GMES North Africa Consortium successfully completed its second Hackathon
On 13 December 2023, GMES North Africa Consortium successfully completed its second Hackathon, organized in synergy with the European Space Agency (GeoVille/ESA) and the University of Manouba.
The hackathon was on the valorization of Earth Observation through innovative technologies and solutions linked to Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing.
It marked the first mass use of the ESA Dunia platform in many African countries, and was organized under the theme "Hackathon on the use of Earth Observation for the sustainable management of natural resources in Africa", targeting startups, students and IT developers.
A total of 254 people from 34 African countries registered for the competition, and actively took part in the 2 training sessions held in virtual mode a week before the competition.
The Hackathon itself took place in hybrid mode at the Manouba University Campus in Tunisia and was opened by the President University. In total, 14 teams from 8 African countries took part: Algeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Tunisia, Malawi, Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Uganda.
The winner team
It marked the first mass use of the ESA Dunia platform in many African countries, and was organized under the theme "Hackathon on the use of Earth Observation for the sustainable management of natural resources in Africa", targeting startups, students and IT developers.
A total of 254 people from 34 African countries registered for the competition, and actively took part in the 2 training sessions held in virtual mode a week before the competition.
The Hackathon itself took place in hybrid mode at the Manouba University Campus in Tunisia and was opened by the President University. In total, 14 teams from 8 African countries took part: Algeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Tunisia, Malawi, Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Uganda.
See also
https://gmes4africa.blogspot.com/2023/11/gmes-north-africa-consortium-and-esa-hackathon.htmlhttps://gmes4africa.blogspot.com/2023/12/gmes-and-africa-north-africa-hackathons.html
About the GMES and Africa - North Africa Consortium
It was set up by the Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS) with the support of the prime national and regional institutions and partners in charge of the development and valorisation of Earth Observation products in support of the sustainable management of land and water resources in the North African region.
http://projet.oss-online.org/GMES-Africa/en/home
https://dunia.esa.int/
Ms Leila Bennani, Communication officer, leila.bennani[at]oss.org.tn
About DUNIA
Dunia is an all-in-one, easy to use platform for processing and disseminating earth observation data over Africa, that even works on mobile.https://dunia.esa.int/
About the G&A Hackathon
Since 2017, G&A (PMU and or the Consortia) has set up 8 hackathons. The partner is most often ESA via its programs promoting the use of Earth observation, EO Africa R&D and now DUNIA. But JRC and EUMETSAT have also been sometimes involved.Contacts
Mr Evence louis Zoungrana, Project Manager louis.zoungrana[at]oss.org.tnMs Leila Bennani, Communication officer, leila.bennani[at]oss.org.tn
The participants
Restitution and pitching session online
Restitution and pitching session online
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