Mapping forest fires in Mount Kenya

The highest mountain in Kenya - and the second highest on the African continent - Mount Kenya is enclosed within the Mount Kenya National Park which covers an area of 715 km2 in…
15 Mar 2021

Digital Earth Africa’s Capacity Development Webinar

Bringing together key partners of the DE Africa program along with nearly 200 passionate members of the DE Africa community, our latest webinar focused on Capacity Development and…
01 Mar 2021

Digital Earth Africa, FrontierSI, COOi Studios and NGIS announce partnership to undertake Industry Engagement Study in Africa

DE Africa’s Industry Engagement Study will provide vital insight into how African industry is engaging with satellite imagery, with a particular focus on African organisations…
01 Mar 2021

Inside Digital Earth Africa - get to know our partnership network

Partnership is at the heart of the Digital Earth Africa program and we are proud to be collaborating with a range of influential organizations from across the African continent.…
01 Mar 2021

Intelligent Agriculture

How Digital Earth Africa is supporting sustainable coffee production in Kenya   The DE Africa platform provides free and open data covering the continent of Africa, the…
29 Jan 2021

Digital Earth Africa has the potential to contribute billions to the African economy using Earth observations

Across the world, Earth observations (EO) are used to by industry and government to improve environmental, agricultural and community outcomes. In Africa, they represent the…
15 Jan 2021

Thank You Africa Regional Data Cube

After two and half years of successful operation, the Africa Regional Data Cube (ARDC) will be decommissioned as we transition to Digital Earth Africa (DE Africa) -  a major…
19 Nov 2020

Data moves to Cape Town

A cloud-free image of all of Africa produced by combining tens of thousands of satellite image collected throughout an entire year. The new AWS data centre in Cape Town stores…
13 Nov 2020

Mapping crop phenology key to addressing food security in Kenya, by Stephen Korir

The agricultural sector is a major driver of Kenya’s economy and a source of livelihood for most of the population. The agriculture sector plays a key role in reducing poverty and…
04 Nov 2020

Cane Poaching, By Stephen Korir

The sugar industry in Africa has had its fair share of seasonal challenges and problems, ranging from fragmentation of lands making it uneconomical for small holder farmers,…
04 Nov 2020