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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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Cloud Computing and Algorithms for EO Analyses
Face to Face Courses Dates: January 20 – 24, 2025
Deadline: Jan 2, 2025
Venue: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Registration is open!
Deadline: Jan 2, 2025
Venue: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Registration is open!
- Face to Face course on Cloud Computing and Algorithms for EO Analyses | January 20 – 24, 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.
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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.
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
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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.