A man hold the tablet used to collect data in Shakani in Zanzibar to help issue title deeds for islanders. — Thomson Reuters Foundation
A team of Zanzibari data collectors armed with tablets have gathered enough information from hundreds of people on the Tanzanian archipelago to issue each of them a deed to their land in 20 minutes – a process that typically takes up to five years.
The project run by Kenya-based technology consulting company Spatial Collective has produced official documentation for about 700 land parcels in a southern town called Shakani since it launched last year.
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A man hold the tablet used to collect data in Shakani in Zanzibar to help issue title deeds for islanders. — Thomson Reuters Foundation
FEATURESpeedy deeds: Zanzibar goes digital to prove property ownership
Numbered cement beacons used to demarcate land lie in a pile ready for distribution in Shakani, Zanzibar. — Thomson Reuters Foundation
FEATURESpeedy deeds: Zanzibar goes digital to prove property ownership
Young islanders undergo training on how to collect data using tablets to help islanders receive title deeds in Shakani, Zanzibar. — Thomson Reuters Foundation
FEATURESpeedy deeds: Zanzibar goes digital to prove property ownership
Justus Muhando, Spatial Collective’s technical lead, takes a photo of a resident undergoing an interview to receive his title deeds in Shakani, Zanzibar. — Thomson Reuters Foundation
FEATURESpeedy deeds: Zanzibar goes digital to prove property ownership
