Since 2011, I have been actively engaged in international development projects, focusing on spatial planning, geospatial research, and community resilience. My journey began with the World Bank,  where i was engaged with several small projects but one which i am proud of is the initiative which I led in Mozambique and Tanzania as a community mapping initiatives using geospatial tools such as drones and GIS software to support urban planning and disaster risk management. This included coordinating efforts to assess the impact of the Kagera earthquake on social infrastructure and enhancing flood resilience in Dar es Salaam through detailed mapping. I further been engaged in the larger urban resilience program namely “Tanzania urban resilience program (TURP)” (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/tanzania-urban-resilience-program#4) with the role of advancing the experience from the program in order to benefit youth and university staff by providing training to university staff, providing geospatial skills and engaging youth with practical experiences for future employability as well as establishing ways for sharing geospatial data for analysis and research.

I am currently a Senior Researcher at the Department of Geography and Geology at the University of Turku. Since 2018, I have been a Project Manager for the Resilience Academy (https://resilienceacademy.ac.tz/), a collaborative initiative between the University of Turku and five Tanzanian universities, funded by the World Bank and a project manager of the GeoICT4e project (https://geoict.org/), which aims to enhance geospatial and ICT education in Tanzanian universities, promote skills development, and foster digital competencies. My role has focused on coordinating content development with partner universities, organising project events, supporting students through multi-competence learning programs, managing training programs, facilitating capacity-building, and promoting sustainable practices for utilising geospatial data in urban resilience efforts.

I am conducting my doctoral research on urban resilience, focusing on the integration of geospatial data and community engagement in enhancing urban planning and disaster risk management.