Digital Earth Africa
Origin language: English
Country
Morocco
Reunion
Sierra Leone
Malawi
Saint Helena
Mayotte
Ethiopia
Togo
South Africa
Niger
Guinea-Bissau
Eswatini
Equatorial Guinea
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Burkina Faso
Eritrea
Mali
South Sudan
Cameroon
Guinea
Lesotho
Zambia
Central African Republic
Rwanda
Burundi
Zimbabwe
Kenya
Chad
Algeria
Benin
Cote d'Ivoire
Tanzania
Madagascar
Mauritius
Djibouti
Tunisia
Botswana
Uganda
Mauritania
Cape Verde
Sudan
Congo
Egypt
Gabon
Seychelles
Senegal
Comoros
Nigeria
Namibia
Sao Tome and Principe
Libya
Mozambique
Liberia
Somalia
Angola
Coverage
International
Nb of implementation sites
N/A
Lead organization
Implementation partners
N/A
Health Focus Area
Climate resilience
Environmental health
Services
Learning and training
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Decision Support
Enabling technologies
Big Data Analytics
Cloud Computing
Low Code - No Code
Standards
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Tools
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Funding sources
Government funds
Business model
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Funders
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Summary
Digital Earth Africa aims to enhance the quality of life across Africa by converting Earth observations into actionable insights that promote sustainable development. The platform provides African governments, industries, and decision-makers with detailed tracking of changes in areas such as flooding, drought, soil erosion, agriculture, land use, water quality, and human settlement changes. By processing openly accessible data into decision-ready products, Digital Earth Africa fosters partnerships with local governance and expertise to boost capability development. Collaborating with both African and international stakeholders, the initiative ensures that Earth observation data is readily available and tailored to meet user needs. The focus areas include environmental health and climate resilience, targeting the general population across the continent.
Keywords
Capacity building
Climate change
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Open access
Data driven decision making
Publications
Insights - Lessons learnt
Challenges
N/A
Recommendations
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Recommendations
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iDHA (Project ID)
j67box
Project links
https://digitalearthafrica.org/Origin of information
Project stakeholder
Data source link
N/AAdded to the platform on
2025-02-03
Project editors
Last update by
Sophie Delaigue on 2025-02-07
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