In July 2019, colleagues at the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) organised successful training in Open Source Tools, Data and Applications. Participants from Eswatini Kingdom, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho, Zambia and Zimbabwe were given week long training in Open Source Tools, Data and Applications.
Details at https://www.rcmrd.org/training-on-open-source-tools-data-and-applications-in-eswatini
This is a good example of Bridging the Geospatial Digital Divide [1] and providing opportunities for economically poor communities also to be part of the geo digital economy. GeoForAll are grateful to all colleagues working on this excellent initiative. Requesting all colleagues to expand this ideas and scale up geoeducation training by using our resources at /foundation-news/please-share-geoforall-teaching-research-resources-colleagues-students/
Greetings to all colleagues for the Digital Earth Africa Day on 12th August 2019. Digital Earth Africa [2][3] will transform the continent’s capacity to process and analyze satellite data for better decision making across many areas, including water, forest and coastal resource management, agriculture, and urban development. Digital Earth Africa Day will take place on the sidelines of the RCMRD International Conference & 4th AfriGEOSS Symposium at the RCMRD Campus,Nairobi, Kenya. Details at http://ric2019.rcmrd.org
GeoForAll are grateful to all colleagues working for bridging the geospatial digital divide and providing opportunities for economically poor communities also to be part of the geo digital economy. Let us all work together to help create a world that is more accessible, equitable and full of innovation and opportunities for everyone.
[1] /foundation-news/geography-awareness-week/
