Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and Earth Networks have signed a pact to build a network for early warning of severe weather.
The Memorandum of Understanding of the deal, which will last for five years, was signed virtually by both parties from Abuja and Germantown, Maryland, a statement on Wednesday said,
Earth Networks, a global provider of weather intelligence, as part of the deal will provide training and development for NiMet staff regarding the use of comprehensive weather data, including real-time and historical lightning data, weather observations, sensor forecasts and live storm-tracking and alerting.
According to the statement, the partners will work together to build the Nigeria Total Lightning and Mesoscale AWS Network (NTLMAN), deploy and operate a comprehensive early warning lightning detection network in Nigeria.
It added that they will jointly co-market new sources of weather and lightning data to public and private industries in Nigeria.
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“Precision weather stations and lightning sensors will be hosted at NiMet locations and maintained by NiMet staff. This new agreement with NiMet supports Earth Networks’ commitment to building sustainable public-private weather information services partnerships with countries around the globe,” It added.
“This cooperation means any industry affected by weather in Nigeria, including aviation, oil and gas, mining, and manufacturing, can now take advantage of the most technologically advanced severe weather alerts and data to promote safety and ease operational challenges caused by weather.”
“We’ve been working in more than 25 countries in Africa since 2013 to save lives and protect property with high-resolution weather and lightning data,” said Jim Anderson, Vice President of Global Sales at Advanced Environmental Monitoring, Earth Networks’ parent company.
“We are excited to partner with NiMet to help accelerate the expansion of their high impact weather forecasting capacity and bring new weather warning services to enterprise customers in Nigeria.”
In his remarks at the virtual MOU signing ceremony, U.S. Embassy Environment, Science, Technology, and Health Officer Adam Jagelski said the partnership between Earth Networks and NiMet will help expand Nigeria’s capacity to accurately provide critical weather forecasting information and climate services, supporting Nigeria’s economic development by protecting the lives and property that are critical to several key sectors.
“The signing of this MOU is exemplary of the mutually beneficial partnership model U.S. businesses can employ to engage the Nigerian market,” Jagelski said.
“I am thrilled to see Earth Networks using the partnership model to bring the expertise of one of America’s truly innovative companies to the strategic infrastructure sector in Nigeria. We hope to see more of America’s premier companies developing partnerships as a means to bring their best-in-class products and services to Nigeria and the whole of Africa.”
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