Call for proposals: As part of the GMES & Africa project, OSS seeks developers for a chatbot to detect and predict crop diseases in North Africa. 📅 Deadline: May 11, 2025, at 11:59 PM (Tunis time) 👉 oss-online.org/en/ct-chatbot

🌍 Southern Africa is facing severe drought, with the Zambezi Basin particularly affected - says the latest Global Drought Observatory report. 🛰️ #Sentinel2 #ImageOfTheDay shows a sharp drop in vegetation around Lake Malawi and Lilongwe. 🔗 Learn more: europa.eu/!tRkfh3

Webinar Day 2: Exploring the power of #Copernicus data for agriculture & food security in Africa. 📡 From satellite insights to smarter farming — Copernicus is driving evidence-based decisions across the continent. #AgTech #FoodSecurity #EO4Africa

For 50 years, #RCMRD has grown from a bold vision into a regional hub of #geospatial excellence -empowering member States and shaping sustainable futures across Africa. 🔹 20+ member States 🔹 Thousands trained 🔹 50+ projects implemented in #Agriculture and #Foodsecurity,

Day 3 The RCMRD GMES project continues to promote the power of Earth Observation data across Africa through a joint webinar. Today’s highlight: A practical session on accessing Copernicus data for land and climate applications-turning data into decisions for a more resilient future

You're invited! Join the GMES & Africa Webinar on May 8 @ 11AM GMT Topic: Intro to Africa Geoportal & ESRI Tools 🌍 🔗 Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5eba63b4… #GIS #EO #AfricaGeoportal #ESRI #GMESandAfrica

📍 RCMRD at 50! 📍The journey began in 1963, during the first meeting of the United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Africa. 📍It was recognized that surveying and mapping services were key for natural resource inventory & development, and specialized institutions

RCMRD at 50: 1975 in Focus A look back at the beginnings of the Centre 📌 April 18, 1975: The Centre officially started operations under the name Regional Centre for Services in Surveying and Mapping (RCSSM). 📌 Founding Members: Kenya, Malawi, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda

You're invited to the GMES & Africa Webinar Series! 📌 Topic: Intro to Africa Geoportal & ESRI Tools 📅 Date: 8 May - 11:00 AM GMT 📍 Location: Online Join GIS experts Pauline & Karim (ESRI) to explore EO data, tools & EU-supported resources. 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/eHNPK5hX

OSS is taking part in the African Market for Space Solutions #MASS to promote the integration of space technologies in decision-making on climate, crises, agriculture and natural resources. #Africa OSS

📍RCMRD-The Growth Years 🔹 1976: The Centre relocated to rented office space at the Kenya Commercial Bank building in Industrial Area, Nairobi- This move supported operational growth and staff expansion- The Centre operated from this location for 9 years before moving to its

On 28th May 2025, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM (UTC+2 / CEST), Dunia’s Application Hub will be hosting an online workshop to demonstrate how Sentinel-3 data can be leveraged for wildfire detection and monitoring. opportunities.spaceinafrica.com/monitoring-wil…

RCMRD Milestones: #RCMRDat50 📍 1982-Renamed to Regional Centre for Services in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (RCSSMRS) to reflect expanded focus including Remote Sensing. 🏢 By June 1985, the Centre moved to its permanent home in Kasarani, Nairobi. 📍 1983- Canada

Honoring our founding member States! 🎉 As we celebrate #RCMRDat50 this June, we proudly recognize the five visionary countries that laid our foundation. Here are the countries and their year of accession 🇺🇬 Uganda – 21 February 1975 🇰🇪 Kenya – 7 March 1975 🇸🇴 Somalia – 13 March

A Look Back at 1979 & 1980 #RCMRDat50 📌 1979: We welcomed our 2nd Director General, Mr. Bernard Sikilo from 🇹🇿 Tanzania, who led RCMRD for 9 years (1979 – 5 Dec 1988). 📌 1980: On 28 November 1980, two countries joined RCMRD: 🇰🇲 Comoros (nicknamed “The Perfume Island”) 🇿🇲

🎉 #RCMRDat50 | Celebrating our member States On 13 April 1981, two southern African Kingdoms — The Kingdom of Lesotho and The Kingdom of Swaziland (now known as Eswatini) - officially joined the #RCMRD the same day, becoming our 8th and 9th member States, respectively. These

📢 Reflecting on the Second Decade (1986–1995) -#rcmrdanniversary #RCMRDat50 During this decade, #RCMRD focused on institutional building- construction of its permanent premises and the consolidation of core operations in #Surveying and #Mapping. It was also during this period

📍Throwback to 1986 #rcmrdanniversary #rcmrdat50 In December 1986, the Centre acquired its first computer-based GIS through a USAID grant, aimed at facilitating the overlay of maps and remote sensing images. Following the installation of this integrated system-combining image

#InternSpotlight: Meet Asifiwe Kulimushi Esther, an MSc student in Environmental Management at the Pan African University Institute of Life and Earth Sciences (PAULESI), Nigeria. During her internship at RCMRD under the GMES and Africa project, Asifiwe supported vital projects on

We were honored to host Prof. Oluwole Fatunbi, Ag. Director of Research and Innovation at the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa FARA Africa , who paid a courtesy visit to our DG, Dr. Emmanuel Nkurunziza. The visit focused on exploring partnership and collaboration