Focus that Fuels Impact
Six domains where partners and data meet the real world
From soil health to safe water, from wildlife corridors to crisis response, DevGlobal brings geospatial and community building to six core areas. The work is hands-on and partner-driven, scoping real needs, applying the right tools, and building teams that move ideas into action.
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Agriculture
DevGlobal supports sustainable and regenerative agriculture that improves farmer livelihoods and ecosystem health. The team includes Advisor Dr. David Bergvinson, who brings 30+ years of implementation experience, and Femi Adekoya, a farmer driving forward drone-enabled precision agriculture.
Our Work Includes
Creating a space for farmer-led trials and on-farm research through AgLivingLabs
- Applying Earth observation for soil health, water use, and crop performance through NASA Lifelines community stewardship
- Standing up precision agriculture pilots (drones, analytics, decision tools
- Mapping value chains to identify climate-smart, market-viable interventions
Conservation
We’re dedicated to supporting community-driven conservation that works across complex landscapes. Our team includes advisor David Gadsden, based in Kenya and holding decades of experience, combined with our geospatial backbone. DevGlobal helps align people, wildlife, and land use.
Our Work Includes
- Using satellite data to map habitats, corridors, and land-use change
- Co-designing solutions with local communities and conservation partners
- Supporting coexistence and protected-area planning tied to livelihoods
- Building shared evidence for policy, funding, and long-term stewardship
Public Health
DevGlobal supports public health programs that connect data to delivery. DevGlobal and Dev-Afrique partners bring field experience across Africa, with particular depth in water, sanitation, and hygiene.
Our Work Includes
- Supporting government officials in collecting, cleaning and making sense of vaccination data at a granular level
- Building dashboards for monitoring, supervision, and decision support
- Strengthening local capability through training and embedded support
Innovation & Transformation
From idea to impact, DevGlobal designs accelerators and change programs that surface good ideas, build coalitions, and unlock resources.
Our Work Includes
- Running accelerators and incubators (e.g., PepsiCo Greenhouse, Ready for Impact)
- Structuring partnerships across public, private, and civil society
- Coaching teams on strategy, funding pathways, and evidence generation
- Measuring outcomes, capture learning, and scale effective models
Humanitarian Response
Work with us for support ensuring responsible, community-driven innovation for crises. This focus area connects particularly closely with our geospatial service area, as we lead NASA Lifelines. With this, DevGlobal helps turn Earth science and local knowledge into timely, usable decisions—before, during, and after emergencies.
Our Work Includes
- NASA Lifelines programs that connect humanitarians and scientists, through crisis readiness incubators, networking sessions, ongoing community-building and more
- Supporting others to create decision tools for early warning, logistics, and damage assessment
- Documenting learning loops that show impact of new technologies on humanitarian response
Machine Learning & AI
In an increasingly digitally connected world, DevGlobal is committed to a people- and context-first approach to ML/AI. We focus on practical, responsible uses, especially where the value of these new technologies is clear, not just speculative.
Our Work Includes
- Conducting GeoAI analyses for feature extraction, change detection, and targeting
- Developing responsible AI guardrails (governance, risk assessment, vendor review)
- Supporting small, fit-for-purpose pilots using local data, languages, and constraints
- Leading the AGX AI community, ensuring innovation closes, not widens, the digital divide
Partner with us
If you’re exploring work in any of these areas, or want help scoping what’s possible, DevGlobal can design a right-sized path forward. Reach out and let’s get started.