RCMRD Hosts Delegates from the Sudan High Commission to Kenya
The Regional Centre For Mapping Of Resources For Development (RCMRD) recently hosted a delegation team from the Sudan High Commission to Kenya, led by Mr Kamal Gobara, Ambassador of the Republic of Sudan, and Mr Abdulrahman Mohammed, Deputy Head of Mission, to leverage GIS solutions to improve local agricultural landscape and broader environmental sustainability efforts.
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Thuraya and YahClick Collaborate with G4T to Enhance Satellite Connectivity in South Sudan
In a news report released by Al Yah Satellite Communications Company, Thuraya Telecommunications Company and YahClick, in collaboration with the South Sudanese start-up Gate for Technologies (G4T), have signed a service partnership to launch their mobility and data services in South Sudan. The signing ceremony which took place in Juba, South Sudan, had in attendance Mr Ammar Al Nuaimi, Vice…
Sudan to Collaborate with Russia to Leverage Satellite Solutions to Combat Terrorism
The Sudanese Ambassador to Moscow, Hassan Mohammed, has expressed Sudan's interest in collaborating with Moscow to leverage satellite data to aid the fight against terrorism and protect the country's borders.
The cooperation between Sudan and Russia aims to utilise satellite data to protect the borders from terrorists and share vital information that will significantly aid Sudan in upgrading its…
Emergency.lu Extends years of Emergency Satellite Coverage in South Sudan
The Government of Luxembourg has signed a new agreement with satellite provider SES, technology business Hitec, and the Luxembourg Air Ambulance for its emergency.lu crisis satellite communications programme. The new agreement will see emergency.lu cover more regions with its emergency satellite services over the coming years. One such beneficiary is South Sudan, due to ongoing conflicts in the…
South Sudan’s RCS-Communication Becomes SES’ First SD-WAN Service Customer
SES Network has launched its software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) service with RCS-Communication, an ICT service provider based in South Sudan, serving as an early client.
In April, RCS Communication deployed SES's hybrid SD-WAN system across its WiMAX network to serve consumer and enterprise customers in Juba, South Sudan's capital and business hub. Both companies teamed to conduct…
South Sudan’s RCS-Communication Becomes SES’ First SD-WAN Service Customer
SES Network has launched its software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) service with RCS-Communication, an ICT service provider based in South Sudan, serving as an early client.
In April, RCS Communication deployed SES's hybrid SD-WAN system across its WiMAX network to serve consumer and enterprise customers in Juba, South Sudan's capital and business hub. Both companies teamed to conduct…
South Sudan to Acquire Slots For Satellite Broadcasting Services
In a press document released yesterday by the African Telecommunication Union(ATU), South Sudan has shown interest to join the number of Africa countries with satellite resources, having served her notice for satellite resources at the sensitisation workshop organised last week by the African Telecommunication Union(ATU), in Nairobi, Kenya.
To implement the ITU WRC-19 Agenda 1.4, ATU partnered…
Satellite Observation Data Shows Increase In Methane Growth In South Sudan
Satellite observations in South Sudan have shown recent growth in methane (CH4) levels in the area. The observations were made by scientists from the University of Edinburgh, using the Japanese GOSAT spacecraft to try to observe the greenhouse-gas behaviour over peatlands and wetlands in Africa.
According to the researchers, the increase in growth could be as a result of a surge of water from…
Sudan Has Launched Its First Satellite; A Remote Sensing Satellite
Earlier on Sunday morning (3 November 2019), a Long March-4B rocket took off at 11:22 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi Province carrying a couple of satellites, one of which belongs to Sudan government.
Satellites onboard include Gaofen 7, Xiaoxiang-1 08, Whampoa 1, all of which belongs to China, and a remote sensing satellite owned by Sudan.…
UNOSAT Releases Satellite Images of Flooding in Sudan
The United Nation Institute for Training and Research's (UNITAR) Operational Satellite Application Programme (UNOSAT) on 9 September 2019, released fresh satellite-captured images of flooding in Sudan.
UNOSAT, a technology-intensive programme that delivers imagery analysis and satellite solutions to relief and development organisation within and outside the UN system, recently captured images…