AfriGEO Symposium - Session 6: Data and Infrastructure

This session shall look at existing infrastructure, barriers to data sharing, best case scenarios of data access, and where we need to be going as Africa.

Moderator: Matthew Pennells

Rapporteur: Stella Masese and James Wanjohi

Presentations

Geonet cast- Ethiopian Meteorological Institute, Tsegaye Ketema
Agriculture Data Localization, RCMRD Anastasia Wahome
Africa GEO Portal, ESRI, Pauline Okeyo
Africa Knowledge Platform, European Commission-Joint Research Center, Steven Peeddell
GEO Knowledge Hub, GEO Data working Group, Florian Franziskakis and Ernest Acheampong
Research and Education Networks (RENs), Africa Connect 3, Yousef Torman

Discussions

Objectives

Existing data infrastructure at national and regional challenges
Existing data access and data sharing mechanisms
Role of data in addressing several development challenges
Data connectivity and Accessibility challenges

Outcomes

Data democratization
Data access and sharing policies and frameworks
Increased discoverability of existing EO content and connecting the geospatial community.

Panelists

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Ernest Acheampong

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Florian Franziskakis

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Pauline Okeyo

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Stephen Peedell

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Matthew Pennells

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Yoshihisa Shirayama

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Anastasia Wahome

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