
• WeRobotics assist in the formation of Flying Labs in Tanzania
• La Fondacion Bundi partner in developing and organizing a Flying Donkey Challenge.