HaiGiS-EoI-DYSC-Cote-dIvoire.pdf

NOFO #95332418N0003. Data Analytics Center Project in

Côte d’Ivoire, DCLI Millennium Challenge Corporation 1

Data for Youth Services Collaborative Project in

Côte d’Ivoire Expression of Interest

Organization Name: HaiGiS

Subject: Subpartner (local partner) looking for international partner

Contact: Simon Dedjo Yao, Chief Executive Officer | simondedjo@h-aigis.com

Tel: +225 476 902 73 | website: www.h-aigis.com

About HaiGiS HaiGiS is an ICT-based startup dedicated to provide GIS, Data Collection technology and services, Data analytics and Data Science to inclusive public and private sector innovation. We are based in Abidjan and are running the business for a year with a turnover of USD 210,000 for 2017.

Our Services Since 2017, our expertise and technologies allow us to collaborate with other organizations on several development projects and topics including’ Policy making, local development, Economic integration, health & Insurance, Road infrastructure etc for several organizations (the African Union, the African

Capacity Building Foundation, the Japan International Corporation Agency, the Ministry in charge of Oil &

Energy, AVSI NGO, the Policy Analysis Unit etc).

Some of our projects and activities:

1. Study on the impact of investment in the hydrocarbon and energy sectors on the ivoirian economy, January 2018.

We are collaborating with the Policy Analysis Unit (CAPEC), to design and implemented a survey deployed on our mobile application in order to collect and analyze opinions of corporates and households regarding investment impact in the sector of hydrocarbon and energy on the economy.

2. Evaluation of Cooperate Governance in Cote d’Ivoire, April – July 2017.

With the collaboration of the Policy Analysis Unit (CAPEC), HaiGiS designed and implemented a web and mobile technology platform to collect and act on private and public corporate feedback for improvement corporate governance policies.

3. Study on the Conditions for the Formalization of Informal Sector in Cote d'Ivoire, August 2017.

HaiGiS worked with the Policy Analysis Unit (CAPEC) by designing and implementing a data collection platform used to collect data in the Central country with the aim to analyze the conditions to facilitate the transformation of informal businesses into formal businesses.

4. Study on the consequences of the entrance of Morocco into Economic Community of West

African States (ECOWAS), December 2017.

With the collaboration of the Policy Analysis Unit, HaiGiS desisgn and implement a tablet-based data collection platform to collect feedback from corporate on the negative and positive impact of the entrance of Morocco into the ECOWAS zone.

mailto:simondedjo@h-aigis.com

NOFO #95332418N0003. Data Analytics Center Project in

Côte d’Ivoire, DCLI Millennium Challenge Corporation 1

5. Traffic survey for preparatory study of “projet d’aménagement de l’échangeur d’amitié ivoiro-japonaise phase 2”, October – November 2017.

HaiGiS conducted traffic count survey at major roads across the central island of Abidjan and develop vehicle traffic database and analysis for the JICA Study Team (Japan International Corporation Agency) which aims to calibrate the Origine Destination matrices developed in “The Project for the Development of the Urban Master Plan in Greater Abidjan 2015-2030 needed for the implementation of the Interchange project.

6. Preparatory survey for the project for construction of three intersections in Abidjan, September – December 2017. HaiGiS joint ventured with the Bnetd (The National Bureau for

Technical And Development Studies) to implement Traffic count surveys, Directional traffic surveys and Travel Speed surveys to design traffic databases and perform analysis, for the JICA Study Team in order to calibrate Origin-Destination matrices and for the construction of the three (3) flyovers.

7. Capacity-building and Technical Assistance. Through its training division, HaiGiS has trained several people including students, corporate personnel in the domain of Geographic Information

Systems, Business Intelligence Analytics and Data Analysis that leads for some to obtain their first job and /or to significantly improve their skills. HaiGiS has also provided staff to support cooperates in government and community development projects.

Our Products HaiGiSurvey: A powerful mobile and web application to quickly design and implement simple or complex surveys to collect data with analytics capabilities that analyze the results as data is been collected and stored. The application is very flexible, it can integrate any line of activity and is intended to address data collection gaps for any kind of corporate.

Potential contribution as subpartner for the DYSC project The first year (2017) of our activity has been mainly centered on data collection and analysis using technology to simplify and speed up data collections process and enhance data quality that help to save time and resources for several organization in a variety of development projects. Using ICT we are trying to reduce gaps in data collection, to increase the translation of data into information by appropriate visualizations and analysis in order to improve decision making for corporate and individuals.

As local partner for the Data for Youth Services Collaborative Project in Côte d’Ivoire (DYSC), our potential role will be to work hand in hand with the international partner to make successful the data collection process and storage, maintenance and accessibility to the data and information from it. As to encourage continuous data sharing across sectors and for the sustainability of the DYSC, it is important that the DYSC should have visualization interfaces that should draw information from the data that is useful and easily accessible by everybody including the data sharers. And HaiGiS has enough skills and experience to work closely with its partner to reach all the goals of the DYSC project.