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Photos from African Geospace's post 28/02/2026

Time for Space-Based Climate Resilience

What if the most powerful climate solution in Africa wasn’t on the ground — but in orbit?

While climate change is often framed as loss and disaster, a quiet revolution is happening hundreds of kilometers above us.

And it’s rewriting Africa’s climate story.

Every year, the continent loses an estimated $23 billion to climate-related impacts.
Floods. Droughts. Coastal erosion. Deforestation.

But here’s the shift:

We no longer have to react.
We can anticipate.

Across Africa, satellite intelligence is turning uncertainty into strategy:

↳ Flood risks identified before communities are underwater
↳ Forest concessions monitored transparently in real time
↳ Water basins tracked continuously — quantity and quality
↳ Coastlines mapped to protect infrastructure and livelihoods
↳ Climate models powered by African data for African decisions

This isn’t about “watching the weather.”

It’s about building sovereign climate intelligence.

Satellite imagery is no longer a high-tech extra.
It’s infrastructure.
It’s risk management.
It’s economic protection.

And most importantly — it’s an opportunity.

An opportunity to:
↳ Strengthen public policy
↳ De-risk investments
↳ Empower local innovators
↳ Create high-value geospatial jobs across the continent

Climate change is one of Africa’s greatest challenges.
But space-based data might be one of its greatest strategic advantages.

The question is no longer “Can we afford this technology?”
It’s “Can we afford not to use it?”

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21/02/2026

« le marché spatial africain est encore vierge - c’est maintenant que tout se joue » (Richard Folly, African Geospace)

Données satellitaires, IA, drones, agriculture de précision, sécurité, finance climatique… Longtemps cantonné à des usages techniques, le géospatial est devenu aujourd’hui un levier stratégique de souveraineté, de résilience et de compétitivité pour les États africains. Au Togo, comme ailleurs sur le continent, l’écosystème se structure progressivement, entre initiatives citoyennes, montée en puissance du secteur privé et prise de conscience des pouvoirs publics.

Dans cet entretien accordé à Togo First, Richard Folly, fondateur et directeur général d’African Geospace, décrypte les grandes mutations à l’œuvre : l’irruption de l’IA dans l’analyse des données spatiales, les usages concrets de la geodata dans l’agriculture, la finance ou la gestion des risques climatiques, mais aussi les choix stratégiques auxquels sont confrontés les États africains, entre satellites nationaux et solutions mutualisées.

Passé par la NASA, analyste géospatial et entrepreneur engagé dans la transformation digitale, Richard Folly livre également sa vision du développement de l’écosystème africain du spatial, des modèles économiques viables pour les start-up locales et des conditions nécessaires pour que l’Afrique ne soit plus seulement consommatrice, mais actrice de la révolution géospatiale mondiale.

https://www.agenceecofin.com/actualites-finance/0402-135479-le-marche-spatial-africain-est-encore-vierge-c-est-maintenant-que-tout-se-joue-richard-folly-african-geospace

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