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EO AFRICA Community

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Join our community!
March 2, 2023
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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Cloud Computing and algorithms for EO analyses

Online Courses
Dates: Nov 11 – Dec 2, 2024
Deadline: November 1, 2024

Registration is open!
October 14, 2024
  • Cloud Computing and algorithms for EO analyses | November 11 – December 2, 2024 | Online course with live-chat | This course introduces participants to Cloud Computing and its usage for Earth Observation (EO) data analyses. It starts with big geospatial data concepts and extends to Cloud Computing as one of the solutions for solving the problems of big EO data.
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African Research Fellowships: Call 2024/2025

Announcements
Open call: September 1, 2024
Deadline: October 30, 2024
Results: January 2025
Start: June 2025

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October 1, 2024
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/
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Space Academy

MOOC on Drought Assessment and Monitoring from Space v2

R&D Facility
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May 3, 2023
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
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Training Modules

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R&D Facility
8 downloadable training packages
April 7, 2022
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.
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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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