Program

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Monday 20 July 2026

8:00-10:00 Welcome Session: Cloud Microphysics, Aerosol–Cloud Interactions, and Convection (Chair: Franklin Opijah)

08:00-09:20 Welcome and Introduction

09:20-09:50 Keynote Greg McFarquhar, Cloud and Precipitation Research in a Changing World: Opportunities for Africa and the Future of International Collaboration

09:50-10:00 Keynote Q&A

10:00-11:00 Tea

11:00-12:00 Session 1: Cloud Microphysics, Aerosol–Cloud Interactions, and Convection (Chairs: Tadele Badecho and Lucien Jordan Tchouassi)

11:00-11:30 Keynote Susan van den Heever, Advancing Understanding and Prediction of African Severe Convective Storms through the NASA INCUS Mission

11:30-11:40 Keynote Q&A

11:40-11:50 Juliet Pilewskie, Contrasting convective cloud properties and their corresponding environments between Equatorial Africa and South America

11:50-12:00 Q&A

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-14:30 Session 2: Cloud Microphysics, Aerosol–Cloud Interactions, and Convection (Chairs: Janet Appiah Osei and Gael Tchigmo Tchapda)

13:00-13:10 Jean-Pierre Chaboureau, Linking Ice Microphysics to Updraft Intensity in Tropical Deep Convection

13:10-13:20 Chris Taylor, Wind shear and soil moisture combine to favour rapid thunderstorm growth across Sub-Saharan Africa

13:30-13:40 Oluseyi Akinola*, An Evaluation of Aerosol-Cloud Interactions over southern West Africa.

13:40-13:50 Michael Ochei#*, COSMO-MUSCAT Simulated Aerosol-Cloud Interactions and the Impacts on Climatic Parameter over West Africa.

13:50-14:00 Bjørn Samset, Rapid adjustments to black carbon cause precipitation invigoration in the African monsoon systems

14:10-14:20 Q&A

14:20-14:30 Theme synthesis

14:30-15:00 Tea

15:00-16:30 Session 3: Cloud Microphysics, Aerosol–Cloud Interactions, and Convection (Chairs: Laban Kebacho and Juliet Pilewskie)

15:00-15:10 Stephen Opiyo#*, The Global Landscape of Weather Modification Activities and Operational Practices

15:10-15:20 Philip Stier, Aerosol perturbations to anvil cloud radiative effects

15:20-15:30 Q&A

15:30-16:30 Poster presentations

Tuesday 21 July 2026

8:00-10:15 Session 1: Observations, Measurement Techniques, and Data Integration (Chairs: Gloria Okafor and Elizabeth Sunguti)

08:30-09:00 Keynote Luis Antonio Ladino Moreno, On the Importance of Tropical Aerosol Particles in Mixed-Phase and Cirrus Clouds Formation

09:00-09:10 Keynote Q&A

09:10-09:20 Soro Wahiaga Navoungassorou#*, Validation study of Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI) products: A comparison between HelioClim-3, ERA5 reanalysis and weather stations in Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa)

09:20-09:30 Romaric C. Odoulami*, Attributing the driving mechanisms of the 2015-2017 drought in the Western Cape (South Africa) using self-organising maps

09:30-09:40 Karen Kosiba, Mobile radar observations of severe convection and potential Lake Victoria application

09:40-09:50 Elizabeth Sunguti#*, Future changes in mean and extreme precipitation over the Lake Victoria Basin: A pseudo-global warming mini-ensemble approach

09:50-10:00 Ahmed Abdelmonem, Influence of cloud history on ice-nucleation properties of oxide mineral aerosols

10:00-10:15 Q&A

10:15-11:00 Tea

11:00-12:00 Session 2: Observations, Measurement Techniques, and Data Integration (Chairs: Stephanie Vanessa Ashu Ngonoa and Jawairia Ashfaq Ahmad)

11:00-11:10 Gael Tchigmo Tchapda#*, Use of Satellite data for nowcasting prediction methods coupled with use of NWP in determining the occurrence of convective systems at a station to help air users plan their flight efficiently

11:10-11:20 Cheffou M Rachid#*, Contribution of space hydrology to the monitoring and management of water resources in the Niger River

11:20-11:30 Tadele Badecho#*, Drought Propagation Dynamics and Machine Learning-Based Yield Prediction for Major Cereal Crops in Ethiopia

11:30-11:40 Q&A

11:40-12:00 Theme synthesis

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-14:30 Hands-on: Reading the Radar (Part 1): The beam in space; one measurement; range, velocity & ambiguity

14:30-15:00 Tea

15:00-16:30 Hands-on: Reading the Radar (Part 2): Reading a hurricane's winds; wavelength, weather & the scan; two polarizations

17:30-20:00 Conference dinner at the Kenia United Club

Wednesday 22 July 2026

8:00-10:15 Session 1: Modelling, Prediction, Nowcasting, and Extreme Weather (Chairs: Millicent Seyram Krah and Thierry C. Fotso-Nguemo)

08:30-09:00 Keynote Kristen Rasmussen, Extreme Convective Systems in the Tropics: Observations, Modelling, and Climate Implications for Africa

09:00-09:10 Keynote Q&A

09:10-09:20 Alassanbiga Alassani#*, Atmospheric dynamics associated with extreme precipitation in West Africa

09:20-09:30 Nounassou Vincent Hounkpe*, Modeling carbon monoxide dispersion by a three-dimensional analytical model in the Gulf of Guinea using the 4D-Var assimilation method

09:30-09:40 Laban Kebacho#*, Dynamical Drivers of Rainfall Variability in East Africa: The Interplay of the MJO, Mascarene High, and Tropical Cyclones

09:40-09:50 Ma-Lyse Nema#*, When Rainfall Turns Deadly: Linking Precipitation Extremes to Landslide Risk in the Kivu Catchment of Rwanda

09:50-10:00 Q&A

10:00-11:00 Tea

11:00-12:00 Session 2: Modelling, Prediction, Nowcasting, and Extreme Weather (Chairs: Stephen Balaka Opiyo and Kabir Suleiman)

11:00-11:10 Paul Limbu#*, Understanding Possible Physical Mechanisms Associated With Variability of March to May Seasonal Extreme Wettest Days Rainfall in Tanzania

11:10-11:20 Mphatso Tawakali#*, Evaluation of CHIRPS v3.0 Satellite Rainfall Estimates Against Rain Gauge Observations for Climate Monitoring and Flood Early Warning Applications in Malawi

11:20-11:30 Ibrahim Salifou Touré#*, Mesoscale Convective System Development, Synoptic Drivers, and Forecast Challenges of a Catastrophic Coastal Extreme Rainfall Event in West Africa

11:30-11:40 Theme synthesis

11:40-12:00 Q&A

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-14:30 Hands-on: Satellite nowcasting of convection with Cris Taylor and Jawairia Ahmad OR Drones and ground-based instruments in field campaigns with Su van der Heever

14:30-15:00 Tea

15:00-16:30 Hands-on: Flexpart tutorial with Blaž Gasparini and Marina Dütsch OR km-scale climate modelling with Kristen Rasmussen

Thursday 23 July 2026

8:00-10:15 Session 1: Modelling, AI and Machine Learning, and Extreme Weather (Chairs: Mphatso Tawakali and Michael Ochei)

08:30-09:00 Keynote Mary-Jane Bopape, From Subgrid Processes to Severe Weather Forecasting

09:00-09:10 Keynote Q&A

09:10-09:20 Sandra Adjetey*, COME: Cloud Estimation Using Sky Image Processing Tecniques for Operational Meteorology

09:20-09:30 Jawairia Ahmad, Nowcasting deep convection across Africa using AI

09:30-09:40 Blaž Gasparini, Tracking tropical anvil clouds over Africa to constrain climate feedbacks

09:40-09:50 Tlakale Mogebisa#*, Atmospheric-terrestrial water balance simulations using convection-permitting coupled WRF-Hydro over South Africa: Improving prediction using deep learning

09:50-10:00 Lucien Jordan Tchouassi#*, On the use of machine learning (ML) methodologies for bias adjustment (BA) of climate model results.

10:00-10:15 Q&A

10:15-11:00 Tea

11:00-12:00 Session 2: Urban environments & Extreme Weather (Chairs: Clement Kawerenga and Alassanbiga Alassani)

11:00-11:30 Keynote Fei Chen, Advancing Urban Extreme Weather Modeling, Prediction, and Warning

11:30-11:40 Keynote Q&A

11:40-11:50 Balikuddembe Joseph Kiwuuwa#*, Generative AI Model for Probalistic O6 Hourly Precipitation Prediction

11:50-12:00 Q&A

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-14:30 Hands-on: Analyzing MesoNHforC2OMODO simulations of deep convection with Jean-Pierre Chaboureau

14:30-15:00 Tea

15:00-16:30 Hands-on: 3DPAWS with KMD

Friday 24 July 2026

8:00-10:15 Session 1: Climate Change, Urbanisation, and Future Directions (Chairs: Tlakale Mogebisa and Friday Gabriel Ibeh)

08:30-09:00 Keynote Maina Muniafu, Contributing to Climate Data and Resilience. Possibilities and Constraints for Citizens

09:00-09:10 Keynote Q&A

09:10-09:20 Clement Kawerenga#*, Analysis of floods at Mzuzu city Malawi

09:20-09:30 Janet Appiah Osei#*, Meteorological Drivers of Vehicle Fuel Consumption and Emissions under Current and Future Climate Scenarios in Ghana

09:30-09:40 Camilla Stjern, African climate response to global and regional aerosol emissions mitigation

09:40-09:50 Daisy Bonyo*, Modelling Heat Stress in Urban Areas – Case of Nairobi

09:50-10:00 Friday Gabriel Ibeh#*, Occupational Health Risks and Dust Exposure Among Quarry Workers in Nigeria: Knowledge, Practices, and Health Implications

10:00-10:15 Q&A

10:15-10:25 Comfort break

10:25-0 Session 2: Climate Change, Urbanisation, and Future Directions (Chairs: Balikuddembe Joseph Kiwuuwa and Abdel Aziz Mouamfon Mounguetyi)

10:30-10:40 Kabir Suleiman#*, Strengthening local Governance and Community Based Resilience Programs in Addressing Climate Change Induced conflicts in the Sahel Region

10:40-10:50 Millicent Seyram Krah#*, Analyzing Coastal Floods in Data-Scarce Regions through Integrated Climate and Observational Analysis: Insights from Keta, Ghana

10:50-11:00 Q&A

11:00-12:00 Tea

12:00-13:30 Imaging future African field campaigns with Joshua Wurman and Karen Kosiba

13:30-14:30 Lunch

14:30-15:30 Final session: Climate Change, Urbanisation, and Future Directions (Chair: Greg McFarquhar)

14:30-14:55 Breakout into themes and identification of top 3 questions

15:00-15:30 Global sub-km hackathon

15:20-15:50 Keynote Mary Scholes, Climate change impacts, sociological research and the way forward?

15:50-16:00 Keynote Q&A

16:00-16:30 Conference closing

Poster Presentations

Stephanie Vanessa Ashu Ngonoa*#, Intense Mesoscale Convective Systems in Central Africa and associated large scale environments

Thierry C. Fotso-Nguemo*#, Evaluation of extreme precipitation events as simulated by CMIP6 models over Central Africa: Seasonal cycles

Zamin Kanji, Development of a Modular Horizontal Cloud Condensation Nuclei Counter (HCCNC) to Detect Particle Activation

Emmanuel Kiprotich#, Enhancing Short-Term Marine Weather Nowcasting and Life-Saving Dissemination over the Western Indian Ocean and Lake Victoria

Balikuddembe Joseph Kiwuuwa*#, Generative AI Model for Probalistic O6 Hourly Precipitation Prediction

Vika Maria Dolores Kouakou*#, Assessment of future extreme weather events during the phenological phases of cocoa trees in growing areas in Côte d'Ivoire

Abdel Aziz Mouamfon Mounguetyi*#, AI and Machine Learning for Climate Drivers of Rainfall in East Africa

Ma-Lyse Nema*#, When Rainfall Turns Deadly: Linking Precipitation Extremes to Landslide Risk in the Kivu Catchment of Rwanda

Gloria Okafor*#, Seasonal and Long-Term Urban Heat Island Dynamics in Nigerian Coastal Cities: A Multi-Decadal Remote Sensing and LSTM-Based Analysis

Tofikk Redi#, Implications of Heatwave Dynamics for Adaptation and Resilience in Ethiopia

Salam Sankara#, Modelling the future distribution of Melanoides tuberculata in the Volta Basin using climate projections

Sebastian Torres, Principles of Weather Radar