Claim: The AfriPop project, initiated in July 2009 with an aim of producing detailed and freely-available population distribution maps for the whole of sub-Saharan Africa, has produced a unique spatial database of linked information on contemporary census data across Africa, satellite-imagery derived settlement maps and land cover information.
Evidence: The AfriPop project was initiated in July 2009 with an aim of producing detailed and freely-available population distribution maps for the whole of sub-Saharan Africa. The AfriPop team have assembled a unique spatial database of linked information on contemporary census data across Africa, satellite-imagery derived settlement maps and land cover information.