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

1. Geonet cast- Ethiopian Meteorological Institute, Tsegaye Ketema
2. Agriculture Data Localization, RCMRD Anastasia Wahome
3. Africa GEO Portal, ESRI, Pauline Okeyo
4. Africa Knowledge Platform, European Commission-Joint Research Center, Steven Peeddell
5. GEO Knowledge Hub, GEO Data working Group, Florian Franziskakis and Ernest Acheampong
6. 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.