Yves is the Head of Department, Earth Observation at Rwanda Space Agency with a Ph.D. in remote sensing and Geoinformation Sciences from the Aerospace Information Research Institute at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS-China). He is interested in Earth Observation, Big Data, Remote sensing (Optical and SAR), Disaster Risk Analysis, Hazard Monitoring, and vulnerability Assessment. Before joining RSA, Yves was a Researcher at the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage under the auspices of UNESCO (From June 2016 to Sept 2019). In addition, he held various positions, including Consultant at UNDP, focusing on the role of Geospatial data in communities, among others—additionally https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2430-8072.