We're Building Africa's Largest GIS Database
Lenga Maps was founded with one mission: to make high-quality geospatial data accessible to every researcher, planner, and decision-maker working in Africa.
Visualizing Science for Better Decisions
To visualize scientific and geographical data that informs better decision-making and advances human civilization.
Africa's Most Centralized GIS Database
Building Africa's largest and most centralized Environmental GIS Database - one that is accurate, accessible, affordable, and always current.
What Sets Us Apart
Our commitment to quality, accessibility, and African-first data curation.
Pan-African Scope
Every one of Africa's 54 countries, mapped and accessible from a single platform.
Data Integrity
Sourced from world-class institutions: USGS, ESA, FAO, GADM, WorldPop and more.
Built for Africa
Designed to serve African researchers, governments, NGOs, and enterprises.
Standards-Compliant
All datasets follow OGC standards - compatible with QGIS, ArcGIS, GRASS GIS and more.
Born in Zambia, Built for Africa
Lenga Maps was born out of frustration. As GIS professionals working across Southern Africa, we spent countless hours hunting for reliable spatial data - bouncing between government portals, obscure academic databases, and outdated shapefiles that didn't match the reality on the ground.
We knew Africa's data existed. Satellites had been imaging the continent for decades. Research institutions had been collecting field data for generations. The problem wasn't the data - it was the fragmentation. It was scattered across a dozen different platforms, in incompatible formats, behind paywalls designed for Western budgets.
So we built Lenga Maps: a single, curated, affordable platform where any researcher, planner, student or engineer in Africa can find what they need - and actually download it.
“Unmasking Africa with Data and Intelligence.”
Trusted Data Sources
Our data is sourced from globally recognized institutions and satellite programmes.