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Jobs, fellowships, scholarships, training, conferences and the people building Africa's geospatial workforce.
ETCO Space and Open Cosmos agreed to cooperate on satellite and Earth observation capability, covering coastal and pollution monitoring and training for Omani staff.
Source: Oman News Agency
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT and CGIAR ran a first workshop with KNBS on spatial analytics for crop mapping, climate risk and SDG indicators.
Source: Tech Review Africa
Locate26 registration deadlines, the Hobart Earth observation forum, the 2026 GEO Symposium Report and LINZ's annual report feature in this weekly round-up.
Source: Spatial Source
Free exhibition access on 24 November and BOSSI CPD points are confirmed for the joint Locate26 and Digital Earth Summit in Melbourne.
Source: Spatial SourceA SENSAT engineer was among 15 Africans selected for ESA Academy training on Earth observation satellite design, to support Senegal's NINKI-NANKA constellation.
Source: Tech Review Africa
Kenya Space Agency met MinoSpace, Emposat and Beihang University in China to discuss satellite data access, ground systems and training; no deals were announced.
Source: Kenya Space Agency
Three paid surveying traineeships in Parramatta, Orange and Wagga Wagga lead to a Certificate IV, starting January 2027.
Source: Transport for NSW (I Work For NSW)Angola's space office GGPEN and Portugal's GEOSAT agree to develop Earth observation services, pilot projects and training under the ANGEO-1 programme.
Source: GGPEN
The YEP day at Locate26 and the 10th Digital Earth Summit in Melbourne on 24 November combines mentoring, networking and seven research talks.
Source: Spatial Source
CISON's Abuja workshop taught statisticians to use R and Python for spatial analysis and visualisation, aiming at sub-national, evidence-based planning.
Source: News Agency of Nigeria