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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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Satellite Atmospheric Data Validation and Application for Africa
Face to Face Courses Dates: April 14 – 18, 2025
Deadline: Jan 10, 2025
Venue: Ben Guerir, Morocco
LAST REGISTRATION DAY
Deadline: Jan 10, 2025
Venue: Ben Guerir, Morocco
LAST REGISTRATION DAY
- Face to Face course on Satellite Atmospheric Data Validation and Application for Africa | April 14 – 18, 2025 | Ben Guerir, Morocco | A 5-day course (8h per day). The sessions will focus on the basics of atmospheric remote sensing, present the satellite data available and address the challenges to access them in Africa.
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EO AFRICA R&D Facility - 2024 Overview
AnnouncementsAn overview of the Facility’s activities in 2024
Looking forward to the new year and wishing you happy end of the year festivities and a happy and prosperous 2025!
Looking forward to the new year and wishing you happy end of the year festivities and a happy and prosperous 2025!
2024 was an exciting year for all involved in the EOAFRICA R&D Facility. Phase 1 ended successfully with the 10th F2F course being held in Senegal jointly with Laboratoire de télédétection appliquée, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar in Dakar.
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Cloud Computing and Algorithms for EO Analyses
Face to Face Courses Dates: March 10 – 14, 2025
Deadline: Feb 16, 2025
Venue: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Registration is open!
Deadline: Feb 16, 2025
Venue: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Registration is open!
- Face to Face course on Cloud Computing and Algorithms for EO Analyses | March 10 – 14, 2025 | Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire | A 5-day course (6h per day), covering Cloud Computing and big geospatial data concepts, interactive computing with Python through Jupyter Notebooks, and access to EO data from DIAS platforms or via dedicated Python libraries and handling the data on the Cloud.
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 FacilityPackages:
1: General
2: EO for Water Resources and Security
3: EO for Food Security
Download the training modules!
1: General
2: EO for Water Resources and Security
3: EO for Food Security
Download the training modules!
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.