Many Developing Countries in Africa are exposed to serious environmental disaster risks. However their possibility of access to information and communication technology (ICT) for Disaster Risk Management (DRM) is often lacking. The AÏDA project aims at sharing knowledge about affordable ICT solutions in support of DRM in Africa. AÏDA will make a snapshot of the disaster situation in Africa with an emphasis on the used ICT solutions. On a continental scale, AÏDA will examine the Early Warning Information Services and the Disaster Management Dissemination Platforms. Drilling down to a National scale, 4 countries has been selected which often are confronted with different sorts of Natural hazards and which have well developed National Disaster Action Plans to cope with these hazards. It is very likely that some deployed ICT solutions which are used for the monitoring, prediction, warning or post-hazard relief of a certain disaster in Africa, can be easily re-used for managing other disasters. The scope is to start a cross-fertilization process of knowledge and best practices between all disaster stakeholders in Africa. Website/Contact

Total EC Funding: 869 000 EUR

African Partner(s): Federal University of Technology, Nigeria/Ardhi University, Tanzania/Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa/Institut d’Economie Rurale, Mali