The key objective of this Workshop is to instruct active and future users from Regional Climate Centres (RCCs), Regional Training Centres (RTCs), and National Meteorological Services in Africa in the use of CM SAF products for operational climate monitoring and climate research. The workshop will focus on project work with supporting presentations and group work on the application of satellite data to climate monitoring. The online phase will be followed by a classroom phase in Pretoria from 20. to 24. August 2018 (https://usc.tools.eumetsat.int/training/creator/EventDetails.jsp?id=1657).