Conveners
AfricaConnect High-level Meeting: Empowering Climate Research: Enhancing NREN Infrastructure, Regional Collaboration, and Open Data
- Omo Oaiya (Chief Strategy Officer, WACREN)
AfricaConnect High-level Meeting: Co-designing funding for climate research data infrastructure in Africa
- Kaitlin Thaney (Executive Director, Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI))
Description
AfricaConnect High-level meeting on broader participation and opportunities for enhancing regional infrastructure for data acquisition and scientific computing.
In the second part of this session, Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI) will explore with participants collective funding models and approaches to center and support African climate data and infrastructure needs. The session will showcase learnings from IOI’s engagement in Africa and experience in coordinating multi-stakeholder funds, and explore intersections with current needs from research communities served through the AfricaConnect program and beyond.
