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Women Data Scientists Created GPS-Driven App to Help Kenya Keep Covid-19 Numbers Low | The Orlando Advocate

A group of female data researchers are providing the tech and data muscle behind digital tools the Kenyan government uses to track and contain Covid-19. Women in GIS Kenya (WiGISKe), a geospatial technology non-profit, partnered with the country’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology to create […]

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