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Jobs, fellowships, scholarships, training, conferences and the people building Africa's geospatial workforce.
In Dar es Salaam, the conversation around OpenStreetMap was about more than maps. At State of the Map Africa 2026, the African open mapping community looked beyond collecting data to building tools and influencing decisions.
From dusty site boots to rolled-up subdivision plans, Jemimah Muthoni shares her inspiring journey as a female land surveyor in Kenya and how she founded Geogenius Surveying and Conveyancing.
Explore how GIS education, digital mapping technologies, and community engagement are empowering young professionals to shape the future of geospatial science.
YouthMappers empowers students worldwide to contribute to OpenStreetMap, support disaster response initiatives, and improve access to accurate geospatial information through collaborative mapping.
GIS Certification Institute is promoting its GISP and entry-level GISP-E credentials across Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, seeking partners among employers and universities.
Source: Spatial Source
A Turkmen university will hold its second online cartography Olympiad on 20 November, with applications open until 10 November.
Source: Turkmen State Architecture and Construction Institute (TSACI)
Participants from 14 Pacific countries met in Nadi to share marine spatial planning lessons, citing data gaps and limited technical capacity as shared hurdles.
Source: Pacific Community (SPC) via PACNEWS
AfSA is taking applications until 30 November for a five-day EO, GIS and AI course in Rabat in January 2027, covering agriculture, land use and water security.
Source: Tech Review AfricaThe Kenya Space Agency and Expertise France have opened an EO lab at Taita Taveta University offering satellite data, open-source tools and training.
Source: Kenya Space Agency
Kenya Space Agency and Expertise France open an EO lab at Taita Taveta University offering satellite data, open-source tools and training to students and startups.
Source: Kenya Space Agency
EgSA and EAPD will train 20 African professionals in Cairo from 6 to 17 December, all costs covered. Applications close on 9 November.
Source: Space in Africa
GeoRabble's free geospatial meet-ups come to Parramatta for the first time on GIS Day, with a Melbourne session at Locate26 on 24 November.
Source: Spatial Source
Former Trimble general manager and Otago alumnus Mark Nichols takes up a fellowship to grow the university's Trimble Technology Lab and cross-discipline teaching.
Source: University of Otago
NOAA's Satellite Liaisons train forecasters and emergency managers to use satellite products, and pass user feedback back to researchers and product developers.
Source: NOAA NESDIS