KSA and the University of Nairobi host a 48-hour hackathon challenging students to build innovative applications using satellite Earth observation data.
The Event
Over 200 students from 15 Kenyan universities participated in the 48-hour EO Hackathon, using satellite data from Taifa-1 and open-source datasets from ESA's Copernicus programme to develop applications addressing challenges in agriculture, disaster response, and urban planning.
Winners
The winning team developed an AI-powered crop disease detection system using multispectral satellite imagery combined with smartphone photos. The solution can identify maize lethal necrosis disease three weeks before visible symptoms appear, potentially saving millions of shillings in crop losses annually.
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