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The affect of data and technology on the Sub-Saharan real estate market

13 May 2022

How can data and technology support the development of real estate in Africa? How does the level of remittances from the diaspora effect property development? Why are so many properties self-built? What are the challenges and opportunities across Ghana, Senegal, Kenya, and across other sub-Saharan countries?

Kwame Kankam Adom and Fatou Tanor Dieng speak with Andrew Knight as discuss the development of their new platform, Traverse, and how this combination of data and marketplace will support real estate in all its forms in Ghana, Senegal, Kenya and beyond.

More information regarding the Tech Partner Programme and Property Datahub can be found at www.rics.org/techpartner.

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