EO AFRICA R&D FORUM 2026 – Achievement and Future Pathways 25–27 May 2026 | University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania An ESA-funded initiative, this forum highlights cutting-edge research and innovation within Africa’s food-water nexus, showcasing how Earth Observation supports sustainable

Following the format established in since 2021, throughout 2025 the ESA-funded EO AFRICA R&D Facility played a key role in strengthening the knowledge and skills of African colleagues in Earth Observation (EO) and in fostering collaboration between African and European researchers.

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

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.

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).

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

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

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.