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Africa in Global Earth Observations
Andiswa Mlisa
Managing Director Earth Observations
SANSA
AfricaGIS 2017, 20-24 November 2017, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Europe
China
Argentina
India
United States of America
New Zealand
❑ world’s second largest continent (30.2 m km2)
❑ second most populous continent
(about 15% of the world’s population)
❑ about 13.5% of population has
Internet access
❑ 2 out 3 people have no access to
electricity
❑ about 40% of drought disasters occur
in Africa
❑ 30% of worlds oil resources
Earth observations are critical to
support environment and natural
resources management for protection
of life, property and sustainable socio-
economic development of Africa
… Africa
3
African Resource
Management Constellation
African Space Policy &
Strategy
AU Pan African
University for
Space Science
2013
Launch
2014
SADC Ministers STI
& ET
EU-Africa Summit
Implementation Plan
Steering Committee
+2 Member & PO
2015
AMCOMET-3
AU STC-EST
+3 Members
DICT
2016
26th AU Summit
1st Steering
Committee
Meeting1st AfriGEOSS Symposium
AfriGAM
SFS CT
2017-2019 WP
+1 EXCOM
+1 PO
2017
WRM CT
SUD CT
2nd AfriGEOSS Symposium
1st Training Programme
+2 PO
2012Endorsed by
GEO-Plenary
GEOGLAM Crop Monitor for Early Warning
6 / 10
Initiation of National Crop Monitors:
Tanzania Example
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FEWS NET Special Report
Joint Statement
Financial Times
WFP VAM Report
ARC, South Africa
Already informing agricultural decisions
SANSA
South
African EO
Sector
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