Dolphine Mongina

Dolphine Mongina is a Location Analyst Executive at Dalberg Research. In her current role, she oversees the technical documentation of all LOCAN’s processes and the expansion of the LOCAN database to address client needs.

With more than 3 years of experience in geospatial and statistical analysis, she has become an expert in the application of Geospatial Information Systems and Remote Sensing to address challenges in multiple sectors such as health, energy, environment, climate, agriculture, and finance. She has also worked on developing the award-winning vulnerability index which has been crucial in epidemiology to identify locations most at risk of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic for economic recovery plans. The concept of the index has further been applied in various dimensions more specifically in the economic context where it was used to identify locations where the youths would be most affected by unemployment.

She has a keen interest in the use of cutting-edge technology to mitigate the negative effects of climate change which is a major threat to the agricultural sector in developing countries and has been part of projects aimed at exploring various solution pathways to carbon sequestration. She has also led strategic conversations with key company stalk holders on how best to reduce their carbon emissions while still maintaining the profit margins.

She also supported the United Nations Development Organisation (UNIDO) in conducting a feasibility study and value chain assessment of green hydrogen production in Africa and prepared a business case for select countries. The study included research on green hydrogen production, the transportation and distribution modalities, as well as the downstream applications for both local and overseas markets. She led the team in conducting secondary analysis on port access and renewable energy potential, and investment risks, provided crucial numbers for an excel model to calculate the Levelized cost of hydrogen and ammonia at different points of the value chain, and provided coordinates that facilitated site visits in Kenya and Djibouti to further assess the potential of identified locations for green hydrogen and renewable energy production. Key findings from the feasibility study were then synthesized to provide recommendations on the locations for hydrogen and renewable energy production in Kenya and Djibouti, as well as outlining the potential downstream uses of hydrogen locally and in overseas markets.

Dolphine holds a Bachelor of Science in Geomatics Engineering and Geospatial Information Systems from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and is currently pursuing her master's in Geospatial Information Systems and Remote Sensing at JKUAT. She is an active member of the Gender, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee, the Agriculture and Food Security practice area, and Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).