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Founding Partners

The three founding partners, The University of the Witwatersrand ( Johannesburg, South Africa), the Council for Geoscience (CGS)( Pretoria, South Africa), and The Pennsylvania State University ( University Park, PA, USA), have provided $1.7M in in-kind support to launch AfricaArray.

Administration

The AfricaArray degree programmes are being run through the School of Geosciences at the University of the Witwatersrand. Within many parts of southern Africa, the Council for Geoscience provides support for installing, upgrading, and operating seismic equipment at the AfricaArray scientific observatories. Technical training for seismic equipment operation and maintenance also is provided by the CGS. Elsewhere in Africa, other network operators are providing support for the installation, operation and maintenance of seismic equipment. The Pennsylvania State University is providing technical support to the training program and for constructing and operating the scientific observatories.

The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) is providing AfricaArray with data management (archiving and distribution) through its Data Management Center. IRIS also has provided many refurbished data loggers for use in the permanent observatories.

Profs. Andrew Nyblade (Penn State University) and Paul Dirks (University of the Witwatersrand) serve as the Directors for AfricaArray.

In addition to the founding institutions, there are many other AfricaArray partner institutions in industry, government and academia (AfricaArray Participants). For institutions interested in joining the AfricaArray partnership, application materials are provided in the How to Become Involved section.