The EO AFRICA initiative, short for African Framework for Research, Innovation, Communities, and Applications, aims to sustain and strengthen an active African research community by fostering innovative processes for the continuous development of African Earth Observation (EO) capabilities. In collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC) and to enhance research cooperation between Africa and Europe, …
Following the kick-off with ESA of the second phase of activities to be carried by the EO AFRICA (African Framework for Research, Innovation, Communities and Applications) R&D Facility, two new calls have just been opened aiming to sustain and strengthen an active African research community, by promoting creative innovation processes for the continuous development of …
Following the successful conclusion of the first 3 years of activity, the EO AFRICA R&D Facility has been granted with an extension to continue strengthening the African-European partnership until 2027. Training events and calls for collaboration opportunities in research and education are foreseen in the months to come, so stay tuned with the EO AFRICA …
Following the successful 2022-2023 call 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 September 2022 a 2nd call for proposals. The aim of this call is to extend the support to African-European collaborative research efforts in the domain of …
Following the successful 1st call, in which 15 projects were selected, the ESA EO AFRICA R&D Facility – in collaboration with the AUC- has launched the second call for research proposals to support African–European collaborative efforts. The selected projects will develop innovative, open-source EO algorithms and applications adapted to African solutions to African challenges by leveraging …
We are pleased to announce that in collaboration with the AUC, the ESA EO AFRICA R&D Facility has launched a call for research proposals to support African–European collaborative efforts to develop innovative, open-source EO algorithms and applications adapted to African solutions to African challenges by leveraging cutting-edge cloud-based data access and computing infrastructure. 15 research …
On March 1st it was held the Kick Off meeting of the EO Africa R&D Facility, which will be led by the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente. The overarching goal of the EO AFRICA RD Facility is to foster an African-European RD collaboration enabling an active research community and …
