An interesting article in which Dr. Serkan Girgin from the EO AFRICA R&D Consortium, together with Dr. Marloes Penning de Vries, PI of one of our Research Projects, elaborate on the role of Open Science as an integral part of the ESA – EO AFRICA R&D Facility.

The European Commission has proposed an exciting partnership between Africa and Europe to digitally transform Africa. As part of this partnership, the European Space Agency (ESA) has launched the African Framework for Research Innovation, Communities and Application in Earth Observation (EO AFRICA) initiative. This initiative aims to build a long-term, sustainable research partnership between African and European communities. At the heart of this effort is the EO AFRICA R&D Facility, led by the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), which seeks to create a thriving research community based on Open Science principles and foster innovation in EO capabilities in Africa.

Read full article: https://www.utwente.nl/en/dcc/interviews/EO%20Africa%20R%26D%20facility/