User on-boarding virtual workshops kick off for advanced users
This week we kick off a series of introductory workshops as part of the transition to Digital Earth Africa’s (DE Africa) continental-wide infrastructure from the Africa Regional…19 May 2020
Development for all: ensuring Digital Earth Africa is diverse and inclusive
Digital Earth Africa (DE Africa) has committed to the development of a Gender Equality, Diversity and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Strategy to ensure the program delivers…13 May 2020
Providing confidence in Digital Earth Africa data products
The core mission of Digital Earth Africa (DE Africa) is to produce decision-ready products through the processing of openly accessible and freely available Earth observation (EO)…13 May 2020
Meet Edward, our new Technical Manager
Last month we welcomed Edward Boamah to the Digital Earth Africa (DE Africa) Establishment team. Edward is our Technical Manager based in Ghana and brings a wealth of knowledge in…30 Mar 2020
Ensuring continued program development during the global COVID-19 situation
The Digital Earth Africa (DE Africa) team would first like to send our thoughts and best wishes to everyone in these difficult times, no matter where you are in the world the…30 Mar 2020
A new project to improve access to analysis-ready water data in Africa
Water management is vital to Africa’s future, but limited water data makes it challenging. Earth observation satellites collect vast amounts of data over Africa every day, some of…24 Mar 2020
Partnerships to build capacity for the use of satellite data across Africa
We recently signed mutually beneficial agreements to help us ensure that anyone can use Digital Earth Africa (DE Africa) by providing the skills and expertise required. Our new…19 Dec 2019
Enabling insights for better decision-making
As part of the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is supporting Digital Earth Africa (DE Africa). DE Africa is enabling African nations to track…06 Sep 2019
Transformational information for Africa
Digital Earth Africa is an ambitious program, but has made significant progress to date. At the Digital Earth Africa side event as part of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO)…06 Sep 2019
Calling for operational and ready-to-use data
Digital Earth Africa will rely on analysis ready data to ensure efficient time-series analyses and data interoperability. A grand challenge for the Earth observation (EO)…04 Sep 2019