After an unfortunate setback in 2020 the 14th in-person State of the Map conference will be held in Africa for the first time, underlining OSM’s status as a truly global map. Long may our commitment to going round the world to experience what we are mapping continue.

I’ve never heard complaints from the many people who attended Foss4g and the HOT summit in Dar es Salaam and I am confident that Nairobi can be a similar success.