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  • KijaniSpace Deploys Smart Field Monitoring Infrastructure at Greater Hope Farm in Uganda

    KijaniSpace has deployed a new smart field monitoring station at Greater Hope Farm in Mayuge District, Uganda, strengthening its crop farming pilot for climate-smart agriculture. Located near the shores of Lake Victoria, the farm grows maize, bananas, tomatoes, and green peppers and provides an ideal environment for testing digital agriculture technologies thanks to its solar-powered…

  • KijaniSpace Completes Space-IoT Box Installation at Nyakasanga Irrigation Scheme to Advance Climate-Smart Rice Farming

    The KijaniSpace consortium has completed the Space-IoT Box installation at the Nyakasanga Irrigation Scheme in Tanzania, creating an operational crop farming pilot for climate-smart agriculture.

  • Space-IoT Box Removes Barriers to Using Earth Observation Data in Climate-Smart Agriculture

    Developing climate-smart agriculture services often requires combining satellite imagery, weather information and IoT sensor data from multiple disconnected sources—a complex and time-consuming task. The KijaniSpace Space-IoT Box solves this challenge by bringing these resources together in one integrated platform, enabling developers, researchers and SMEs to build innovative Copernicus-powered applications faster and more efficiently.

  • KijaniSpace Turns Local Needs into Exploitable Space-IoT Innovation

    KijaniSpace has transformed the voices of farmers, fish farmers and regional stakeholders into practical requirements for the next generation of Space-IoT solutions. Through workshops in Kenya and Tanzania, the project identified priority use cases that will guide the development of climate-smart agriculture and aquaculture services across the Lake Victoria Basin.

  • Stakeholders shape Space-IoT priorities for climate-smart agriculture in the Lake Victoria Basin

    ChallengeFarmers, fishers and aquaculture actors in the Lake Victoria Basin face climate variability, fragmented data, disease risks, market barriers and limited access to usable digital tools. D2.2 shows that these challenges are not only technical, but also linked to governance, data coordination and policy implementation gaps. What KijaniSpace didKijaniSpace convened ideation workshops in Kisumu, Kenya…

  • Unpacking KijaniSpace D1.2: Our Data Management Plan and Contributions to SDGs & EU Priorities & Global Challenges

    D1.2 Data Management Plan The project’s deliverable D1.2 Data Management Plan (DMP) and Ethical Framework outlines how KijaniSpace will manage and utilise data throughout the project lifecycle, adhering strictly to FAIR principles – ensuring data is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. Existing datasets, such as Copernicus satellite imagery, meteorological data, OpenStreetMap, and IoT data, form…

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  • KijaniSpace Deploys Smart Field Monitoring Infrastructure at Greater Hope Farm in Uganda

    KijaniSpace has deployed a new smart field monitoring station at Greater Hope Farm in Mayuge District, Uganda, strengthening its crop farming pilot for climate-smart agriculture. Located near the shores of Lake Victoria, the farm grows maize, bananas, tomatoes, and green peppers and provides an ideal environment for testing digital agriculture technologies thanks to its solar-powered…

  • KijaniSpace Turns Earth Observation and IoT Skills into Nine Digital Innovations for Climate-Smart Agriculture and Aquaculture

    This post is based on the KijaniSpace Talent Hackathon Report provided by LakeHub and prepared by Margaret Sandra Ojwando. The report documents the hackathon held on 24–25 July 2026 in Kisumu, Kenya, highlighting how young innovators applied Earth Observation, IoT and digital innovation skills to develop practical solutions for agriculture and aquaculture challenges in the…

  • KijaniSpace Hackathon 2026 Begins in Kisumu

    Young innovators gather to develop climate-smart solutions using Earth Observation and IoT technologies The KijaniSpace Kisumu Talent Training Programme Hackathon officially kicks off on 24–25 July 2026 at LakeHub, Kisumu, Kenya, bringing together talented students, researchers, entrepreneurs, developers and innovators for two days of intensive collaboration and innovation. The hackathon is the on-site component of…

  • KijaniSpace Completes Space-IoT Box Installation at Nyakasanga Irrigation Scheme to Advance Climate-Smart Rice Farming

    The KijaniSpace consortium has completed the Space-IoT Box installation at the Nyakasanga Irrigation Scheme in Tanzania, creating an operational crop farming pilot for climate-smart agriculture.

  • KijaniSpace Talent Training Programme Successfully Launched with First Training Session

    On 21 May 2026, the KijaniSpace Talent Training Programme officially launched its first online training session for selected participants from across Africa. The opening course introduced participants to the fundamentals of mapping, spatial data, cartography, coordinate systems, remote sensing, and modern GIS technologies. The session provided an important foundation for understanding how Earth Observation, satellite…

  • KijaniSpace Contributes to WTO Dialogue on Technology Transfer to LDCs

    KijaniSpace was invited to contribute to the World Trade Organization workshop on the implementation of Article 66.2 of the TRIPS Agreement, focusing on incentives for technology transfer to Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The workshop took place in Geneva on 21–23 April 2026 and brought together global policy-makers, international organisations, and practitioners to discuss how technology…

Stories and testimonies

  • Women in Tech – Meet Ms Candy Jannys

    Welcome to KijaniSpace Talent Voices, a series where participants of the KijaniSpace Talent Training Programme share their own stories, experiences and aspirations. Today we are honoured to introduce Candy Jannys, a young woman from Kisumu, Kenya, whose passion for technology has been shaped by determination, resilience and a desire to make a positive impact in…

  • Women in Tech – Meet Ms Michelle Wanjiru from Kisumu, Kenya

    Meet Michelle Wanjiru from Kisumu, Kenya – a Junior Developer, Backend and DevOps Engineer at Zone01 Kisumu and a participant in the KijaniSpace Talent Training Programme. In this personal story, Michelle shares her journey into technology, what motivates her to keep learning, and how she aims to use her skills to create meaningful solutions. She…

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