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EO AFRICA Community

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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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Winners of the call for African-led Training Material Design

Space Academy
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Call for African-led Training Material Design!
December 6, 2024
ESA EO AFRICA R&D Facility, in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC), are pleased to announce that: As a result of the Call for proposals: African-led Training Material Design, five competitive African universities have been selected to develop university
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EO for Marine and Coastal Resources Applications (EO4COAST)

Online Courses
Dates: Jan 27 – Feb 21, 2025
Deadline: Jan 6, 2025
Venue: Online with live-chat

Registration is open!
November 25, 2024
  • EO for Marine and Coastal Resources Applications (EO4COAST) | January 27 – February 21, 2025 | Online course with live-chat | This online course aims to provide the participants with the competence to use Earth Observation (EO) data and products to leverage the management of marine and coastal aquatic resources and policymaking.
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Cloud Computing and Algorithms for EO Analyses

Face to Face Courses
Dates: March 10 – 15, 2025
Deadline: Feb 20, 2025
Venue: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Registration is open!
November 8, 2024
  • Face to Face course on Cloud Computing and Algorithms for EO Analyses | March 10 – 15, 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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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

Download Training Modules

R&D Facility
Packages:
1: General
2: EO for Water Resources and Security
3: EO for Food Security

Download the training modules!
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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