Tawanda Kanhema

Tawanda Kanhema (born ) He helped map 500 miles of Zimbabwe for Google Street View as a volunteer.

Early life and education Tawanda Kanhema is from the city of Salisbury, Zimbabwe. He studied documentary film-making and journalism at University of California, Berkeley.

Career As of 2019, Kanhema was a product manager in Silicon Valley. In 2009, he noticed that Zimbabwe was not represented on Google Street View. He subsequently volunteered to carry the Street View gear across of Zimbabwe so that it would be more complete and representative. Ultimately, about of his travels across the country were uploaded to the Street View platform. and to improve geospatial data availability and quality in the region.

Personal life In 2009, Kanhema moved from Zimbabwe to the US. He lived in Berkeley, California as of 2019.