Big Data Ghana and agriBORA Win Digital Earth Africa Innovation Challenge
The Digital Earth Africa Innovation Challenge is a small-scale incubator program targeted at African businesses. It aims to solve real world problems by employing satellite data,…16 Nov 2021
Monitoring urbanisation in Gulu City, Uganda
Cities across Africa have experienced rapid urban growth since the 1950’s, with a particularly sharp increase over the past decade. The rapid growth, which shows no sign of…27 Oct 2021
Detecting Land Degradation Using Geospatial Data
Learn more about using Digital Earth Africa to monitor land degradation in Apamprama Forest Reserve, Ghana using satellite data accessed through the DE Africa Open Data Cube.20 Oct 2021
Rising Lakes in the Rift Valley in Kenya
For some time now, the rising water volume of most Rift Valley Lakes in Kenya has led to significant economic, social and environmental challenges, with widespread flooding…20 Oct 2021
Monitoring Water Extent Using Earth Observation Data
Explore the Water Observations from Space service from Digital Earth Africa and how our users are utilising the data for research in Ghana.20 Oct 2021
Now Available: Learning Platform and New Intro to Sandbox Course
Digital Earth Africa is excited to launch a new Learning Platform featuring an improved training course ‘Intro to Sandbox’ which is available in both English and French. The…19 Oct 2021
Digital Earth Africa Youth Mappers Workshop
Digital Earth Africa was invited to present to a group of young people who are passionate about using geospatial technologies to create data in places of extreme poverty. These…18 Oct 2021
Digital Earth Africa launches Program Management Office in Pretoria
Digital Earth Africa is delighted to celebrate the appointment of the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) as its Program Management Office. The milestone was marked by a…12 Oct 2021
Using satellite data to monitor agriculture in Ghana - The GAIMS platform from Big Data Ghana.
Created by the team at Big Data Ghana, GAIMS is an online open data platform focusing on agricultural data in Ghana. It aims to provide the agricultural sector in Ghana with…11 Oct 2021
Advances in Geomatics Research Pre-Conference (AGRC2021) workshop
The Department of Geomatics and Land Management, Makerere University will hold the 6th Advances in Geomatics Research Conference (AGRC2021) virtual event streaming from…06 Oct 2021