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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 the EO AFRICA Initiative will achieve its overarching goal: fostering innovation processes for a continuous development of EO capabilities in Africa.
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EO AFRICA Community

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March 2, 2023
The Numbers
The EO AFRICA Research and Development Facility started in March 2021. A variety of capacity-building activities, including face-to-face, Online Courses, and Webinars took place. The figures below display the magnitude and the outreach on country-level of the different activities.
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EO Africa in numbers

Data from the R&D platform:
R&D Accounts: 5208
Learners: 2095
Enrolments: 3001
Countries: 134
 
April 8, 2025
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We are pleased to announce that Professor Abel Ramoelo, Executive Director of Earth Observation at the South African National Space Agency (SANSA), has joined our Advisory Board.
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Advisory Board

Pleased to announce that Professor Abel Ramoelo, Executive Director of Earth Observation at the South African National Space Agency (SANSA), has joined our Advisory Board.
April 24, 2025
Research Calls
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ESA EO AFRICA R&D Facility, in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC), announces: Call for Research Proposals 2025-2027
The main focus of this call is to leverage Earth observation to tackle present and future challenges in water and food security for Africa.
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Call for Research Proposals 2025-2027

Submissions Deadline: 15 June 2025
Start of Projects: 1 September 2025
Kick-off Workshop: 1 September 2025

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April 14, 2025
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  • PolInSAR Processing and Applications | May 26 - June 20, 2025 | Online course with live-chat | This online course equips participants with a fundamental knowledge of PolInSAR processing and application concepts. During the course participants will refresh their knowledge of principles and properties of SAR remote sensing and SAR images interpretation.
Online Courses

PolInSAR Processing and Applications

Dates: May 26 - June 20, 2025
Deadline: May 9, 2025
Venue: Online with live-chat

Registration is open!
March 24, 2025
Space Academy
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Version 3 of the MOOC on Drought Assessment and Monitoring from Space is launched. The Chapters on Cloud Computing and Earth Observations Advances have been updated. Some additional webinars are included in the MOOC v3. For the presentations, both French and English subtitles can be displayed over the presentation.
R&D Facility

MOOC on Drought Assessment and Monitoring from Space v3

The updated version of MOOC (v3) is here.

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January 20, 2025
Training Modules
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A total of 11 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, general EO knowledge and skills, Cloud Computing, Atmosphere and PolINSAR. All packages use free and open-software.
R&D Facility

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1: General
2: EO for Water Resources and Security
3: EO for Food Security
4: POLinSAR processing and app...
5: Atmospheric composition proc...
6: Marine and Coastal resources app...

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April 7, 2022

 
 

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Leveraging Digital Tools
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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.

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EO AFRICA 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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Space Academy

The Space Academy is the institute of the EO AFRICA R&D Facility that will take care of the (co-)development, hosting and the certification of all the developed content. The Space Academy will provide a system to enrol candidates for the

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