On 17 August 2009, the 3rd AMESD-EUMETCast satellite receiving station installed in the International Commission for Congo-Oubangui-Sangha Basin (CICOS) in Kinshasa, the RIC for the Communauté Economique et Monétaire des Etats d'Afrique Centrale (CEMAC) became operational. As of today, all the 5 AMESD Regional Implementation Centers (AGRHYMET, Niamey; Botswana Meteorological Service (BMS), Gaborone; CICOS, Kinshasa; ICPAC, Nairobi and the MOI, Quatre-Bornes) have an operational AMESD-EUMETCast satellite receiving station and can start to collect data and develop the AMESD added value products. In the near future, a supply contract will be concluded in order to supply, installed and train the future users, for another 47 new AMESD satellite receiving stations. This contract will also ensure the maintenance, repair and up-grade of 50 PUMA satellite EUMETCast receiving stations installed in the framework of the PUMA project (also funded by the European Union) in each National Meteorological Services of the 47 ACP African countries.
