The datasets are sourced from the Ugandan Energy Sector GIS Working Group Open Data Site, developed and maintained by the Ugandan Energy Sector GIS Working Group. The Ugandan Energy Sector GIS Working Group’s mission is to develop a high quality GIS for the Energy Sector of Uganda in order to drive informed decision-making. As such, it brings datasets together in one place, organize them, keep them updated, and make public data available to all stakeholders. Link: http://data-energy-gis.opendata.arcgis.com/

This dataset shows water bodies in Africa including lakes, reservoir, and lagoon. Data is curated from RCMRD Geoportal. The Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) was established in Nairobi – Kenya in 1975 under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the then Organization of African Unity (OAU), today African Union (AU). RCMRD is an inter-governmental organization and currently has 20 Contracting Member States in the Eastern and Southern Africa Regions; Botswana, Burundi, Comoros, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. To learn more about RCMRD, please visit http://www.rcmrd.org/