Africa

Rada, a Tanzanian space tech innovator, and SatNav Africa JPO, a leading advocate for satellite navigation in Africa, have joined forces to revolutionize African agriculture through Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). SatNav Africa JPO’s expertise in GNSS and Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) services, utilizing advanced European solutions like EGNOS and Galileo, will significantly enhance the ...

EarthSense, today announced a partnership with GISCAD, a Portugal-based geomatics and civil engineering solutions company, to bring its air quality monitoring solutions and services to Portugal, Angola and Mozambique. GISCAD provides a range of advanced technology equipment, software and technical support to its clients in the geomatics, engineering, construction and architecture sectors. Its partnership with ...

Energy modellers and researchers have developed a geospatial mapping model they say can help address the electricity access gap in Africa. The model has been developed by the International Energy Agency (IEA), researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Electricity Growth and Use In Developing Economies. By mapping which buildings are ...

Dr Emmanuel Nkurunziza, the Director-General of the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), and Dr El-Hadi Gashut, the Director General of the Regional Center for Remote Sensing of North Africa States (CRTEAN), have signed a memorandum of understanding today to promote collaboration on geospatial projects and training. This partnership aims to avail ...

Today, the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) of the People’s Republic of China welcomed African delegates to inaugurate the China-Africa Cooperation Centre on Satellite Remote Sensing Application. This momentous occasion marked a significant step forward in the collaboration between China and Africa in utilising remote sensing technologies for the sustainable development of natural resources. The ...

The East and Southern Africa Forest Observatory (OFESA) was launched at the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF)’s Nairobi conference in late 2018, with twin goals of supporting improved forest monitoring and reporting practices, and developing a data governance framework for the countries in the region. The Observatory’s geoportal, hosted by the Kenya-based Regional Centre for Mapping ...

High-resolution satellite imagery has been used to map every single tree in Africa, demonstrating a technique that could help improve the monitoring of deforestation across the world. Florian Reiner at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and his colleagues used images from satellites operated by US firm Planet and machine-learning models to map canopy cover across ...

A first count of trees in Africa’s drylands has enabled scientists to calculate how much carbon they store and could help devise better conservation strategies for the region and beyond, a study said Wednesday. The number of trees in the vast region—the count came to nearly 10 billion—has not been known up to now, and ...

Climate change is compounding risks of food insecurity, displacement, and natural disasters across broad regions of the African continent, with vulnerable populations facing especially grave outcomes. However, several countries in Africa are already innovating and driving the next big tech sector boom, with companies creating solutions to close social and economic gaps. To support local ...

Ph.D. student Carola Martens together with other researchers from Senckenberg and South Africa’s Stellenbosch University has investigated how climate change could affect vegetation in protected areas in Africa. In their study, which was published in the journal Conservation Biology, the team shows where these effects may coincide with population growth and land use changes. According ...

The Sahel-Sudano-Guinean region has been experiencing significant land use and land cover change in the last decades due to climatic and anthropic impacts. A better understanding of these changes is essential for sustainable land and water management in the region. Four datasets on the Sahel-Sudano-Guinean region of Africa have been recently released on the platform ...