GRID3 WORKS WITH COUNTRIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TO GENERATE, VALIDATE, AND USE CORE SPATIAL DATASETS ON POPULATION, SETTLEMENTS, SUBNATIONAL BOUNDARIES, AND CRUCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE. WE TRAIN AND SUPPORT STAKEHOLDERS WHO USE THIS INFORMATION FOR ANALYTICS AND DECISION-MAKING, AND WORK CLOSELY WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO IMPROVE NATIONAL OWNERSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THE DATA.