Every year around $ 200bn is invested into remote villages in developing countries – but development progress is still far too slow. A key problem is that policy makers and businesses are working in the dark. In stark contrast to data-saturated urban economies, they have very little reliable, real-time decision-making information to compare and prioritize investments.

VIDA offers a highly innovative solution to this problem with its custom, AI-powered software for data-driven development planning and investment. Machine-learning algorithms analyse satellite imagery and on-ground data to extract physical decision-making parameters and to predict socio-economic health of villages, energy demand and needs regarding health and education.

VIDA is already used in Africa, Asia and Latin America, in the fields of energy, agriculture and healthcare.

Village Data Analytics (VIDA) is a product by TFE Energy (www.tfe.energy). The technology partner is appliedAI (www.appliedAI.de) and it is supported by the European Space Agency. For more, see: www.villagedata.io.