Applications of space sciences for the development of Africa

This talk made in October , 2020 has been given during the International Congress of Extended Reality in Sciences (https://dimensionsxr.com) organized by the Swiss Society of Virtual and Augmented Reality (SSVAR – https://ssvar.ch)
#Bio
Dr Labaly TOURE, Geographer-Geomatician, Researcher Teacher is the Director of GEOMATICA, a company of expertise, training and research and development in applied geomatics in Africa.
International consultant, he carried out several expert missions in Senegal and in many countries in Africa.
He is a member of several research groups. He is the author of several scientific articles and a book on setting up a GIS for land management.

He is among others the Vice-President of the Network of African Professionals of Geomatics (RPAG) and President of the Training Commission of the Senegalese Association of Geomatics Professionals (ASPG).

#Abstract
Africa is a booming continent characterized by the dynamism of a youth at the heart of innovation and creativity. Africa is moving in all sectors thanks to technological innovations. Digital technology is changing the face of Africa because in all sectors there are digital applications and products and services from space science. Satellite observation has become a privileged tool for providing the necessary information on the territories, at different scales. But the low number of operational services on the African continent testifies to operational difficulties. These difficulties are of a technical nature (capacity to access and process images, adaptation of methods to local conditions, integration of local know-how, etc.), economic (cost of the equipment necessary for image processing) and organizational ( culture of spatial information, training, management of information flow, synergy between actors, sustainability of partnerships, etc.). Our presentation will focus on the challenges and difficulties of space technologies in Africa. We will also share some of our application experiences in Senegal.

Speaker’s page
https://dimensionsxr.com/congress-speakers/professor-labaly-toure/

The intro video has been made by Dragan Stiglic:
https://draganstiglic.myportfolio.com

The director:
Mohamed Jean-Philippe Sangaré
Founder and CEO of SSVAR
https://www.linkedin.com/in/msangare/

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