New member and Seeking ArcGIS Pro Academic Resources and Licensing Support in West Africa

[AyodeleFaiyetole]

I'm Ayodele, a researcher and teacher who strives to know more.

How may I get resources including access ArcGIS Pro licences? I'd like to do research that apply GIS, spatial analytics, remote sensing, and advanced statistical modelling to address challenges in sustainable mobility, transportation, aviation, climate change, urban systems, and conflict analysis to develop evidence-based solutions for real-world problems.

I'm excited to join the Esri Community to learn from fellow GIS professionals, exchange ideas, stay updated on emerging geospatial technologies, and contribute wherever I can. I particularly look forward to discussions on spatial analysis, ArcGIS workflows, geospatial AI, digital twins, and intelligent transportation systems.

Again, at this moment I wish to get resources including access ArcGIS Pro licences? Who may I talk to and all effort to talk to regional vendor in west africa had proved abortive. Can someone help me?

Thank you for having me. I look forward to learning, collaborating, and engaging with the community!

[WilliamTarpai]

@AyodeleFaiyetole Welcome to ESRI COMMUNITY - I hope you have had an opportunity to contact an ESRI office in your country to ask the questions to them.   Definitely spend time listening to the 3 Plenary sessions that open ESRI User Conference this year in San Diego.

Moving beyond creating to innovation and dissemination of knowledge is so critical to development.    Today GIS is promising to expand our abilities to reason together.  Collective knowledge being used as a tool.  Geography and spatial thinking are building blocks to help us organize and integrate.  GIS is helping us to create a more intelligent world.

Check out which universities near you already might be using various ESRI software and tools.   Get involved.  Finally, check out MAP MAKER – designed by ESRI and National Geographic.   

One thing that ESRI does well is provide information and support.   Hope you find what you are looking for.

[AyodeleFaiyetole]

Thank you,  for your warme welcome. Yes, the only vedorI see in my country are actually based in another country. Sent a couple of messages in their website which never got replied to. Id you have contact that may be able to access from, I'd appreciate.

Can you please share the link to the 3 Plenary sessions that open ESRI User Conference this year in San Diego.

Ayo.

[JesseCloutier]

Hi @AyodeleFaiyetole, I'm one of the Community Managers for Esri Community. I saw your request for links to our User Conference Plenary videos and can help with that. You can find them here: 2026 | Plenary Session. You also mentioned having tried to reach the Esri Distributor for your region without luck. Was that Sambus Geospatial (based out of Ghana) or a different Distributor?

[AyodeleFaiyetole]

Hi @JesseCloutier, many thanks for taking out time to respond. Thanks again for sharing the link to the Diego User Conference Plenary videos. And yes, the distributor I was refering to is Sambus Geospatial based in Ghana. If you can assist, please kindly do. 

[JesseCloutier]

Thanks for confirming, @AyodeleFaiyetole. I'll follow up with you via a Private Message.