Highlights of the Second Continental GMES and Africa Forum; Day 4
The fourth day of the GMES and Africa second continental forum kicked off with a presentation on “Accelerating African environmental and socioeconomic development through EO service communication” by the Managing Director of Space in Africa, Mr Temidayo Oniosun. He discussed the trend of African space news in the past 20 years. In addition, he noted a drastic increase in news reportage on African…
Highlights of the Second Continental GMES and Africa Forum; Day 2
The second continental forum of GMES and Africa commenced yesterday with presentations, keynote speeches and panel discussions highlighting the experiences and uptake of EO innovation, technologies, and applications among different partners during implementation of the 1st phase of GMES and Africa. The second day of the week-long event consisted of high-level segments of keynote speeches and the…
Highlights of the Second Continental GMES and Africa Forum; Day 1
The second continental forum of GMES and Africa commenced today and will run from 6 to 10 December in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The forum will centre on the ways earth observation (EO) can enhance environmental sustainability and socio-economic development in Africa. Furthermore, the forum includes developing methods of utilising EO services and applications to foster environmental and long-term…
Highlights Of The AfricaGIS Conference 2021 in Cote d’Ivoire
The AfricaGIS Conference and Exhibition series 2021 was held in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, from 22 to 26 November 2021. The Conference, a flagship geospatial information marketplace in Africa, holds every two years. It is organised by EIS-Africa, a pan African non-profit organisation. This year, EIS-Africa and the Bureau National d’Études Techniques et de Developpement (BNETD) co-hosted the…
Meet the Winners of the AfricaGIS 2021 Hackathon on Food Security and Water Resources
The AfricaGIS conference and Exhibition series have become a flagship Geospatial information marketplace in Africa. For the past 20 years, the series has contributed immensely to developing skills and institutional capacity in geo-information across the continent. Furthermore, the events have served as platforms for bringing together hundreds of key stakeholders, including professionals,…
Who dominates the African satellite broadband market?
As Africa yearns to transform to a middle income continent, the Internet will be at the centre of realising the dream. Conventionally, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) have been at the core of broadband delivery in the continent. Recently, the dropping average revenue per user (ARPU) is a challenge to MNOs. They struggle to extend services to rural and remote areas with lower population density.…
Excerpt from the U.S.-African Space Cooperation Webinar
Space in Africa and CompTIA Space Enterprise Council hosted a webinar on the US-African Space Cooperation, themed “Unlocking Innovation Across the Continent”. The event was borne out of the need to examine the current and future challenges and opportunities to US-African space cooperation focusing on innovation, space technologies, services, and applications.
The event had two-panel sessions,…
Viasat Partners with GSSTI to Open its First RTE Ground Station in Africa
Viasat Inc. has announced the launch of its first Real-Time Earth (RTE) facility in Africa, located in Accra, Ghana. Viasat partnered with the Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute (GSSTI) to bring new space opportunities and jobs to Africa. With this new station, Viasat's RTE global network is now active in five continents.
Viasat RTE provides Ground-Station-as-a-Service (GSaaS)…
Reuben Oshomah Discusses Avanti Communications in an Interview
In this interview, Avanti Communications Regional Director, West Africa, Reuben Oshomah discusses the opportunities that the company has created for Africa's underserved regions.
Interviewer: What is Avanti known for?
Reuben Oshomah: Avanti Communications is the leading Ka-band high throughput satellite capacity partner to the communications industry across EMEA focused on driving connectivity…
Progress Report on GMES and Africa’s Regional Workshops: Setting the Stage for the 2nd Continental GMES and Africa Forum
The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security and Africa (GMES & Africa) is one of the African Union Commission (AUC) flagship programmes funded by the European Commission. The programme is the crystallisation of the longstanding cooperation between Africa and Europe in space science & technology, which is one of the key priorities of the long-term EU-Africa Joint Strategy.
The…