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    Advisory Board Announcement

    2025-04-24 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. [Read more...]

    19th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel

    2025-04-09 The 19th Webinar on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel: Mapping Our Planet in High Resolution: Advancing Land Cover and Degradation Monitoring with Sentinel Data This webinar introduces the fundamentals of PolInSAR [Read more...]

    18th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel

    2025-03-26 The 18th Webinar on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel: Mapping Our Planet in High Resolution: Advancing Land Cover and Degradation Monitoring with Sentinel Data This webinar explores how these innovations, coupled [Read more...]

    Version 3 of the MOOC on Drought Assessment and Monitoring from Space

    2025-01-20 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. [Read more...]

    EO AFRICA R&D Facility – 2024 Overview

    2024-12-20 2024 was an exciting year for all involved in the EOAFRICA R&D Facility. Phase 1 ended successfully with the 10th F2F course being held in Senegal jointly with Laboratoire de télédétection appliquée, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar in Dakar. [Read more...]

    17th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel

    2024-12-18 The 17th Webinar on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel: Advances in EO Cloud Computing: OpenEO This webinar explores the growing role of cloud computing in analyzing and processing Earth Observation (EO) [Read more...]

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

    2024-12-16 Following the successful first two rounds of calls for research proposals, the EO AFRICA R&D Facility, in coordination with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the African Union Commission (AUC), launched in July 2024 a 3rd call for proposals. The aim of this call is to extend the support to African-European collaborative research efforts in the domain of EO applications. [Read more...]

    Winners of the call for African-led Training Material Design

    2024-12-06 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 [Read more...]

    16th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel

    2024-11-05 The 16th Webinar on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel: Flood extent assessment in East Africa with Sentinel-2 data A few months ago, East Africa faced the consequences of weeks of heavy [Read more...]

    African Research Fellowships: Call 2024/2025

    2024-10-01 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/ [Read more...]

    Events

    5th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Second Phase Online Courses

    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. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/on-line-courses-rdf2/online-course-on-polinsar-processing-and-applications/
    5th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Second Phase Online Courses

    21st on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

    Deriving Water Quality Indicators and Indices from Sentinel-2 Using Cloud Computing

    Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 14:00 CEST (UTC + 2) Online webinar with live-chat This webinar explores the methodologies for deriving water quality indicators from Sentinel-2 data using cloud computing. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/webinars/#webinar21
    21st on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

    20th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

    Using the new H SAF 6.25km ASCAT soil moisture data for drought monitoring

    Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 15:00 CEST (UTC + 2) Online webinar with live-chat This webinar presents the key changes in the ASCAT soil moisture retrieval algorithm and explain how they contribute to improved drought monitoring. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/webinars/#webinar20
    20th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

    19th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

    Introduction to PolInSAR for agriculture monitoring and mapping

    Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 14:00 CET (UTC + 1) Online webinar with live-chat This webinar introduces the fundamentals of PolInSAR technology and its possible applications in agriculture monitoring based on selected case studies in Africa. We will explore PolInSAR capabilities in estimating vegetation height and biomass, tracking phenological stages, and improving precision farming practices. Additionally, we will present tools available for accessing PolInSAR data, present and future satellite missions to provide fully polarimetric data and showcase selected case studies focused on agriculture. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/webinars/#webinar19
    19th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

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

    High-resolution crop monitoring for food security using EO

    April 14 - May 9, 2025 Online course with live-chat The ever-increasing spatial resolution offered by the newest generation of satellite sensors allow us to monitor crops at the scale of individual parcels and to quantitatively estimate or predict agricultural production (area × yield) and water-use for applications in food security analysis. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/on-line-courses-rdf2/online-course-on-high-resolution-crop-monitoring-for-food-security-using-eo/
    4th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Second Phase Online Courses

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

    Face to Face course on Agricultural Monitoring from Space

    April 7 - 11, 2025 Abuja, Nigeria A 5-day course (6h per day), including theoretical lectures and hands-on exercises to increase your understanding and skills related to the use of satellite data for agricultural monitoring. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/face-to-face-courses-rdf2/face-to-face-course-on-agricultural-monitoring-from-space/
    4th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Second Phase Face to Face Courses

    18th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

    Mapping Our Planet in High Resolution: Advancing Land Cover and Degradation Monitoring with Sentinel Data

    Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 14:00 CET (UTC + 1) Online webinar with live-chat This webinar explores how these innovations, coupled with emerging datasets and services, are being utilized to monitor global land cover and land degradation, supporting sustainable development and environmental conservation. Specifically, the webinar will delve into experiences of producing the 100m Copernicus Global Land Cover dataset (available for 2015-2019), the European Space Agency (ESA) WorldCover Project, which has further advanced land cover monitoring by producing 10m resolution global land cover maps, and the new Copernicus Land Cover and Tropical Forest Monitoring Service (LCFM), designed to provide dynamic, high-resolution datasets on the status and changes of global land cover and pan-tropical forests. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/webinars/#webinar18
    18th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

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

    Face to Face course on Satellite Atmospheric Data Validation and Application for Africa

    April 14 - 18, 2025 Ben Guerir, Morocco A 5-day course (8h per day). The sessions will focus on the basics of atmospheric remote sensing, present the satellite data available and address the challenges to access them in Africa. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/face-to-face-courses-rdf2/face-to-face-course-on-satellite-atmospheric-data-validation-and-application-for-africa/
    3rd on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Second Phase Face to Face Courses

    3rd on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Second Phase Online Courses

    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. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/on-line-courses-rdf2/eo-for-marine-and-coastal-resources-applications-eo4coast/
    3rd on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Second Phase Online Courses

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

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

    March 10 - 14, 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. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/face-to-face-courses-rdf2/face-to-face-course-on-cloud-computing-and-algorithms-for-eo-analyses/
    2nd on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Second Phase Face to Face Courses

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    ‼️ Last days to apply for the upcoming @EOAfricaRD1 #online course: PolInSAR Processing and Applicationshttps://t.co/leNR7kkNPD
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    — EO AFRICA R&D Facility (@EOAfricaRD1) May 7, 2025

    📢 a 🆕call for Research Proposals is open to support African & European #research tandems in developing innovative, #EO algorithms & applications to address African 🌍 challenges in #water and #foodsecurity

    🗓️Deadline for submission: 15 June 2025 https://t.co/YZbNZdrhN7 pic.twitter.com/UgDuWOe46x

    — EO AFRICA R&D Facility (@EOAfricaRD1) April 14, 2025

    ⏰ Last chance to register: @EOAfricaRD1 #webinar
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    Introduction to #PolInSAR for #agriculture monitoring and #mappinghttps://t.co/UjAaptZaX1@EO_OPEN_SCIENCE pic.twitter.com/0p6hymh4sb

    — EO AFRICA R&D Facility (@EOAfricaRD1) March 25, 2025

    🧑🏽‍🏫 new @EOAfricaRD1 #online course:

    High-resolution #crop monitoring for #oodsecurity using #EO. #data sources & techniques, #Cloudbased processing, hands-on exercises and more.

    🗓️Apply before: April 3, 2025https://t.co/1CwkASnaO4@EO_OPEN_SCIENCE @_AfricanUnion pic.twitter.com/HfDcrvHmtD

    — EO AFRICA R&D Facility (@EOAfricaRD1) March 18, 2025

    la semaine dernière en Côte d'Ivoire: cours en présentiel par @EOAfricaRD1 .

    "Analyse des données d’observation de la terre 🛰️" : Des experts africains 🌍en formation à Abidjan https://t.co/57NanoC309 @EO_OPEN_SCIENCE

    — EO AFRICA R&D Facility (@EOAfricaRD1) March 16, 2025

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