Please join the Digital Earth Africa community every Wednesday in February as we host the following four live user sessions.

To attend any of these sessions, please visit:
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The #DEAfrica Water Observations from Space (WOfS) service allows our users to understand water presence across #Africa using #SatelliteData . They can also analyse the impacts of #flood and #drought events in the past to inform policy and planning. bit.ly/3kB9KRc

On Earth Day, let's celebrate Africa's abundant natural resources. Our Cropland Extent Map provides an indication of the presence or absence of crops.
Video of area in northwestern Madagascar, indicating the probability of cropping.
#oedata #africa #eoimagery #satellite #space

We are pleased to welcome RIIS - Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability - as the new host of the Digital Earth Africa Programme Management Office.

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Calling Africa’s next generation of global leaders. Apply today to the Australia Awards, to obtain a Master’s qualification at an Australian tertiary institution. Entries close on 30 April, 2024. For more info including criteria, and how to apply: lnkd.in/e22bCtgx

During today's live session,Capacity Developmental Lead, Ken Mubea shared on the DE Africa Water Observation from Space (WOfS) service, empowering water management in Africa, including the use water index in Sentinel 1 and Sentinel 2, unlocking the potential of water resources.

Have you explored the #DEAfrica Sandbox? It is full of tools and real world examples for using the data and services such as monitoring long term changes in water extent using the Water Observations from Space service.

Explore the platform here:
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This #WorldWaterDay , we are proud to announce DE Africa's Waterbodies service now provides water availability data for over 700,000 unique water features in Africa over the past 5 years. Help achieve sustainable water management in Africa. Maps: bit.ly/3VnpPxi UN-Water

During today's live session, DE Africa's Joseph TUYISHIMIRE, presented on Mapping continental Water Extent. This allows us to contribute to the monitoring of SDG indicator.

The session was a great opportunity to re-connect with our implementing partners & user community.

Please join the Digital Earth Africa community Tomorrow at 11am GMT, as our User Engagement Manager, Joseph Tuyishimire discusses “Water Extent Mapping”

To attend this virtual session, please visit: bit.ly/DEAfricaLiveSe…

During today's live session, DE Africa's Ken Mubea, presented on empowering policy makers in management of cities including cloud free sentinel 2 GeoMAD.

The session was a great opportunity to re-connect with our implementing partners & user community