On average, annually, 40% of the population is at risk of being affected by a disaster in Ghana.
We met with representatives from NADMO, Ghana's National Disaster Management Organisation, to discuss the value of mobile phone data for decision-making, and how they are using mobility information provided by the Data for Good partners, to better plan for and respond to disasters.
Hear from Mr Kelly Kelely Degboe, Head of ICT and Emergency Operations Centre, and Mr Kofi Koranteng Abrowkwa, Ex-Director of Policy, Planning, Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation as they share their perspectives on the impact of human mobility for disaster management, the value of the dynamic risk maps generated using mobile phone data, and how mobility estimates derived from this data source have helped them understand the situation on the ground when responding to the floods in the Lower Volta region in October 2023.
The Data for Good partnership, a unique public-private partnership and not-for-profit initiative between Ghana Statistical Service, Telecel Ghana (previously Vodafone Ghana), and Flowminder, to support evidence-based decision-making for the wellbeing of all in Ghana.
The Data for Good project has been made possible thanks to funding from the Vodafone Foundation (now Telecel Foundation), the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Digital Health Innovation Acceleration Programme (DHIAP) powered by the WFP Innovation Accelerator and BMZ digilab, and the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).