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EO AFRICA Community
Become a memberJoin our community!
Community building is a central aspect of the EO AFRICA Initiative. It will allow our stakeholders to follow-up on events and calls, participate in the Space Academy and/or make use of the Innovation Lab. Only by engaging with the community
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17th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series
Webinar Series Wednesday, December 4, 2024
14:00 - 15:30 UTC+1
Online with live-chat
Registration is open!
14:00 - 15:30 UTC+1
Online with live-chat
Registration is open!
- Advances in EO Cloud Computing: OpenEO | Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 14:00 CET (UTC+1) | Online webinar with live-chat | This webinar explores the growing role of cloud computing in analyzing and processing Earth Observation (EO) data, with a primary focus on OpenEO. OpenEO is a relatively new and innovative initiative to connect to EO cloud back-ends in a simple and unified way.
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African Research Fellowships: Call 2024/2025
AnnouncementsOpen call: September 1, 2024
Deadline: October 30, 2024
Results: January 2025
Start: June 2025
APPLY FOR THE CALL
Deadline: October 30, 2024
Results: January 2025
Start: June 2025
APPLY FOR THE CALL
We are pleased to announce the 2024-2025 AUC-ESA call that will offer 1-year fellowships to 4 new African Researchers to work at the ESA-ESRIN premises in Frascati (Rome, Italy) in synergy with ESA projects and scientists. More information here: https://eo4society.esa.int/2024/09/23/african-research-fellowships-call-2024-2025/
Space Academy
MOOC on Drought Assessment and Monitoring from Space v2
R&D FacilityEnrol now!
Version 2 of the MOOC on Drought Assessment and Monitoring from Space is launched. Some additional webinars and descriptions of related research is included in the MOOC. For the presentations, both French and English subtitles can be displayed over the
Training Modules
Download Training Modules
R&D Facility8 downloadable training packages
A total of 8 downloadable training packages have been developed. The content of most of the MOOC-chapters, webinars, online and face to face trainings is derived from these training packages. The packages are intended to be used in MSc level curricula in the field of EO for water and food security. All packages use free and open-software.
R&D Facilities
Why EO Africa
EO AFRICA stands for African Framework for Research Innovation, Communities and Applications in Earth Observation. EO AFRICA fosters an African-European R&D partnership, facilitating the sustainable adoption of the Earth Observation and related space technology in Africa – following an African user driven approach with a long-term (>10 years) vision for the digital era in Africa.