Getting Started with Africa Geoportal

As a young African geospatial professional, you can get access to a wide range of ESRI tools including ArcGIS Online, Story Map, Survey 123, and many more, as well as powerful datasets from various partner organizations including Africa’s very own data cube – Digital Earth Africa - absolutely free of charge forever (no strings attached) Well, if you didn’t already know that, this episode introduces you to the Africa Geoportal [https://www.africageoportal.com/] powered by ESRI. In this episode, Opeyemi sits down with Pauline Okeyo [https://www.linkedin.com/in/okeyopauline], the Solution Engineer at ESRI Africa, and Project Manager of the Africa Geoportal initiative as she takes us behind the scenes of this initiative. Questions answered include: * · How to get on board (A simple sign-up) * · Some details on tools and resources available (Tools, Datasets, Training) * · What inspired this initiative by ESRI * · What do we mean by free forever * · About credits * · Current user statistics Links mentioned: * Africa GeoPortal Signup [https://africa.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/oauth2/signup?oauth_state=aWRG3sa684dPVK4v0KkHExw..pNhMjp17srQAxxEtSoBKKBYov0YBhpO3OXf3fFWNu42LO64rOa_42gYnK3jXb_8ycbp3heLXR4XgAHAdBCGureBeZii-RyzpT1osjgwErA_mkPgBbv_EiYxfdaqf2DC-StmKqm7MNFk5hxKaXbvBN8_MgPXmOROhQKQddO83MUyNKH9fZX_emtpOg6GgAS2fIv1Rawwz7YiPrrHGifssOsJf9R4M6zARQ9LhkWSuIc8BSqQkUiYIWH9xFeYccpZSz02EoosYs3SjJRwqLjLTWb5csAgU-Fe1Jauci6buyHm015pW2L3n3gXfRPRCzJ63WpGyF3r--c2rI6Xr8UeSEK4JUx7a5cQGoMZAHhGtWR2Fm6AVi0AIDOCG-WMrTy6vPyvGXHWGTCkJDp5dC1iZtnXgg6408pBIVtHbhvrABAYu62IIsTw.] * Digital Earth Africa [https://www.digitalearthafrica.org/] on Africa Geoportal (Data [https://deafrica.africageoportal.com/], Explorer App [https://livingatlas2.arcgis.com/africaexplorerexec/index.html?], Training [https://learn.arcgis.com/en/projects/get-started-with-imagery-for-africa/]) * MapRI Storymap [https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/495573915ce046c996fd4c40b1494a87] * GEO Week 2022 Registration [https://www.earthobservations.org/index.php] * Africa Symposium Registration [https://afrigeosymposium2022.rcmrd.org/#home] Connect with Pauline on LinkedIn  [https://www.linkedin.com/in/okeyopauline/] For more episodes, go to geospatiallyafrica.com/episodes [//geospatiallyafrica.com/episodes] Find us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/geospatialy]and LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/geospatially-africa-podcast/]