Mohammed ZAHRAN
Mohammed ZAHRAN is the Technical Team Coordinator for Finance, Innovations, and Institutions (TTC-4) in the Boosting Inclusive Growth for Zanzibar (BIG-Z) Project. He leads digital transformation in urban management and revenue institutions, and managed projects such as the Zanzibar Land Data Processing Center and Mapping Initiative, which mapped 500,000 buildings and established GIS-based property tax systems. With an MBA in IT Management from Coventry University and expertise in Civil Engineering and Computer Science, Mohammed advises on integrating GIS into national development strategies and oversees institutional strengthening efforts for ZanSDI, coordinating multiple government agencies
Session
Under the BIG-Z project, Zanzibar has geospatially enabled its Municipals Revenue (MUTM) software. This talk demonstrates using a 100% open-source geospatial stack including QGIS, PostGIS, and GeoServer to solve municipal finance challenges by integrating the Municipal Revenue Management (MUTM) database with payment gateway for real-time compliance visualization