Taiwo Ogunwumi
taiwoogunwumi@yahoo.com
Lagos, Nigeria
Taiwo Ogunwumi is a Geospatial Analyst and Hydraulic modeling expert with experience in working on floods risks reduction projects in Africa and Europe funded by donors like World Bank, Dutch Embassy, and United Nations. His expertise entails hydrodynamics and hydrological project application, including simulating compound floods (pluvial, fluvial, coastal) and optimizing operational control of structures. He also has two years of teaching experience and can explain, visualize, and interpret complex model results to audiences with diverse backgrounds. He has a background in Geography and holds a master’s in environmental risk and human Security from the United Nations University, Bonn, Germany. He has published in several peer-reviewed journals on research addressing Flood Risk and Preparedness, Droughts and Climate Change Adaptation, and Environmental Migration in Africa and Europe. In the past years, he has worked as a GIS Expert and Trainer for Government, Educational Institution, and International Humanitarian Organisation, including Action Against Hunger (HQ France), the University of Bonn (Germany), United Nations International Organization for Migration (UN-IOM), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Assessment or evaluation
This paper analysed household preparedness against future floods in Kogi State Last-Mile Communities (LMCs) using 14 indicators and employed chi-square statistics to examine whether households’ socioeconomic characteristics influence their prepared...
Case Study
This report documents an integrated disaster risk reduction (DRR) field mission conducted by the Geohazards Risk Mapping Initiative (GRMI) in Katcha Ward, Niger State, on 10 July 2026. The mission combined agricultural support with geospatial flood r...