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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.
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:

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The Joint Research Centre (JRC) hosted an ArcX Programme workshop at its premises in Ispra from 20 to 24 April, bringing together representatives from African Regional Centres of...
The Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) is planning to host the Regional Geospatial Forum for Inclusive Biodiversity Action, taking place from 9-12 June 2026,...
Call for Proposals
Calls for Proposals in the framework of the Africa Regional Centres of Excellence (ArcX) programme’s Ocean Component - OPERA – Ocean Prediction Enhancement in Regions in Africa are now...
This new report provides a spatially-explicit characterisation of the ecological value of 45 Key Landscapes for Conservation and Development (KLCDs) across Sub-Saharan Africa. ...
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...
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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Call for Proposals
Calls for Proposals in the framework of the Africa Regional Centres of Excellence (ArcX) programme’s Ocean Component - OPERA – Ocean Prediction Enhancement in Regions in Africa are now...
Workshop
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) hosted an ArcX Programme workshop at its premises in Ispra from 20 to 24 April, bringing together representatives from African Regional Centres of...
The current version of the GDW database (version 1.0) aims to catalogue all types of anthropogenic instream barriers. While initial mapping efforts prioritize major dams that form reservoirs, as well ...
Modern energy services are crucial to human well-being and to a country’s economic development; and yet 1.2 billion people are without access to electricity. It is recognized that the central grid is ...
The Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) is planning to host the Regional Geospatial Forum for Inclusive Biodiversity Action, taking place from 9-12 June 2026,...
This dataset represents a geographic clip to Africa of the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), which is the authoritative and most complete global dataset on terrestrial and ...
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