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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

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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

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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

African Resource

Management Constellation

African Space Policy &

Strategy

AU Pan African

University for

Space Science

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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

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GEOGLAM Crop Monitor for Early Warning

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Initiation of National Crop Monitors:

Tanzania Example

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In the news..

FEWS NET Special Report

Joint Statement

Financial Times

WFP VAM Report

ARC, South Africa

Already informing agricultural decisions

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SANSA

South

African EO

Sector

Partners

PartnersPartners

Partners

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