West Africa stands at a crossroads. Steep population growth, climate impacts, and urbanization accelerate pressure on natural resources through rapid deforestation, extension of agricultural land, land degradation, pollution, alteration of water flows and biodiversity loss.
In this challenge lies an opportunity. West Africa is on the brink of a transformative change, driven by youth, urbanization, and information technology. This socio-economic revolution harbors massive pent-up demand for sustainable digital solutions to realize Africa's potential. This opens the way for quality food, feed, fuel, and more for domestic consumption and export on world markets. This opens the door for SERVIR WA 2 to support innovative Earth Observation (EO) solutions in West Africa as it is doing in four other regions around the globe.
