Emmanuel BAMA is an IT Network System Engineer and Network Cybersecurity Analyst with many of experience in the fields of telecom networks, open technologies, and geographic information systems. Emmanuel holds a degree in Systems and Telecoms Network Design Engineering. As a student engineer in computer science, Emmanuel, along with three of his classmates, started Openstreetmap Cote D’Ivoire: a digital and collaborative mapping initiative to map all of Cote D’Ivoire’s regions in an effort to save lives and promote open technologies. Three years later, as a Volontariat International de la Francophonie (VIF), he contributed to supporting Openstreetmap’s collaborative free mapping project in French-speaking West African countries.

He continues to promote opensource technologies through his blog : www.emmanuelbama.net

Emmanuel is at the very core of innovative initiatives and is part of the driving force behind projects such as OpenStreetMap Cote D’Ivoire, Data Transport