Excited to Join This Community, GIS Analyst from Nigeria

[PJAndrews]

Hello everyone,

My name is Jeremiah Andrews Ojonugwa, and I'm really excited to be part of this community.

I'm a GIS Analyst based in Abuja, Nigeria, with over three years of hands-on experience applying geospatial technologies to environmental conservation, urban planning, and sustainable land management. My work has spanned deforestation monitoring, agricultural mapping, and land use analysis, using tools like ArcGIS, Google Earth Engine, and Python for spatial data processing.

What I love most in this field is working on urban heat island research. I explored this in my final year thesis on urban expansion and heat intensification using remote sensing data, and it's a focus I'm continuing to build on.

I hold a B.Tech in Remote Sensing and GIS (Geography) from the Federal University of Technology, Minna, and I've worked on projects including a deforestation assessment of the Amassoma Mangrove Forest and a decade-long land use and land cover change model using Google Earth Engine.

I'm here to learn, collaborate, and connect with others doing meaningful geospatial work, especially around climate resilience and sustainable urban planning across Africa. Looking forward to engaging with this community and contributing where I can.

Happy to connect with anyone working on similar projects!
 

Best,
Andrews

[Reign · Accepted solution]

I'm from Nigeria as well, Base in Anambra... can i connect with you? 

[PJAndrews]

Yes, sir, let's connect, please 

[WilliamTarpai]

@PJAndrews Welcome to ESRI Community - Your post was quite timely, as the ESRI User Conference 2026 is almost ready to being in San Diego.   I drove by the convention center yesterday and was quite pleased about the level of preparations that have already been done.  

Over the last few days, I have had contact with GIS professionals in Ukraine and Kenya about introducing GIS to students.  Lots of work to be done.

 I wanted to provide some input on the HLPF on Sustainable Development that just took place In New Yoirk at the UN.    https://sdgs.un.org/HESI/2026GlobalForum?fbclid=IwY2xjawS_7CJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMz...

It was all about how better to involve higher education in sustainable development.  I'm sure you find this link of interest.  “Reimagining Higher Education for Global Transformation toward a Sustainable Future.”

[PJAndrews]

Thank you so much for the warm welcome, and for sharing this, exciting timing with the User Conference coming up in San Diego.

It's inspiring to hear about your work introducing GIS to students in Ukraine and Kenya. I'll definitely check out the HLPF link on sustainable development, higher education and sustainability is a space I care deeply about too.

I'd genuinely love to be involved or contribute in any way I can. Please let me know how I can support the work you're doing.

Looking forward to connecting further.

[WilliamTarpai]

As Professor Dangermond noted when he spoke of his heros - they are people who go beyond words and do things without waiting.  OK, that is tough, especially in some countries  where leadership may not share your optimism, but @PJAndrews as you will see from outcomes at the ESRI UC, there are lots of ways to support people who are doing good things.