Biography
Andre Nonguierma holds an Engineer Degree in Environment from the Polytechnic Institute of the University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. He also holds a MSc. in Applied Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Management from the University of Agronomic Sciences in Gembloux, Belgium.
He is currently the Chief of the Geospatial information Management Section. In this capacity, he oversees the ECA work on advancing holistic geospatial information management policies and strategies and providing assistance to Member States and regional entities in the development and implementation of spatial data infrastructures, space science and geospatial information technology.
Andre Nonguierma bring more than 25 years of professional experience in the field of space science, earth observation and geospatial science and technology. His professional journey is highly focused on leveraging geospatial data, information, and analytics to support strategic decision-making and evidence-based policy analysis across a range of application from the public sector to academia and the private sector.
Andre Nonguierma has published several scientific papers and continues to conduct research activities on SDI, GIS, spatial analysis, Remote Sensing applications, space technologies and Earth Observation solutions to various socio-economic sectors.