Digital Earth Africa is an ambitious program, but has made significant progress to date. At the Digital Earth Africa side event as part of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Week 2019, we showcased where we are now and welcomed a number of the program’s partners and collaborators to share the work being done to ensure the data products created can be used and will have an impact.
As part of the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is supporting Digital Earth Africa (DE Africa). DE Africa is enabling African nations to track changes across the continent in unprecedented detail by making Earth observation (EO) data more easily accessible.
Digital Earth Africa (DE Africa) had the pleasure of hosting 150 stakeholders for a day of innovative discussions on the importance of Earth observation (EO) for addressing key issues across Africa.
With a full agenda and over 30 speakers, the event demonstrated the immense potential of spatial information in shaping the future of Africa. Attendees received an introduction into the capabilities of data cube technology, analysis-ready data and the challenges and opportunities in using EO for the African continent.