Richard Komlan Folly is a Data Scientist focused on Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS). He founded the African Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (AGIA) an aerospace research and development company focused on developing geospatial and space technologies for meeting the SDGs in Africa.

In 2017, Komlan was selected as a Mandela Washington Fellow by the U.S. Department of State where he spent six weeks at the Arizona State University studying Public Management. He also had a Professional Development Experience (PDE) at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center’s SERVIR and Short-term Prediction Research and Transition (SPoRT) Center in Alabama, United States as a component of the Mandela Washington Fellowship experience. Read more.