About Us
Our Vision
To scale up access to water & weather data to create resilience to climate change.
Our Story
The collection of in-situ measurements on water & weather is alarmingly low in large parts of Africa & Asia. Yet, these same regions experience climate extremes & rapidly rising demand for water.
CEO Louise Croneborg -Jones
started working with water management in Africa 2009. Government staff often shared how hard it is to scale up the collection & use of water & weather data. Automated monitoring has had limited impact. But men & women are still hired to take measurements using tools - such as a river gauge plate or a rainfall bucket. They record the data in books, yet they all have mobile phones...
Louise Croneborg-Jones in Mozambique
This is how the idea for Water in Sight was born: make it easy for Gauge Readers to send measurements using any type of phone, and then make it easy to access & analyse that data online for useful hydro-meteorological insights.
Our advantages
Meet the team
Louise Croneborg-Jones
A curious water expert with a background in financing & innovation at the World Bank, consultancies & NGOs
Dr Vincent Msadala
Renowned hydrologist & water management expert ensuring scientific rigor & alignment with government goals
Dr Guy Schumann
Flood modelling, satellite & geospatial expert, experience from NASA, UN & University of Bristol
(RSS-Hydro)
Thokozani Mtewa
Senior water governance
& modeling expert
running field-operations, capacity building & partnerships
Owen Robertson
Specialist in environmental monitoring, aquatics and sensors - whilst also trained neuroscientist!
Our advisors
Björn Öste
Co-founder of Good Idea Inc, Oatly AB, Aventure AB and Crop Tailor AB
Operational Meteorologist & Researcher
Swedish Meteorological & Hydrological Institute (SMHI)
Bromwel Rhoda Apondi
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Caroline Rosén
Price Strategist, Angel Investor, Business Coach