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This is the public profile of Augustin Nestor Yamuno, Additional information and high-resolution images are available for accredited press members, to access additional information about Augustin Nestor Yamuno please login as a press member.About Augustin Nestor Yamuno : Augustin Nestor Yamuno is an urban planning consultant. In addition to excelling throughout his studies from Primary School to University education and receiving several prizes, he has participated in activities / events organized by the United Nations since his childhood. He also has a knack for memorising large amounts of data and has several talents and skills (such as in music) - that flavour his professional endeavours. His nicknames thus include “professor”, “community servant”, and “computer”.
Besides having founded an international land planning company, Mr Augustin has been working for 10 years on urban design, GIS, research on lands, project planning, urban planning, sustainable development, and urban resilience. These efforts have included thousands of households, as well as various authorities (ministers, directors) and institutions such as the World Bank. Having already being admitted (abstract accepted), Mr Augustin is also scheduled to present a research on resilient city planning at the LANDac Conference (in the Netherlands), a conference postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic. This perseverant “citizen of Africa” is passionate about brainstorming implementable urban designs for the African context and providing land services to low-income communities in Africa.
STATEMENT OF ART:Besides having founded an international land planning company, Mr Augustin has been working for 10 years on urban design, GIS, research on lands, project planning, urban planning, sustainable development, and urban resilience. These efforts have included thousands of households, as well as various authorities (ministers, directors) and institutions such as the World Bank. Having already being admitted (abstract accepted), Mr Augustin is also scheduled to present a research on resilient city planning at the LANDac Conference (in the Netherlands), a conference postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic. This perseverant “citizen of Africa” is passionate about brainstorming implementable urban designs for the African context and providing land services to low-income communities in Africa.
An appropriate Urban Design in Africa is not about the “beautiful” high-rise buildings and expensive urban plans; it is rather translating on ground the real needs of all people including low income communities and young people whose effective demand is to partake at least a small land parcel out of the big “fish” of city land. Otherwise, informal settlements will not end in spite of all efforts and regularisation of informal settlements which is reactive action will continue instead of using proactive and slum prevention designs. Understanding community standards and not theoretical and high standards can lead to a Design for the urban poor and young people in African cities. An implementable and “beautiful” design in the practical eyes of most Africans should be like a Fish which everybody can partake and not mostly for high income earners.
ORGANIZATION:
YOURPLAN International Ltd
NON-DESIGN OCCUPATION:
Town planner Construction, fittings, housing
EDUCATION:
2007-2011: BSc Urban and Regional Planning, Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
2017-2020: MSc Urban Planning and Management, Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
EXPERIENCE:
2011- 2013 Urban Planner & GIS private consultant, Africa
2013-2020 Urban Planner, YOURPLAN International Ltd, African countries
EVENTS:
2017: Conference on Land Policy in Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
AWARDS:
2011: Ministry of Education Prize: Best Final Year degree student in the School of Urban and Regional Planning, Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;
(Many other awards since childhood)
PRESS APPEARANCES:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303909639
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https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/1
0.1186/s12879-016-1588-x.pdf
ACCOLADES:
2018: “Connector of professional team and the community”, World Bank, Tanzania, for being not only part of the urban planning consultants team but also for being a translator and close to the community to understand their concerns in an Urban Resilience project.
2018: “private community servant and savior”, Mzenga Township community, for being so devoted to serve the community in urban planning, especially low income group
2017: “Professor”: (broad-minded and excellent public speaking/communication skills), NELGA Scholarship holders, Ethiopia
1992-2019: “Computer”: (knack for memorizing large amount of data), DAFI Scholars, Tanzania &
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
English (near Native)
French (bear Native)
Swahili (Native)
Swahili Congo (Advanced)
Lingala (Intermediate)
Kibembe (Native)
Kinyarwanda (Beginner)
COMPUTER LITERACY:
AutoCAD, Expert;
Arc GIS / ArcMap, Advanced;
ArchiCAD, Advanced;
etc.
COURSES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS::
2011: Workshop on Leadership, Flowers Institute of Management and Technology (Germany), Nairobi, Kenya
SYMPOSIUMS AND ACADEMIC CONFERENCES::
2019: FOSS4G Conference (on GIS), the World Bank, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
COLLECTIONS:
2011-2020: I have prepared several plans and maps for private companies, cities or Towns, communities and individuals in Africa
HOBBIES:
Music (notation/ singing), Designing houses and equipments
CLIENTELE:
2017-2018: The World Bank & President’s Office (PORALG) - Tanzania. Preparation of a Strategic and Management Framework and a Detailed Plan for Msimbazi, Msimbazi Design Charrette project, Urban Resilience Program.
2018: Vigwaza KwaZoka community: Prepared the Urban Development Plan of the area.
2017: Mzenga Community. Private urban planner and designer of the Township.
2015: Kazole community: Urban Planner. Designed a Site for urban development.
2013: HTT Infraco Ltd: GIS consultancy: analysis and preparation of maps for telecommunication towers for 5 telecommunication companies
2011-2012: University lecturers: researches on land and urban planning and development. Research assistant and GIS consultant
WEB SITE:
https://nelga.org/augustin-nestor-yamuno/
REGISTRATION DATE:
2020-12-20 12:11:26
COUNTRY/REGION:
Rwanda
ACCOUNT TYPE:
Professional
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