Using advanced remote sensing and cloud computing for satellite image processing: a workshop by AGHRYMET

AGRHYMET Regional Center hosted a workshop in May to train users on Digital Earth Africa’s Sandbox platform, helping individuals to develop the techniques they need to process and…
09 Jun 2022

Creating an open-source framework for crop-type mapping in Africa

Digital Earth Africa is currently partnering with the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) and FrontierSI to design an open-source framework for crop…
02 Jun 2022

Digital Earth Africa at the GEO Virtual Symposium May 2022

  The Digital Earth Africa team recently attended the GEO virtual symposium - Global Action for Local Impact. The team presented in two different sessions and attended a…
06 May 2022

Digital Earth Africa - a use case for Earth observation from the UN Big Data Task Team

Digital Earth Africa is privileged to be featured in the latest video from UN Big Data. The video demonstrates Digital Earth Africa’s ability to deliver big data to enable an…
13 Apr 2022

Cropland Extent is now available for the entire African continent

  Digital Earth Africa is excited to announce that the provisional Cropland Extent Map now offers complete coverage of the entire African continent.  According to…
13 Apr 2022

Identifying and analysing irrigated agriculture in Mozambique using DE Africa tools and services

Combining remote sensing technology with field surveys and local knowledge creates a powerful blend of information to comprehensively analyse patterns of irrigation, and to…
11 Apr 2022

Digital Earth Africa helps to remotely assess the productivity of mango farms in Ghana

Did you know that you can watch a mango tree grow from space? A new study (1) by Benjamin Adjah Torgbor et al. has been assessing the potential of the Digital Earth Africa…
05 Apr 2022

Big Data Ghana works towards more sustainable agriculture with the help of Digital Earth Africa

Farmers in Ghana are facing uncertainty. Climate change, drought and lack of market access make accurately predicting crop yields and income difficult, and a lack of reliable data…
28 Mar 2022

DE Africa supports agriBORA to develop more robust insights for greater food security in East Africa

With a mission to improve decision making throughout the agriculture value chain, the agriBORA platform is all about empowering agribusinesses. It was designed to provide…
28 Mar 2022

Celebrating International Women’s Day 2022 - Unlocking the promise of tomorrow with African Women in GIS

Digital Earth Africa partnered with African Women in GIS to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th 2022. The virtual event ‘Unlocking the promise of tomorrow - Gender…
10 Mar 2022