May 2022 – EO AFRICA

October 2022, EO Africa R&D Facility events

2022-11-16 October 2022 was a busy month for the EO AFRICA R&D Facility, have a look at our activities during that month: [Read more...]

AARSE 2022 – October 24-28, 2022

2022-10-28 During the AARSE 2022 International Conference, session: “Integrated Geospatial technologies in agriculture and food security”, Diana Chavarro-Rincon presented the EO AFRICA R&D Facility: Enabling a proactive African research community and creative innovation processes to address food security and water related [Read more...]

Hackathon – GMES & Africa – October 24-28, 2022

2022-10-28 Parallel to the AARSE 2022, the GMES & Africa in partnership with the Rwanda Space Agency, Carnegie Mellon University Africa and the ESA EO AFRICA Initiative conducted an EO hackathon. During this hackathon the participants had to opportunity to tackle [Read more...]

YESS side event – October 23, 2022

2022-10-23 Also previous to the AARSE 2022 conference and on the invitation of the GWEX Project (part of the World Climate Research Programme, WCRP), Zoltan Vekerdy and Diana Chavarro-Rincon introduced the Facility to the YESS (Young Earth System Scientist) Community during [Read more...]

Face to Face course in Kigali, Rwanda

2022-10-22 As part of the series of face to face events linked to our Space Academy, Michael Marshall and Kees de Bie (ITC) successfully delivered the course “Monitoring of Agroecosystems from Space” on October 18-22 in Kigali, Rwanda as a preamble [Read more...]

Copernicus Workshop – October 11, 2022

2022-10-11 The second week of October, Mahdi Farnaghi presented our Innovation Lab – and related support & training- during the workshop “Copernicus data access and use in Africa”. The objective of the workshop was to collect African institutions views on the [Read more...]

NSO Conference – October 5, 2022

2022-10-05 On the invitation of the Netherlands Space Office, NSO, Zoltán Vekerdy presented the Facility during the “Space for food security” conference in Utrecht, the Netherlands. This event served as an inspirational closure of the Geodata for Agriculture (G4AW) program of [Read more...]

ESA – EO AFRICA R&D Facility 2nd Research Call

2022-09-21 ESA EO AFRICA R&D Facility, in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC) announce: Call for Research Proposals 2022-2023 Related to the themes EO for managing water scarcity and safeguarding food security in Africa EO AFRICA R&D Facility is the [Read more...]

EO AFRICA R&D Facility Forum

2022-09-15 Announcing the implementation of the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Forum: We have recently implemented the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Forum as an online discussion board where people from the EO AFRICA community can ask questions, share their experiences, and discuss [Read more...]

Announcing the Training Modules at the GMES AND AFRICA

2022-09-15 The EO AFRICA Training Modules are now also available at the GMES & Africa Digital Learning Platform: The GMES & Africa Programme is announcing new modules developed by the EO-AFRICA Research and Development Facility. These courses are self-paced (no facilitator). [Read more...]

6th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Face to Face Courses

Face to Face course on Vegetation and Drought Monitoring from Space

January 23 – 27, 2023 CRASTE-LF, Rabat, Morocco A 5-day training to learn how to tackle the challenges of Food Security by exploiting satellite observations to monitor the occurrence and impacts of droughts on agricultural productivity at various spatial scales. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/face-to-face-courses/face-to-face-course-on-vegetation-and-drought-monitoring-from-space/

7th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

Flood Mapping with Sentinel-1 data

December 6, 2022, 14:00 CET Online webinar with live-chat This webinar will focus on the importance and use of Sentinel-1 SAR data for flood mapping. With Sentinel-1 SAR data, we can map and analyse the affected flooded areas over a region, that may be not easily accessible, and even compare them with the official flood maps available. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/webinars/#webinar7

5th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Face to Face Courses

Face to Face course on Cloud based EO analyses for Water and Food Security

November 7 – 11, 2022 Nairobi, Kenya Introduction to Cloud based image analysis techniques for Water and Food Security. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/face-to-face-courses/face-to-face-course-on-cloud-based-eo-analyses-for-water-and-food-security/

4th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Face to Face Courses

Face to Face course on Mapping and Performance Monitoring of Agroecosystems from Space

October 18 – 22, 2022 Kigali, Rwanda Necessary theoretical and practical knowledge for getting started on monitoring agroecosystems (croplands + rangelands) with satellite EO data. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/face-to-face-courses/face-to-face-course-on-mapping-and-performance-monitoring-of-agroecosystems-from-space/

4th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Online Courses

The course is open for applicants from AFRICA only

Vegetation and Drought Monitoring from Space

September 19 – October 14, 2022 Online course with live-chat The online course provides the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge on vegetation and drought monitoring based on satellite EO data. It introduces the general concept of EO-based vegetation/drought monitoring, shows the different types of potentially useful EO data, highlights relevant satellite sensors and freely available data products as well as explains different analysis techniques that can be employed for deriving meaningful information from satellite observations. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/on-line-courses/vegetation-and-drought-monitoring-from-space/

6th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

Hyper-Temporal Mapping of Agro-Ecological Systems

August 25, 2022, 14:00 CET Online webinar with live-chat This webinar introduces participants with the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge to map agro-ecological systems at region to country levels (benchmark mapping) for subsequent monitoring using ‘future’ EO-derived imagery. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/webinars/#webinar6

EO AFRICA Initiative

Tuesday – 24.05.2022, 03:20 PM Agora SAPIENS, World Conference Center Bonn The EO AFRICA Initiative will be explained and discussed during the Agora session of the ESA Living Planet Symposium next 24 of May in Bonn. Join us for an interesting roundtable-type discussion in which key representative of the Advisory Board and other African institutions will analyze the progress and define the future development of the EO AFRICA Initiative. https://bit.ly/3l8Qhrj

3rd edition of the DLR/ESA open PolInSAR training course

May 2 – July 8, 2022 Online Great opportunity to understand multi-parameter SAR data: The DLR-HR PolinSAR course offers a comprehensive training on SAR-based technics (PolSAR, InSAR, PolISAR, TomoSAR). This will be also an excellent opportunity for the users of our Innovation Lab to practice the cloud-based computing skills learnt, with a different platform. Places are limited but members of the EO AFRICA Community are particularly encouraged to apply. https://eo4society.esa.int/event/3rd-edition-of-the-dlr-esa-open-polinsar-training-course/

3rd on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Face to Face Courses

Face to Face course on Cloud Computing and Algorithms for EO Analyses

Date: TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON CRASTE-LF, Rabat, Morocco Introduction to Cloud Computing and its usage for Earth Observation (EO) data analyses. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/face-to-face-courses/cloud-computing-and-algorithms-for-eo-analyses/

2nd on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Face to Face Courses

Face to Face course on Earth Observations for Water Resources Assessment and Monitoring

May 15–19, 2022 Erata Hotel, Accra, Ghana Introduction to cloud-based image analysis techniques for surface water resources assessment and monitoring with a focus on surface water bodies and wetland dynamics. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/face-to-face-courses/earth-observations-for-water-resources-assessment-and-monitoring/

Month: May 2022

Announcing the EO AFRICA R&D Research Projects – Awarded Proposals (First Call)

EO AFRICA R&D Research Projects Awarded Proposals: EO AFRICA R&D Research Projects In the framework of the ESA EO AFRICA initiative, the R&D Facility in collaboration with European Space Agency (ESA) and the African Union Commission (AUC), launched at the

EO AFRICA Initiative

EO AFRICA Initiative | Tuesday – 24.05.2022, 03:20 PM | Agora SAPIENS, World Conference Center Bonn | The EO AFRICA Initiative will be explained and discussed during the Agora session of the ESA Living Planet Symposium next 24 of May in Bonn. Join us for an interesting roundtable-type discussion in which key representative of the Advisory Board and other African institutions will analyze the progress and define the future development of the EO AFRICA Initiative.