Geospatial intelligence · A sister company of Data Druid Tech Services
Kubinu turns maps, satellite imagery and field data into decisions: where to count, build, plant, protect and invest. For governments, statistics offices, development partners and business, across Africa and the world.
Our approach
Satellite images, survey frames and field records all arrive as grids of cells. Most of them confirm what you already know. A few change the plan: the ward with no registration point, the road that floods every August, the enumeration area too large to walk in a day. We find those cells, check them on the ground, and show exactly where each finding came from.
Every finding is checked with people who know the place before anyone relies on it.
Every layer carries its source, date and method. You can always see where a number came from.
We start from the decision you have to make, then choose the data, not the other way round.
What we do
Enumeration areas a field team can walk in a day, checked on the ground.
A question it answersHow many enumeration areas does this state need, and can one team cover each in a day?
Satellite and drone analysis that shows what changed, and where.
A question it answersHow many buildings now stand in the flood plain, and how many stood there five years ago?
Offline collection that keeps working where the network stops.
A question it answersWhich interviewers are sending records from the wrong place, and can a supervisor see it today?
Travel time, coverage gaps and site selection, on maps that update as data arrives.
A question it answersWhich communities are more than an hour from a clinic, and where would one new site help most?
Registries geocoded, boundaries harmonised, duplicates found.
A question it answersWhich records point to the same place under different names or codes?
GIS and field data skills for government and partner teams.
A question it answersCan the ministry's own team update this map next year without outside help?
How a Kubinu map is built
Recent satellite or drone imagery: the base everything else is checked against.
Elevation and slope: where water runs and where roads can go.
The networks people actually travel, checked against the ground.
Enumeration areas, wards, districts and catchments: the units decisions are made in.
The one cell that changes the decision, lifted out and explained.
Try it
The same 5 km grid, read three ways. Switch the question and the map re-sorts itself; then lift out the cell that needs attention first.
Select a cell, or lift the insight.
Sample data, generated for illustration. Not a real place.
Where the work lands
“Where should field teams go, and how big should each area be?”
Enumeration area frames, listing support and coverage checks for censuses and household surveys.
“Which communities are missing from the register, and why?”
Geocoded registration points, coverage gaps by ward, and links between registration, health and identity systems.
“Who is more than an hour from care?”
Facility mapping, travel time analysis, catchments and campaign micro-planning.
“What is planted where, and how is the season going?”
Crop mapping, farm boundaries, input distribution planning and yield risk from imagery.
“Where will a new road, line or depot serve the most people?”
Network analysis, site selection, asset registers on the map, and change detection along corridors.
“Who is exposed to the next flood or drought, and how fast can help reach them?”
Flood and drought exposure, settlement mapping for response, and access routes when roads are cut.
How we work
We agree the decision the map must serve, the area, the data that exists and what done looks like.
Field checks and local knowledge. People who know the place confirm what the data says before anyone relies on it.
Analysis, maps and dashboards, reviewed with your team as they take shape rather than revealed at the end.
Data, method notes and training, so your own team can update the work after we leave.
Track record
years in survey research, national statistics and digital systems
years at Nigeria's National Population Commission, including GIS and enumeration area work
states supported in a national birth registration data programme
civil registration records under governed national reporting built by the founding team
Family
Data Druid builds decision intelligence software: governed AI over institutional data, reporting systems and field data platforms. Kubinu does the geospatial work. One founder, one way of working. Clients can engage either company, or both on a single contract.
Visit Data Druid Tech ServicesQuestions
No. Our roots are in Nigerian national statistics, and we work across Africa and beyond. Most of the method travels; local knowledge comes from field partners in each country.
They are sister companies with the same founder. Data Druid builds decision intelligence software; Kubinu does the geospatial work. You can contract either one, or both on a single contract.
Usually a one to two week scoping exercise that ends with a clear map of the decision, the data, the gaps and a fixed price for the build. Many clients start with one state, district or programme before scaling up.
We collect the minimum needed, keep it in access-controlled systems with audit logs, and follow the Nigeria Data Protection Act and the client's own rules. Personal data is removed or aggregated before anything is shared or published.
Yes. We deliver in open formats (GeoPackage, GeoJSON, shapefile, CSV) and can work inside QGIS, ArcGIS or your own platform. You keep the data and the method notes.
Fixed-scope projects are priced per deliverable after the scoping call. Retained support and embedded teams are billed monthly. Book a 30-minute call and we will tell you which fits.
Contact
Send a short note about what you need to decide, where, and by when. We reply within two working days with the questions that shape a proposal.