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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In July 2019,</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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organised successful training program in Open Source Tools, Data and Applications. Participants from Eswatini Kingdom, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho,</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zambia and Zimbabwe were given training in Open Source Tools, Data and Applications.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
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<span style="color: #454545"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Details at
</span><a href="https://www.rcmrd.org/training-on-open-source-tools-data-and-applications-in-eswatini" id="LPlnk465610" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://www.rcmrd.org/training-on-open-source-tools-data-and-applications-in-eswatini</span></a></span><br>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a good example of Bridging the Geospatial Digital Divide and providing opportunities for economically poor communities also to be part of the geo digital
economy. I am grateful to all colleagues working on this excellent initiative. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
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<span style="color: #454545"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I request all colleagues to expand this ideas and scale up</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">geoeducation by using our resources at </span><a href="https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/please-share-geoforall-teaching-research-resources-colleagues-students/" id="LPlnk305910" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/please-share-geoforall-teaching-research-resources-colleagues-students/</span></a></span><br>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wish to send my greetings to all colleagues for the
<b>Digital Earth Africa Day</b> on 12th August 2019. Digital Earth Africa [1][2] will transform the continent’s capacity to process and analyze satellite data for better decision making across many areas, including water, forest and coastal resource management,
agriculture, and urban development.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Digital Earth Africa Day will take place on the sidelines of the RCMRD International Conference & 4th AfriGEOSS Symposium</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at the RCMRD Campus,Nairobi, Kenya. Details at
</span><a href="http://ric2019.rcmrd.org" id="LPlnk771532" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://ric2019.rcmrd.org</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am grateful to all colleagues working for bridging the geospatial digital divide and providing opportunities for economically poor to also be part of the geo digital
economy.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let us all work together to help create a world that is more accessible, equitable and full of innovation and opportunities for everyone.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best wishes,</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suchith</span></p>
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<span style="color: #454545"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[1]
</span><a href="http://www.ga.gov.au/digitalearthafrica" id="LPlnk19868" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.ga.gov.au/digitalearthafrica</span></a></span><br>
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<span style="color: #454545"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[2[
</span><a href="https://www.opendatacube.org" id="LPlnk890411" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://www.opendatacube.org</span></a></span><br>
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