Highlights Of The UN-SPIDER Bonn International Conference 2019
Over 100 participants including experts, policymakers and representatives from national authorities and space agencies, civil protection, disaster relief, the environmental sector, the space industry, remote sensing data centres, German Aerospace Center ( Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR), the United Nations, Europe Space Agency and the European Union have gathered in Bonn, Germany…
Call For Entries: Airbus GEDC Diversity Award
The Airbus GEDC Diversity Award aims to shine a light on successful projects that inspire students from all profiles and backgrounds to study and succeed in engineering. The award was developed and funded by Airbus, in partnership with the GEDC. The award launched in 2012, is now in its 7th year.
List of Airbus GEDC Diversity Award Recipients
The 2013 Diversity Award held on 21 October 2013 at…
Plan To Attend The 13th African Association Of Remote Sense Of The Environment Conference In Kigali In 2020
The 13th African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment International Conference, AARSE 2020 themed: "Space and Geospatial Technologies for Africa", will hold in Kigali, Rwanda, from 26-30th October 2020.
The conference said to be the major gathering in Africa for the global societies for Earth observation and geo-spatial information science, will be co-organised by the African…
NASA Announces Funding For Eight New Projects Under SERVIR Africa Hubs
After a multi-round solicitation process, NASA has selected the 20 projects comprising the next SERVIR Applied Sciences Team.
Each of the proposed projects has been developed alongside one of the five regional SERVIR hubs—located in Eastern & Southern Africa, Hindu Kush Himalaya, Lower Mekong, West Africa, and Amazonia. Projects were selected across thematic service areas, balancing needs…
Geospatial Data For Development Agendas Takes Centre Stage At First Africa Geospatial Data and Internet Conference, Accra
Accra, 24 October 2019 – The first Africa Geospatial Data and Internet Conference (AGDIC) concluded successfully in Accra on 24 October, bringing together more than 1200 participants from all over the world. The conference firmly emphasised the need for geospatial data and Internet adoption as key to development programs solving Africa’s complex problems. The conference also facilitated…
2019 West Africa Summer School On Astronomy Resumes in Abuja
The 2019 West African International Summer School for Young Astronomers (WAISSYA) resumed yesterday at the National Space Research and Development Agency(NASRDA) in Abuja, the federal capital of Nigeria. The programme hosted by the Center for Basic Space Science (CBSS) this year, is held every two years and will have in attendance over 60 participants including undergraduates and a few graduates.…
How Earth Observation Data Is Saving The Mangrove Ecosystem In Sierra Leone
Mangroves are groups of trees and shrubs that live in coastal intertidal zones. Mangroves stabilize the coastline and provide a critical ecosystem for fish and other organisms, thus making them important lifelines for human and other species alike. But the mangroves in Sierra Leone are disappearing due to coastal erosion.
Human activities around the mangroves have led to landslides and the…
Joint media statement on the outcomes of the 6th SKA Africa Partner Countries Meeting
Senior officials and experts concluded the 6th Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Africa Partner Countries Meeting on Monday, 14 October 2019, noting progress in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), African Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network (AVN) and other astronomy initiatives aimed at the development of astronomy in the nine African SKA partner countries.
The SKA/AVN partners – Botswana, Ghana,…
#NewSpaceAfrica Column – Atlantic Factorial
Atlantic Factorial is a Lagos-based space-to-cloud analytics and tracking services company leveraging space technologies to offer products and services in West Africa.
Fielding questions from Space In Africa, Dr Olugbenga Leke Oyewole, the Chief Executive of Atlantic Factorial, said the company started operations in 2005, focusing on maritime surveillance using traditional and coastal automatic…
Countdown to Africa Geospatial Data and Internet Conference 2019.
The countdown to the Africa Geospatial Data & Internet Conference 2019 (AGDIC), holding on October 22-24, Accra, Ghana has begun. The conference themed: "Shaping Africa's Digital Future", will highlight the role of geospatial information in development agendas, including Sustainable Development Goals, African Union Agenda 2063; and development sectors for Africa including agriculture,…