Space Science and Technology

Becoming a Regional Leader in Positioning Technology

The Start of My Journey

In the year 2000, I was a MSc student at ITC – University of Twente in the Netherlands. During a Drupa show in Amsterdam, a professor asked if Africa was already embracing satellites in positioning technology. I came to learn that this was no one other than Professor Bo Gustafson, a NASA advisor and director of the Laboratory for Astrophysics at the University of Florida in USA. This is the man who introduced me to the science of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). In America, it is called GPS (Global Positioning System), In Russia – GLONASS, EU – Galileo, China – BeiDou.

Dear reader, you realize that Africa is not represented. Please support my effort to introduce the AFRINAVs

Is Africa embracing satellites in positioning?

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The Turning Point

In 2012, I decided to go full scale, pursuing a 6-year course in the USA majoring in Navigation and Satellite Systems, a science known as Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS).I later returned to Uganda and advanced the use of technology in a number of African countries. Today, we have added LIDAR and UAVs (drones). The technology changes so fast.

GNSS Systems

GNSSS Systems

We are now Regional Leaders in Positioning Technology

Today, at Datagrid Africa Center, a subsidiary company of DataGrid International based in Gainesville, Florida. We design and provide highly accurate receivers to the world for highly accurate positioning. I have expertise in GNSS Engine Design, Satellite Frequency Modulation, L₁, L₂, L₅, L_5C Programming, Geodetic Antenna designs and configuration. DataGrid Africa Centre based in Entebbe, Uganda now represents over 5 major brands in Positioning Technology and Satellite Systems. We are the regional Leaders in Sales, Training and Configuration.