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A gateway to data and information on Africa's social, economic, territorial and environmental development, developed by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.
This platform features Joint Research Centre (JRC) data, tools, partnerships, and stories developed in-house or with African and international partners. It provides a single entry-point to the wealth of European Commission knowledge on Africa and aims to support the European Union (EU) objective of deepening the partnership with Africa.

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Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transistion Program

This platform serves as the Knowledge and Information hub for the Regional Centers of Excellence program. It underpins its Transversal component helping foster knowledge exchange and strengthen the science-policy interface, covering the priority topics linked to the Green Transition:

Biodiversity & Forest
Water
Agroecology
Ocean
Climate Change Resilience
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Climate Change Resilience
Two Positions Now Open at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Jobs announcement
Two positions have been opened at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) under the Africa Regional Centres of Excellence (ArcX) Programme funded through the...
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Ocean
Development and implementation of the Ocean Prediction Decade Collaborative Centre Architecture for Ocean Forecasting
Call for Proposals
The call for tenders to provide the technical support for the development and deployment of Ocean forecasting and support the Regional Centres of Excellence is out: Development and...
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Biodiversity & Forest
RCMRD officially launches mandate as a Subregional Technical and Scientific Cooperation Support Centre
The Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) officially launched its mandate as a Subregional Technical and Scientific Cooperation Support Centre.
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Biodiversity & Forest
From Data to Decisions: Building the Governance Backbone of Africa’s Natural Systems
RCMRD is releasing two complementary policy briefs which, taken together, set out a single strategic ambition: to build a transnational governance framework for ecosystems based on...
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Climate Change Resilience
ECMWF Request for Expression of Interest for the SEWA Regional Pilots launched
The Request for Expression of Interest focusses on African–European partnership for co-designing regional pilots that demonstrate impact-based forecasting (IbF) services and tools. These...
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Biodiversity & Forest
ArcX in Action: Powering Regional Collaboration Through Geospatial Innovation
A new StoryMap by the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), presents the purpose, progress, and impact of the ArcX initiative as it works to strengthen...
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Walking travel time to nearest school (in hours)
This layer represents the estimated travel time (in hours) by foot to the nearest primary school. The accessibility map is generated using a well-established geospatial methodology that integrates roa...
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Walking travel time to nearest hospital (in hours)
This layer represents the estimated travel time (in hours) by foot to the nearest healthcare facility. The underlying methodology is described in Weiss et al. (2020), which leverages major data collec...
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Severe wasting prevalence in under-5 children (2019)
This layer shows the percentage of children under 5 experiencing severe wasting (in 2019) — the most critical form of acute malnutrition. These children face a significantly higher risk of mortality ...
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Underweight prevalence in under-5 children (2019)
This layer shows the percentage of children under 5 years of age (in 2019) who are underweight, based on low weight-for-age. Underweight is a composite indicator capturing both chronic and acute under...
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Wasting prevalence in under-5 children (2019)
This layer shows the prevalence of wasting among children under 5 years of age (in 2019), a sign of acute undernutrition indicated by low weight-for-height. Wasting reflects recent and severe weight l...
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Malaria prevalence in children aged 2 to 10 years (2022)
This layer provides estimates of the percentage of children aged 2 to 10 years (PfPR2–10) with detectable Plasmodium falciparum parasites in 2022. The estimates are generated using geostatistical mode...
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Sustainable Development Goals
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SDG Goal 5

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

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SDG 10

Reduce inequality within and among countries

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SDG 11

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

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SDG 12

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

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SDG 13

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts (Acknowledging that the United Nations…
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SDG 14

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
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SDG 15

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests…
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SDG 16

Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for…
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SDG 17

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable…
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SDG 1

End poverty in all its forms everywhere.

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SDG 2

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

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SDG 3

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.

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SDG 4

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for…
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SDG 6

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

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SDG 7

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

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SDG 8

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and…
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SDG 9

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster…