Activities from the Africa Knowledge Platform, BIOPAMA and GMES and Africa were presented at the AARSE 2022 international conference organized by the African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment and held in Kigali, Rwanda on the 24^th-28th October 2022. This offered an opportunity to engage with African and international communities to strengthen a partnership network that could help build the AKP in the future. The event also helped promote the use of Earth Observation data and services in Africa to respond to policy needs, build capacity, establish spatial data infrastructure and use standardised technologies and protocols. The GMES and Africa Program organised a side event together with the African Geomatics Professionals Network aiming at training 20 young African entrepreneurs on how to develop their businesses.