MyAnga

Product Description

MyAnga is an application design to provide weather forecast information about Marsabit and Isiolo Counties, northeastern Kenya.

The application was developed as one of the results of the CLI-MARK initiative (Enhancing Market Response to Resilience in Livestock Value Chain in Eastern Africa), and it consists of a web dashboard and weekly SMS subscription to convey information about the weather.

Target Users (Target Impact Group)

Distributors / Implementing Organizations

Amfratch and aWhere

Manufacturing/Building Method

Software development

Intellectural Property Type

Trade Secret

User Provision Model

Free, the application for iOS can be downloaded here and here for Android systems.

Distributions to Date Status

Over 100 installations from Google Play Store as of 2020.

Design Specifications

The app features information regarding:

the past seven days
daily weather forecasts for the next seven days
the rainfall distribution over the past 30 days
expected moisture conditions
expected drought conditions

The mobile app launched a piloted in northeastern Kenya, namely on the Marsabit and Isiolo counties. The app frontend was designed to be simple, offering easy navigation between the different screens.

Technical Support

Contact information can be found here.

Replacement Components

N/A

Lifecycle

N/A

Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters

To provide accurate weather information to Kenyan pastoralists, increasing preparedness for and mitigation against climatic risks for pastoralists, and other stakeholders in drought management, including the Kenyan government and development partners.

Vetted Performance Status

Unknown

Safety

N/A

Complementary Technical Systems

N/A

Academic Research and References

None

Compliance with regulations

N/A

Other Information

YouTube app overview