ESRI Eastern Africa Distributor

ESRI (CA, USA) has announces a new distributorship for its GIS software in Africa with the opening of ESRI Eastern Africa Ltd. (ESRI EA).

This expansion is in response to the evolving needs of the GIS market in the region. ESRI EA will provide software sales, support, and service to users in Kenya, Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.

ESRI's installation base in the region has tripled over the last seven years, and many United Nations (UN) agencies and government ministries are large users of ESRI technology, which is the de facto standard for GIS in Eastern Africa. Natural resources management, sustainable development, demographics, education, and transportation are the established markets, with emerging opportunities in areas such as land record management, utilities, and health and human services.

Oakar Services, Ltd. (OSL), the former ESRI distributor in the region, will now focus on GIS project and consulting services and remains a sales channel for software solutions that complement the ESRI core technology sold and supported by ESRI EA.