Announcements – EO AFRICA

22nd on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel

2025-10-28 The 22nd Webinar on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel: Combining Optical and SAR Data for Mapping Water Bodies and Floods This webinar discusses an approach for integrating Sentinel-2 (optical) and Sentinel-1 [Read more...]

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

2025-08-19 Following the successful first three 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 Apr 2025 a 4^th 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...]

Call to contribute to advancing urban climate research in Africa

2025-08-08 The CAIAC (Climate Analysis in African Cities) project is an international collaboration between the Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), the African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD), and the University of Ottawa, with support from the European Space Agency (ESA). [Read more...]

21st on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel

2025-05-13 The 21st Webinar on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel: Deriving Water Quality Indicators and Indices from Sentinel-2 Using Cloud Computing The webinar explores the methodologies for deriving water quality indicators from [Read more...]

20th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel

2025-05-13 The 20th Webinar on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel: Using the new H SAF 6.25km ASCAT soil moisture data for drought monitoring The ASCAT soil moisture service, offered by EUMETSAT, is [Read more...]

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...]

6th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Second Phase Online Courses

The course is open for applicants from AFRICA only

Low-resolution EO for drought monitoring

November 10 - December 5, 2025 Online course with live-chat This course will explore the potential of the temporal dimension of low-resolution satellite EO data for monitoring such dynamics over longer periods of time. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/on-line-courses-rdf2/online-course-on-low-resolution-eo-for-drought-monitoring/

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

The course is open for applicants from AFRICA only!

Face-to-Face course on Earth Observation for Marine and Coastal Resource Applications

December 14 - 18, 2025 Alexandria, Egypt A 5-day training course (6 hours per day), combining theoretical lectures and hands-on exercises to enhance your understanding and practical skills in using satellite data for marine resources monitoring. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/face-to-face-courses-rdf2/face-to-face-course-on-earth-observation-for-marine-and-coastal-resource-applications/

22nd on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

Combining optical and SAR data for mapping water bodies and floods

Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 14:00 CEST (UTC + 2) Online webinar with live-chat This webinar will discuss an approach for integrating Sentinel-2 (optical) and Sentinel-1 (SAR) water maps that was inspired by the Copernicus Global Flood Monitoring service, which combines flood likelihood maps from different SAR algorithms into an ensemble flood product. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/webinars/#webinar22

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

The course is open for applicants from AFRICA only!

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

December 1 - 5, 2025 Tunis, Tunisia 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-part-2/

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

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

The course is open for applicants from AFRICA only

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/

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

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

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

The course is open for applicants from AFRICA only

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 Face to Face Courses

The course is open for applicants from AFRICA only!

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/

📢 More @EOAfricaRD1 training on-site, this time in #Egypt 🇪🇬: #EO for #Marine & #Coastal applications
🗓️Dec 14-18, 2025
📍Coastal Research Institute - Alexandria, Egypt.

Applications open at: https://t.co/L1hVnxMz0i @EO_OPEN_SCIENCE pic.twitter.com/pQ2xWhLvd2
— EO AFRICA R&D Facility (@EOAfricaRD1) October 6, 2025

New @EOAfricaRD1 on-line training on#Lowresolution #EO for #drought monitoring

🗓️November 10 – December 5, 2025

‼️DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: October 20, 2025‼️https://t.co/dSbf9ph3S4

Course includes videos, lectures, quizzes, and practical exercises @EO_OPEN_SCIENCE pic.twitter.com/TsYswEXLl4
— EO AFRICA R&D Facility (@EOAfricaRD1) September 23, 2025

📢 The 2nd Edition of the @EOAfricaRD1 training on #CloudComputing for #EO analyses (this time in #Tunisia 🇹🇳 @OSS_Comms) on Dec 1-5, 2025 is open for applications:

https://t.co/AirUzyieTI

‼️🗓️Deadline for applications : Oct 27, 2025 ‼️@EO_OPEN_SCIENCE pic.twitter.com/2HvgGPjPJn
— EO AFRICA R&D Facility (@EOAfricaRD1) September 23, 2025

📰 Last June the @EOAfricaRD1 Researchers-R3 presented their projects at the @esa #LPS25.
We are excited to share the latest progress updates of these collaborative projects. Take a moment to explore the preliminary results of our dedicated researchers:https://t.co/0mop5Dho8E pic.twitter.com/G5XMBrew56
— EO AFRICA R&D Facility (@EOAfricaRD1) September 11, 2025

Do you know that we have a call for collaborative research projects open until the 🗓️ 15th of June 2025?https://t.co/YZbNZdrhN7

Here's the take of #RoelofRietbroek, @EOAfricaRD1 research coordinator on the call 🤓 : pic.twitter.com/tfMAsBwPlW
— EO AFRICA R&D Facility (@EOAfricaRD1) May 27, 2025