TWIGA
Expanding and improving the network for in situ observations on water, weather and climate in Africa
Few places on Earth are served worse with geo-information than Africa. At the same time, the potential value of geo-information services in Africa is extremely large. TWIGA’s overarching ambition is to fill this information gap by first enhancing satellite-based geodata with innovative in situ sensors and development of actionable information services based on this geodata. This ambitious goal can be achieved thanks to recent advances in sensor and communication technology, as well as new sensing platforms such as UAVs and citizens’ observatories.
Funded by the European Commission
Project period:
february 2018 - end of january 2023
Partners
- Technische Universiteit Delft,
the Netherlands - Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, United Kingdom
- Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GMBH-UFZ, Germany
- Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- Uganda National Council for Science and Technology, Uganda
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
- Strathmore University, Kenya
- Kenya Meteorological Department, Kenya
- South African Weather Service,
South Africa - Trans-African Hydro-Meteorological Observatory, Kenya
- Farmerline LTD, Ghana
- Ghana Agricultural Insurance Pool, Ghana
- Hydrologic Research BV, the Netherlands
- Geomatics Research & Development SRL, Italy
- HCP international, the Netherlands
- Futurewater SL, Spain
- Starlab Barcelona SL, Spain
- Microstep-Mis SPOL SRO, Slovakia
