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Establish Open Source Clubs in Universities_ UG-GMES Coordinator Director for Global Monitoring for Environment and Security and Africa (Marine) project in West Africa, Prof. George Wiafe has called for the establishment of open source clubs in all the twelve ECOWAS countries, starting with the University of Ghana. Prof. George Wiafe, Project coordinator of GMES and Africa (marine) in West Africa, addressing the workshop participants The establishment of these clubs he believes will serve as a capacity-building avenue for students and will better equip them to exploit the benefits from the blue economy agenda. It will further leverage the competition between students from Africa and the rest of the world. The club has been created at the Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences at the University of Ghana, with about 80 members so far. He made this call during a joint workshop between the marine and fisheries sciences departments of the University of Ghana and the

Gmes Experts Call For Investment In Space Science To Tackle Climate Change   Group of Experts and participants at the GMES – ECOWAS workshop Experts at a three-day regional conference of geographers and other scientists in Ivory Coast have called for more investments in space science in Africa to help tackle the climate change menace. It is estimated that more than 40 billion dollars will annually be lost or absorbed in Africa due to the consequences of climate change effects. Therefore, to reduce the consequences of climate change in Africa, which has become the most vulnerable despite being the less contributor to climate change, the science experts are advocating a reduced impact of climate change through adaptation measures. The 12th edition of the 3-day ECOWAS and Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) & Africa conference brought together over 150 science experts, students, policy makers and traditional leaders to deliberate on issues aff