This platform features Joint Research Centre (JRC) data, tools, partnerships and stories developed in-house or with African and international partners. It provides a single entry-point to the wealth of JRC knowledge on Africa and aims to support the European Union (EU) objective of deepening the partnership with Africa, as highlighted in the Communication “Towards a comprehensive Strategy with Africa”. This platform has been designed primarily to answer the knowledge needs of EU policymakers working in the different domains of EU cooperation with Africa but can be of interest to external users.

The Africa Knowledge Platform, identifying the strategic transport and infrastructure corridors, and a new solar energy investment index are some of our latest examples of cooperation with African partners.
The JRC has unveiled a new online gateway to decades’ worth of data, tools, partners and success stories on Africa. The Africa Knowledge Platform provides easy, open access to the latest available information.

The Platform was presented ahead of last week’s EU-African Union Summit, right after the launch of the ‘Global Gateway Africa – Europe Investment PackageSearch for available translations of the preceding linkEN•••’, with more than €150 billion of funding for strategic investments.

Working together with African partners, the package aims to accelerate the green and digital transitions, support sustainable growth and decent job creation, strengthen health systems and improve education and training.

Science has a key role to play: when deciding what investments to prioritise, and how, it is important to have access to up to date, reliable knowledge and information. Scientific partnerships are also a good vehicle for co-designing sustainable territorial development and they can help establish common ground for evidence-based decision making.
The Platform covers the full spectrum of JRC work on Africa. Topics range from natural resources to nuclear safety and security, food value chains to satellite observations and climate services, and from sanitation to remittances. It includes interactive tools like the ecosystems explorer, the clean energy access tool, and the wildfire information system. Visitors can create their own maps, from a local scale right up to the level of the whole continent, on various themes.

The Global Gateway investment package will be delivered through ‘Team Europe’ initiatives: the EU, its Member States and European financial institutions will collaborate to support concrete and transformational projects jointly identified in priority areas.

The Africa Knowledge Platform can help Team Europe to capitalise on existing knowledge, access the latest information, and discover good practices. The Platform is a one-stop shop for anyone with a direct interest in cooperation between the EU and African countries and institutions, including African and European stakeholders from the public and private sectors. READ further from the source