The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has signed a memorandum of understanding with a weather intelligence company, Tomorrow.io to enhance digital weather and climate intelligence.
The MoU with the leading weather intelligence company based in the US city of Boston will see NiMet and the firm collaborate on a whole range of areas including commercializing weather data, improving accuracy of weather and climate forecasts, and application of artificial intelligence in weather and climate intelligence.
Speaking at the MoU signing at NiMet’s headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday, 24th January, 2024, the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of NiMet, Professor Charles Anosike said: “We have found good partners in Tomorrow.io. We are aspiring to actualize the mandate given to NiMet by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo on revenue generation and improved safety of the aviation sector.”
“As an agency, NiMet is already doing a lot. We are always on the lookout for partners that will help us improve and expand on our services. Artificial Intelligence and technology are playing leading roles in weather and climate forecasts. This partnership with Tomorrow.io will help us to do more for our various stakeholders across the socio-economic sectors we serve including aviation, agriculture, marine, oil and gas, construction, academia etc”.
The Director of Africa Expansion Tomorrow.io Yaniv Gelnik, said that experience from Kenya and other countries shows that it’s possible to downscale weather and climate information daily to users especially farmers in usable formats.
This according to him will help them in planning and farmers will be able to receive weather intelligence daily via their mobile handsets wherever they are and in a language of their choice.
“That’s part of the value proposition that Tomorrow.io is bringing to the partnership with NiMet. Ai allows for precise, unique, efficient and faster weather and climate forecasts compared to current systems and models. This will be of immense value to NiMet’s value-chain stakeholders” he stated.
