Kibera, one of the world’s biggest slums, is a “glaring omission” on Google Maps, says Erica Hagen, member of the Map Kibera team. Indeed, Kibera remains a blank spot in relatively well-mapped and ...

Nairobi — It is one of the most densely populated districts of Kenya's capital and one of the most researched urban areas in Africa. Hundreds, if not thousands, of NGOs work there, serving a community ...

Nairobi’s Kibera slums. Non-governmental organisations, private and public companies can ascertain what services are required in the informal settlement through a new digital map created with the help ...

Zacharia Muinde of Map Kibera Trust shows teachers and students their school's page on Open Schools Kenya, a mapping project that helps residents find information on local schools. Courtesy Map Kibera ...

Until recently, what is often billed as one of Africa's largest slums - Kibera, in the Kenyan capital Nairobi - was a blank spot on official maps. But a group of volunteers have been training young ...

Kibera, in Nairobi, is Africa's second-biggest slum, but it is invisible on Google Earth. Its residents published their own online map of the area, so that nobody could deny their existence any longer ...