Two Kenyan geoscientists, Linus Anari and Eileen Mburu have won the prestigious Blue Dot competition organized by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The duo developed a Geographic Information System (GIS) to identify food security hot spots in Northern Kenya. Linus Anari is a Geospatial Engineering student at the University of Nairobi and Eileen Mburu is a Geospatial Specialist with a strong background in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), a graduate of the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. The two participated in the Blue Dot Challenge which seeks to mitigate common world challenges like climate change, water insecurity, and food insecurity.

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