A selection of eCRG's consultancy engagements for UN agencies, government departments and universities, each with its deliverables and contract value on the record.
Developed an OCR system to read and extract rainfall data from hard-copy records into a database, a web application for automatic analysis in tabular and graphical form, and a mobile app to capture and transmit real-time climate data from EPAs in Neno and Zomba to the DCCMS server. Funded by the Government of Flanders.
Integrated the DCCMS server with the global Synergie Web for triangulation of weather data, and provided first-level technical support for a portal giving DCCMS and Chileka International Airport real-time satellite weather data for aeronautical control. Local partner for Meteo France International (MFI).
Designed the sampling methodology, collected and quality-checked data, developed SMART early-warning indicators, compiled the comprehensive baseline report and presented it at a stakeholders' validation workshop. Funded by GEF with UNDP technical support.
Designed and deployed a low-cost data-transmission network and broadband radio links connecting District Climate Information Centres in Karonga, Mulanje, Nsanje and Zomba, enabling weather capture, sharing and broadcast through community radios for early warning and disaster recovery.
Developed software for automated survey-data rescue and archiving, plus an Android application for digitised survey data collection, for a joint agricultural research project between LUANAR and MSU's Department of Media and Information Studies.
Built a low-cost, long-range data-transmission network connecting public and community institutions over available TV channels, supporting schools and hospitals in Zomba and Mulanje under the Malawi TV White Spaces project, work that informed national TVWS regulation.
eCRG's deliverables have a habit of becoming national infrastructure and, in the case of TV White Spaces, national regulation.
Regulatory impact. Our TVWS deployments directly informed the regulations MACRA drafted to open the technology to commercial use in Malawi from 2019.
International record.The Malawi TVWS network is documented in the UN Broadband Commission's State of Broadband 2015 report (p.58).
Ongoing systems. The Synergie-Web forecast workstation remains in periodic testing and operational use with DCCMS and Chileka airport.
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