Kenya GEOSpatial, GIS, Remote Sensing Organizations

Here are some of the Kenya organizations offering GIS and Remote Sensing products, services, consultancy, training etc. 

• ESRI Eastern Africa
  

About ESRI EA: Esri Eastern Africa is the market leader in geospatial solutions within Eastern Africa.Esri Eastern Africa is the authorized Distributor for Esri, a Trimble Business Partner for Mapping & GIS and the Official Distributor of ENVI Image processing software serving Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.The Esri Eastern Africa business model employs  direct and indirect sales through an evolving business partner network. Esri Eastern Africa also offers  a variety of  GIS and remote sensing training opportunities, in the classroom and over the Internet.Instructor-led courses are offered at the  Esri Authorized Learning Centre in Nairobi and at Esri Authorized Learning Centers in the neighboring countries.

Esri Eastern Africa hosts annual user conferences namely the Esri Eastern Africa user conference and the Education User Conference which brings together  Esri software end-users complemented with GIS managers, decision-makers and those having an interest in Esri products and services, geo-spatial technology, geography, and their widespread applications. Esri Eastern Africa hosts free technical sessions every month to enlighten GIS users and the public.

Website:  https://www.esriea.com/

Location:  3rd Floor KUSCCO Centre, Upper Hill 

P.O. Box 57783-00200, Nairobi, Kenya

Tel: (254-20)2713630/1/2

Fax: (254-20) 2713633

Mobile (254) 722 521341, 733 568 381

Email: solutions@esriea.com  

• Orbital Limited
  

About Orbital Limited: Orbital Ltd is a company registered under the laws of Kenya to offer Geospatial solutions and services in Kenya and Eastern Africa region at large. Orbital is founded by a group of professionals with past proven records involved in GIS, Web Mapping applications development, real time vehicle tracking, digital navigational maps as well as Information System solutions.

Website: http://www.orbital.co.ke/

Contacts: Postal:9249-00200 Nairobi, Tel No:+254 020457506, Cell No:+254 723873232, Fax:+254 20 889 9891, E-mail:info@orbital.co.ke

• REGIONAL CENTRE FOR MAPPING OF RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT- RCMRD
  

About RCMRD:  The Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) was established in Nairobi – Kenya in 1975 under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the then Organization of African Unity (OAU), today African Union (AU). RCMRD is an inter-governmental organization and currently has 20 Contracting Member States in the Eastern and Southern Africa Regions; Botswana, Burundi, Comoros, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Website: http://www.rcmrd.org/

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Contact: Telephone: 020 2680748 / 2680722, +254 723 786161 / +254 735 981098
P.O. Box 632-00618 Roysambu, Kasarani  Fax: +254 020 2680747, Email: rcmrd@rcmrd.org

•  Indepth Research Services (IRES)  
  

About IRES: Indepth Research Services (IRES) is an international training and consultancy organization with its head office in Nairobi, Kenya. IRES offers a comprehensive portfolio of technical training and education services designed for individuals, and organizations working in the agriculture; climate change and environment; disaster management; education; food and nutrition; health;  humanitarian relief; logistics and telecommunication; recovery and reconstruction; safety and security; water sanitation and hygiene sectors. They also offer open and scheduled  international training programs in use of GIS, Remote Sensing, emerging technologies, and data management. 

Website; http://indepthresearch.org/
Location: Westlands, Rhapta Road, Njema Court, Suite R2.
Contacts: P.O. Box 104289 - 00101, Nairobi Nairobi Kenya, Mobile: (+254) 715 077 817 skype at:  indepthresearch, twitter: @indepthresearch,
facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/indepthresearch

•    Oakar Services
  

About Oaker: Oakar Services is Eastern Africa’s leading geospatial consulting firm helping to deliver spatial solutions that enable our clients to become high-performing businesses. Working from a central office in Nairobi’s Upper Hill, Oakar Services operates in the Eastern Africa region through a business partner network.

Webiste: http://www.osl.co.ke/

Location:  KUSCCO Centre, Mezzanine Floor, Kilimanjaro Road, Upper Hill
Contacts:  P.O. Box 28844 – 00200, Nairobi, KENYA, Fixed Line: +254-20-2715276  / 2721325, Mobile Phone: +254 708-895644 or 733-448255, Fax: +254-20-272185

•  Ramani Geosystems and Ramani Land Services

About Ramani; For over 15 years, Ramani has been Putting Africa on the map through aerial survey, aerial LiDAR, land services and GIS mapping solutions.

Website: http://www.ramani.co.ke/

Location: Ground Floor, Foxtrot, Wilson Business Park

Contacts: P.O. Box 15353 - 00509, Nairobi, Kenya,  Telephone: +254 20 6002035 | 6004823, +254 (0)722 200 616 | (0)733 613 503, +254 20 6002035

Email: info@ramani.co.ke

Business Hours: Monday-Friday: 8:30am to 5:30pm EAT, Saturday & Sunday: Closed

• Azimath Company
  

About Azmimath: Azimath is a Kenyan company that offers Professional services in GIS, Land Surveying, Digital aerial photography, remote sensing, and high definition surveying using LiDAR technology.

Website: http://www.azimath.com/

Location: Siwaka estate House 1, Ole sangale road, Opposite Strathmore university, Nairobi Kenya Contacts: Tel: +254-202574034 , Mobile: +254-715791437, E-mail: info@azimath.com

• Upande Ltd
  

About Upande Ltd: Specialized in GIS and WebGIS Solutions, Upande Limited provides Internet, Web Mapping and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) solutions.

Website: http://www.upande.com/

Location:  Eden Square Complex, 7th floor block 1, Chiromo Road

Contacts: P.O Box 30439-00100 Kenya, Phone: +254 20 3673211,  Fax: + 254 20 3673231, Mobile: +254 703041211, +254 713 234 798

• PhotoMaps K Limited 
  

 About PhotoMaps: Photomap carry out digital and conventional Aerial Photography, low altitude high density airborne Lidar Surveys down to cm XYZ accuracy with a limited amount of ground control covering extensive areas within a short period of time. Photomap also carry out Engineering Surveys for any specific need including Ground Control, Site Surveys, Profiling, Cross Sectioning, Sounding etc. Photomap also provides Digital Mapping for all your planning needs, plus Digital Photogrammetric Line Map- ping, Digital Orthophoto Mapping

Website: http://www.photomap.nu/ 

Location : Allbid House, Opposite Imara Daima entrance, Mombasa Road

Contacts: P.O. Box 43805 - 00100, Nairobi Kenya, Telephone : + 254 20 8024550 / 8024551 / 3542185, Fax : + 254 20 820139, Mobile: +254 734 56 5224,

E-mail: photomap@photomap.co.ke, info@photomap.nu

• GEOMaps Africa

About Geomaps: Geomaps Africa brings to the market the horizontal and vertical integration of Aerial and Satellite Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, Land Survey Consultancy, Positioning applications, GIS databases and applications as well as GIS web-services.

Webiste: http://www.geoafrica.com/  
Location: Geomaps Center,Upperhill, Nairobi Contacts: Telephone:(020)-2713350, Fax:+254-020-718099, P.O Box 61071-Nairobi, Email: info@geoafrica.com    

• Digmap Geosystems Ltd.

About Digmap: a multidisciplinary Planning, surveying & Mapping Consultancy Firm, duly licensed. Principals of the firm are Kenyans, and the Firm is based in Nairobi.

Website: http://www.digmapgeosystems.com/

Location: National Hospital Insurance Fund Building, 3rd Floor Left Wing
Contacts: P.O.BOX 49182 - 00100 :+254 (20) 2713958 , +254 (20) 2713959 , +254 (722) 753833 Email: info@digmapgeosystems.com

• GISasp.Kenya

About GISasp.Kenya: they provide GIS services and training to firms which are either  in constant need of GIS services or simple occassional application of GIS,yet not huge enough to an extent of setting up fully fledged GIS departments.  They also do offer training courses in GIS to individuals and firms so as to enable users to carry out frequent tasks and updates.

Website: http://www.gisaspkenya.com/

Location: Nairobi, KENYA

Contacts: Tel:  +254 723 92 82 16, Email: Info@gisaspkenya.com

• Survplans

About Survplans: a surveying and mapping firm involved in topographical, engineering and cadastral surveying.  In the past few years Survplans has in keeping with the emerging trends in the Geospatial industry undertaken Photogrammetric, Remote Sensing and  Geographical Information Systems tasks.  We offer services to private individuals, professionals in the land development field , public and private sector companies, Government agencies and NGO’s among others.  We are based in Nairobi, Kenya but have had the privilege of working in several countries in the region namely Mozambique, Sudan, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Somaliland.

Website:  http://www.survplansltd.com/ 

Location: Suite B1, Jitegemee Place Jabavu Road, Kilimani. Contacts: P.O. Box 10151, 00100-GPO Nairobi, Kenya, Tel : 254 020 2716820/6, Fax : 254 020 2716804 Email : info@survplansltd.com

• Survey of Kenya Department  - Government

About Survey of Kenya: This department implements the Government’s policy of sustainable exploitation of land and its natural resources. It is composed of five divisions namely; Geodetic and Geographical Information System (GIS), Mapping, Administration, Cadastral, Land Adjudication and Hydrographic. These functions are carried out within the provisions of the Survey Act (Cap 299) of the Laws of Kenya.

Website: http://www.ardhi.go.ke/default/index.php 

Location: MINISTRY OF LAND, HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT, 1ST NGONG AVENUE, NAIROBI, KENYA

Contacts: P.O. BOX 30450-00100, TEL.254-020-2718050, FAX 254-020-2721248

• Department of Resource Survey and Remote Sensing  (DRSRS) – Government

About DRSRS: DRSRS include to collect data on the number and distribution of livestock, wildlife and environmental attributes in the Kenya Rangelands, to inventorize, map and monitor the vegetation and habitats of livestock and wildlife in Kenya, to undertake land cover and use assessment, mapping and monitoring (vegetation cover, forests, species composition, biofuel and land degradation), to develop early warning systems (EWS) for crop forecasting used in food security management and vegetation biomass productivity monitoring for range management, to develop Land Information Management Systems (LIMS) from geospatial databases generated and to coordinate the application of remote sensing technology in Kenya.

Website: http://www.environment.go.ke/?p=57

Location: Popo Rd Nairobi Kenya 

• Simlab Geosolutions Limited

About Simlab Geosolutions Limited: It  is a Kenyan company that deals with GPS and GIS products and equipment. All of their products are direct from the manufacturers.

Website: http://www.simlabgeosolutions.co.ke

Location: View Park Towers, Ground Floor, Hibiscus Office,  Nairobi, Kenya

Contacts: Address: P.O.Box 17049-00100 Nairobi,   

Email: sales@simlabgeosolutions.co.ke, Phone: +254 705 513 081

• ImapInternational Limited - iMAP
  

About iMAP: iMAP International provides government, non-profit and commercial business partners with custom-fit field data collection and adding value by using Geographic Information System (GIS) solutions. By matching the demand for innovative field data collection solutions with an agile business model and visionary leadership, we continue our rapid growth by competing for and winning high-profile business. We enhance customer value through comprehensive, accurate baseline solutions, while it continues to expand into data aggregation/verification, data conversion and consulting services.

Website: www.imap.co.ke

Location: Ridge ways- Springs station 1st floor, Kiambu road

Contacts: P.O.Box 62372-00200 Nairobi, Email: info@imap.co.ke

• JapakGIS KenyaLimited
  

About JapakGIS Kenya Limited:   JapakGIS Kenya Limited  are the Authorized Resellers of Google Maps and Google Earth in Eastern Africa. They also do asset Tracking, Manage people and assets through location and dispatch tools to achieve high productivity.

Website: www.japakgis.com

Location: Garden Estate Rd, Next to Roasters Inn

Contacts:  P.O. Box 1233-00618 Nairobi, Kenya, Telephone: 020-2573000, 0721205224

Email: info@japakgis.com

• LocateIT Ltd

LocateIT Ltd provides ultra-modern cutting-edge Space and Geomatics driven products, services and solutions in Africa - leveraging on the above listed technologies. Besides offering project implementation services and training, LocateIT Ltd is also a reseller of satellite imagery products (range from 50cm to 20m resolution- both optical and radar) as well as a reseller of TerrSet software from Clark Labs, USA. LocateIT developed the CDIS (trade mark) that stands for County / Constituency / Community Development Information System that supports county / constituency / community level planning and development based on geospatial technologies (Earth Observation, GIS and GNSS). LocateIT Ltd's uniqueness lies in the fact that it not only supports its clients generate quality geo-spatial information but also, subsequently works closely with the clients to ensure the information generated is translated into sound societal impacts - espoused in its trademark '3is Framework' (Information - Initiatives - Impacts Framework).

Contacts 

LocateIT Ltd   
Galana Plaza, 5th Floor, Wing D

P.O.Box 17227-00100, Nairobi, Kenya

Tel: +254-20-7853050 / +254-724 528 575 / +254 782 001 200, Cell: +254 722 267 687

Email: info@locateit.co.ke  

Website: www.locateit.co.ke 

• Career Skills Center ( has full board accommodation)

Career Skills Center (CSC) is a Geo-Spatial registered company based in Kenya. It provides professional training services in GIS, Earth observation and ICT. It also does research and development to promote innovative solutions and applications in the use of geo-information. Geospatial data is used for different applications so as to analyze patterns and trends, e.g., transport networks, hydrology, population characteristics, economic activity, disaster management, urban planning etc. CSC offers training programmes that enable clients be able to relate and analyze the different kinds of data to come up with meaningful information that can be used in decision making.

Website: http://www.careerskills.co.ke/

Career Skills Center

P.O. Box, 230-00605, Uthiru, Kenya

Website: www.careerskills.co.ke

Email: info@careerskills.co.ke

Cell Phone: +254-722-615287/ +254-722-267787/ +254-795-937754 Kikuyu, Kenya

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

Kikuyu town, KidFarmaco, Opposite KidFarmaco P.C.E.A Church, Spring Road, off Kikuyu Road from the Southern Bypass Road.

BUS ROUTE: Take bus number 105 from Nairobi City Centre at Tom Mboya Street near Odeon Cinema, alight at Kikuyu.

Geospatial Research International

Geospatial Research International – GRI is global Consultancy firm focused on the applications of 
Geospatial Technologies on Natural Resource Management (Environment, Water, land), Agriculture and Community Development services. GRI is a duly registered Company in Kenya in accordance with the Companies Act under the Women Category Special Groups.

Website: www.georesearch.co.ke

Location: Hurlingam Court Building, Suite 27, Argwings Kodhek Road, Nairobi

Telephone:  +254 20 2196970, +254 722910348, +254 734509097, +254 722592554

Email: info@georesearch.co.ke

Nexis Geomatics Consult – Land Surveyor

About us

Welcome to Nexis Geomatics Consult and get yourself professional and quality services. At Nexis Geomatics Consult, we offer the following services:

1)Cadastral and topographical surveying services,

2)GIS mapping; Advanced GIS web mapping,

3)Aerial, Drone Mapping and Survey,

4)Remote sensing services,

5)Map production services,

6)Enterprise GIS solutions,

7)3D mapping,

8)Project planning and management,

9)GIS data capture and mobile mapping,

10)Spatial and land use planning,

Website: https://nexis-geomatics-consult.business.site/