By Neo Kolane
The Land Administration Authority (LAA) has received the award for its innovative use of mapping and analytics technology and leadership in the field of land administration and cadastral services on last week.
During the event hosted in South Africa, the LAA scooped special achievement in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (SAG) award for usage of latest technology in an effort to advance land administration services in Lesotho.
The manager of public outreach at LAA, Refiloe ‘Mateboho Makote, said the LAA ranks among the 197 organizations and individuals in the world honoured with the prestigious annual SAG awards.
Makote also said that the SAG awards are intended to demonstrate an appreciation for organisations using GIS to understand complex data and meet challenges around the world.
“The users honoured with awards are demonstrating all the ground breaking possibilities of GIS software in various other fields such as Academia, Health Sector, Utilities, Agriculture but the LAA scooped the best award in the field of Land Records and cadastre.
“The LAA represented Lesotho among other 14 African countries and only two in the Land and Records and Cadastre category. The other country was South Africa. Though nominations were received from over 100 000 eligible candidates the LAA was among the top five winners world-wide,” Makote said.
