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# Afriscout: Satellite Grazing Technology for Pastoralists.

## Sitemaps
[XML Sitemap](https://afriscout.org/sitemap_index.xml): Includes all crawlable and indexable pages.

## Posts
- [Two Year randomized control trial reveals the value and impact AfriScout delivers for communities, herds and the environment.](https://afriscout.org/two-year-randomized-control-trial-reveals-the-value-and-impact-afriscout-delivers-for-communities-herds-and-the-environment/): Causal Design’s two year mixed-methods impact evaluation funded by SPARC (Supporting Pastoralism & Agriculture in Recurrent & Protracted Crises) highlights the causal impacts of AfriScout’s work.
- [AfriScout Officially Listed with Verra, the World’s Leading Carbon Crediting Program](https://afriscout.org/afriscout-officially-listed-with-verra-the-worlds-leading-carbon-crediting-program/): The AfriScout Regenerative Grazing Project has officially been listed with Verra under the VM0042 methodology, marking a major milestone for climate and community impact.
- [AfriScout Launches One of the World’s Largest Regenerative Grazing and Grassland Carbon Projects](https://afriscout.org/afriscout-launches-one-of-the-worlds-largest-regenerative-grazing-and-grassland-carbon-projects/): Today, AfriScout Regen manages 1.5 million hectares of rangeland and one million animals, making it one of the largest regenerative grazing projects in the world—and the only of its scale applying AMP. In partnership with the Ethiopian government and local communities, we are also measuring and verifying the carbon sequestration impact of these practices. In April, the project was officially listed on Verra, a major step toward unlocking climate finance opportunities for pastoralist communities.

## Pages
- [Solutions](https://afriscout.org/solutions/): AfriScout Steward is the original migration information platform co-created with pastoralists for pastoralists. Its groundbreaking approach and patented technology fuses remote sensing with indigenous knowledge to improve migration decision-making – a crucial determinant of livestock and grassland health. Steward allows pastoralists to view vegetation data and crowdsourced alerts in near real-time across their entire grazing area. In turn, this enables them to determine where, when and how to move herds in ways that reduce risks, avoids overgrazing and improves herd health. Steward covers over 60 million hectares in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and Tanzania, is available as an Android app on Google Play, and has supported an estimated 2.3 million pastoralists.
- [Contact](https://afriscout.org/contact/): Kenya :
- [News & Insights](https://afriscout.org/news-insights/): News and Insights​ News and Insights Articles & Media Inside Philanthropy - 2016 Google’s High Tech Approach to Offering Help in Ethiopia's Crisis of Drought and Hunger Upworthy - 2016 These impressive maps are helping to save farm animals from 22,000 miles above ground International Business Times - 2016 Ethiopia Drought Crisis: Pastoralists Threatened By El Niño, Land Grabbing ... Thomson Reuters Foundation - 2018 Kenyan herders turn to grazing app to cut drought risks The Standard (Kenya) - 2018 Mobile app leads pastoralists to reliable water and pasture sources Nairobi News - 2018 Mobile App to help pastoralists find pasture is here RESET.org - 2018 AfriScout: Satellite Technology That Helps Nomadic Shepherds Feed Their Flocks CIO Africa - 2018 Google seeks to revolutionize how pastoralists find pasture, water with AfriScout NTV Kenya (YouTube) - 2018 Mobile phone application to help herders find pasture Voice of America - 2018 Mobile App Helps Maasai Cattle Herders in Kenya Business Today Kenya - 2019 Digital Pastoralists: App Helping Herders Track Pasture BRACED / TRF - 2019 Mobile app helps Kenya’s drought-hit pastoralists find water, pastures Al Jazeera English (YouTube) - 2019 Navigating drought: The app saving Kenya’s herders | earthrise Classy Awards - 2019 Afriscout – The shepherd’s eye in the sky AP News - 2019 App helps tribes find lush pastures and water sources ITU News - 2019 Afriscout – L’élevage vu du ciel Nation Africa - 2020 App comes to the rescue of pastoralists as pasture dwindles Nation Africa - 2020 Pastoralists turn to apps to find grazing fields UBS Global Visionaries - 2021 Indigenous practices meet mobile technology YouTube Podcast Short - 2022 The shepherd’s eye in the sky — SPARC Dynamic Drylands Monocle Podcast - 2022 UBS Global Visionaries: Chris Bessenecker and Jennifer Waugaman of Afriscout SPARC Knowledge - 2023 AfriScout innovation profile SPARC Knowledge (Technical Brief) - 2024 Shepherd’s eye in the sky: AfriScout grazing maps potential Steven Wade Adams Blog - 2024 Stories of East African Pastoralists — Steven Wade Adams Kenyan herders turn to grazing app to cut drought risks App comes to the rescue of pastoralists as pasture dwindles Pastoralists turn to apps to find grazing fields Mobile app leads pastoralists to reliable water and pasture sources Mobile App to help pastoralists find pasture is here Digital Pastoralists: App Helping Herders Track Pasture Mobile app helps Kenya’s drought-hit pastoralists find water, pastures Indigenous practices meet mobile technology Shepherd’s eye in the sky: AfriScout grazing maps potential AfriScout innovation profile AfriScout: Satellite Technology That Helps Nomadic Shepherds Feed Their Flocks Google seeks to revolutionize how pastoralists find pasture, water with AfriScout Stories of East African Pastoralists — Steven Wade Adams Navigating drought: The app saving Kenya’s herders | earthrise Afriscout – The shepherd’s eye in the sky Mobile phone application to help herders find pasture App helps tribes find lush pastures and water sources Afriscout – L’élevage vu du ciel The shepherd’s eye in the sky — SPARC Dynamic Drylands Mobile App Helps Maasai Cattle Herders in Kenya UBS Global Visionaries: Chris Bessenecker and Jennifer Waugaman of Afriscout Google’s High Tech Approach to Offering Help in Ethiopia's Crisis of Drought and Hunger These impressive maps are helping to save farm animals from 22,000 miles above ground Ethiopia Drought Crisis: Pastoralists Threatened By El Niño, Land Grabbing, Population Growth Adopt Nontraditional Methods To Survive
- [About Us](https://afriscout.org/about-us/): Our mission is to drive the restoration of Africa’s grasslands, and the wellbeing of its people by fusing advanced technology with traditional practices.
- [AfriScout Regen Carbon Project](https://afriscout.org/news-insights/afriscout-regen-carbon-project/): The AfriScout Regen Carbon Project in Ethiopia is a large-scale rangeland restoration initiative. It supports pastoral communities in implementing coordinated grazing practices that improve pasture health, strengthen livestock productivity, and increase carbon storage in soils and vegetation.
- [AfriScout Steward](https://afriscout.org/solutions/afriscout-steward/): AfriScout Steward is the original migration information platform co-created with pastoralists to support grazing decisions across Africa’s rangelands.
- [AfriScout Regen](https://afriscout.org/solutions/afriscout-regen/): AfriScout Regen works with pastoral communities to meet this challenge.
- [Home](https://afriscout.org/): Pastoralists are nomadic and semi-nomadic herders who have been the caretakers of Africa’s savannahs and grasslands for thousands of years. These lands cover 40% of the continent, support 250 million people, and are vital to Africa’s future.

## Testimonial
- [Sapunu Laizer, Maganga, Tanzania](https://afriscout.org/testimonial/sapunu-laizer-maganga-tanzania/): I saw alerts on Chronic Bovine Pleuro-Pneumonia (CBPP) in the neighboring village of Oerendeke andseveral alerts on deadly Ormilo.
- [Kedir Jibril,  Harena Buluk, Ethiopia](https://afriscout.org/testimonial/kedir-jibril-harena-buluk-ethiopia/): Previously, we have been moving with livestock for long while from place to place. In the midst of that journey our cows and calves used to die. So, these maps have enormously benefits. Now, we have ridden ourselves of those challenges. Our cattle, calves and children are safe.
- [Kitabo Wele, (Afriscout promoter) Hamer Woreda, Ethiopia](https://afriscout.org/testimonial/kitabo-wele-afriscout-promoter-hamer-woreda-ethiopia/): I joined Afriscout because it is a way for me to serve my community.
- [Dr. Mshana (Veterinarian) Simanjiro, Tanzania](https://afriscout.org/testimonial/dr-mshana-veterinarian-simanjiro-tanzania/): I get preliminary diseases incidence information via the AfriScout app alerts which are posted by herders themselves. Now if there is an outbreak, he can notice and take action within a day.
- [Sankole Solitei, Kajiado, Kenya](https://afriscout.org/testimonial/sankole-solitei-kajiado-kenya/): It has reduced livestock mortality during the dry season and many herdsmen are happy with it.
- [Abraham Isaya (Traditional Leader), Simanjiro, Tanzania](https://afriscout.org/testimonial/abraham-isaya-traditional-leader-simanjiro-tanzania/): The application helps us do away with the practice of keeping a large herds as security against mortality in case of drought or disease outbreak.
- [Kole Kilkila, Hamer Woreda, Ethiopia](https://afriscout.org/testimonial/kole-kikila-ethopia/): Conflict between tribes has almost completely been reduced or is near zero… AfriScout has helped reduce this because the application has provided options for migration and grazing.
- [David Narokwe (Disaster management officer), Merille, Kenya](https://afriscout.org/testimonial/david-narokwe-disaster-management-officer-merille/): The AfriScout app is very resourceful. There was a time an alert was posted that the Merille Melako market was razed by fire. We were able to respond to it immediately.
- [Francisco Lokuru (Afriscout Field Agent), Laisamis, Kenya](https://afriscout.org/testimonial/francisco-lokuru-afriscout-field-agent-laisamis/): I have used AfriScout and trained others how to use the app for more than two years now.  I can attest that the app is digitizing pastoralism. Can you imagine knowing the exact distance to where you are migrating your livestock to and planning your route in advance? That was unthinkable just a few years ago.
- [Abdi Dida, (Chief), Isiolo, Kenya](https://afriscout.org/testimonial/abdi-dida-chief-bulapesa-isiolo/): The Meru-Isiolo border has always been rife with conflicts. Now, when I hear any hint, I post the conflict alert on the AfriScout app and herders on the way to the border who see my alert turn back immediately. This has helped us to save many lives.
- [Mohamed Godo, (AfriScout Community Ambassador), Isiolo, Kenya](https://afriscout.org/testimonial/mohamed-godo-afriscout-community-ambassador-kulamawe-isiolo/): I showed some of my friends the app and they did not believe it was telling the truth. I dared them to go with me and they were surprised how accurately the map depicted the situation at the ground. Now they believe in the power of AfriScout.
- [Abdihakim Abdullahi, (AfriScout Field Agent), Isiolo, Kenya](https://afriscout.org/testimonial/abdihakim-abdullahi-afriscout-field-agent-bulapesa-isiolo/): When herders are disturbed by wild animals or their property destroyed by elephants, they post the predator alert on the AfriScout app and the Kenya Wildlife Service takes immediate action to prevent any loss and further conflict.
- [Abdullahi Mohamed, Garissa, Kenya](https://afriscout.org/testimonial/abdullahi-mohamed-afriscout-user-bura-garissa/): I saw several alerts on AfriScout about the contagious ecthyma disease in my area. I mobilized the leaders to help vaccinate our animals. Over 90,000 livestock were vaccinated thus safeguarding our herd from falling sick or dying.
- [Yussuf Ismail, (AfriScout Field Agent), Garissa South, Kenya](https://afriscout.org/testimonial/yussuf-ismail-afriscout-field-agent-garissa-south/): The AfriScout app helps pastoralists to search for water, pasture and better places for migration right from home using their smartphones. This has reduced the interference of young schoolboys’ education who previously used to scout for water and pasture.
- [Abdirahman Mohamud  (Chief) Garissa South, Kenya](https://afriscout.org/testimonial/abdirahman-mohamud-chief-garissa-south/): AfriScout alerts help me detect areas influenced by drought so that I can request the government to support and provide for residents’ basic needs.
- [Nicholas Tenkes, (County Officer), Kajiado, Kenya](https://afriscout.org/testimonial/nicholas-tenkes-county-officer-kajiado/): One day while I was looking after my goats, a friend posted an alert concerning the presence of hyenas in the field where my herd was. I was able to quickly change my direction and secure my goats.