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
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
Analysis Ready Data for Africa
Satellites have continually captured Africa’s land surface and coastlines for decades, but it has proven difficult to translate this into usable information. The key question…16 Sep 2020
Putting Africa on the radar
We’re working to make Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar satellite data available in an analysis-ready format within the Digital Earth Africa platform by the end of 2020. For the first…07 Sep 2020
Harnessing the potential of all people: the benefits of diversity and inclusion
‘Leaving no one behind’ is a phrase we are becoming more familiar with, as a central commitment of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But what does it…03 Sep 2020
Join us for Cloud Native Geospatial Outreach Day
If you have an interest in Earth observation data and making it more accessible for anyone to use, or you’re just curious to learn more, join us next Tuesday 8 September for Cloud…02 Sep 2020
Digital Earth Africa six week training program begins
This week we kicked off a six week training program as part of the transition to Digital Earth Africa’s (DE Africa) continental-wide infrastructure from the Africa Regional Data…28 Aug 2020
Co-designing product development to address food security in Africa
Food security is a fundamental human right and means people have access to enough safe and nutritious food that meet dietary requirements at all times. It has been estimated that…10 Aug 2020
Policy leaders see the benefits of Earth observations at Simiyu agriculture
The Simiyu agriculture show dubbed in Swahili as ‘NaneNane2020’ was held from Monday 3 to Saturday 8 August and brought together local and international agriculture stakeholders…10 Aug 2020
Understanding users’ and their needs
African countries have professed a strong demand for access to Earth observation (EO) data. Even more so, the need for an African-owned and led approach was made evident in the…24 Jul 2020