7th AfriGEO Symposium

Earth Observations for Africa's Prosperity 

AfriGEO symposia are held annually since 2016. They provide an opportunity for the AfriGEO Community to create awareness on the ongoing activities, engage, connect and build meaningful areas of collaborations that support addressing of varied development challenges on the continent using earth observation.

The 7th AfriGEO symposium was held at the COSDEF Arts and Crafts Centre, in Swakopmund Namibia from 18-23 September 2023 and was co-hosted by the Ministry of Higher Education, Technology and Innovation, and the National Commission on Research, Science and Technology. We had 3 parallel pre-symposium trainings hosted by: ESRI, Digital Earth Africa and GEO LDN & CBAS took from 18-19th September. The Symposium took place from 20-22 September 2023. This was followed by a field excursion (optional)at a modest contribution towards logistics. During the symposium, there were 10 Key sessions: Opening session and a Keynote, Session 1: Integrated Decision Making, Session 2: Namibia development challenges and solutions offered, Session 3: EO for Grassroot service delivery, Session 4: Strengthening National Coordination, Session 5: Youth session, Session 6: Nature-based solutions, Session 7: Data & Infrastructure, Session 8: Strengthening Human Capital in Africa, Session 9: Awareness podium, Session 10: GMES & Africa in the heart of the game and a closing session.

More information about the AfriGEO symposia can be accessed at https://7thafrigeosymposium2023.rcmrd.org/