Our vision is to improve near-real-time storm information across Africa in the next ten years.
What is FASTA?
FASTA brings near real-time storm information to East Africa.
Our app and Application Programming Interface (API) provide instant access to current and approaching storm activity in your region.
Collaborate
We work in partnership with national and international weather service providers across Africa.
Support Us
Help us bring short-term storm forecasting to Africa and invest in African weather services.
Latest News
A Storm short-range weather models didn’t see
How a storm over Lake Victoria could have been predicted using nowcasting – and why specialised training for weather forecasters in Kenya is so essential.
Weather nowcasting serves Kenyan farmers
Near-term forecasts provide farmers and fishers with information to better time their work in the face of climate risks
Leonard Maritim checks for storm activity using an innovative phone app before planting maize on his farm in western Kenya
The FASTA weather Nowcasting App is now live for Kenya
Today’s launch is in partnership with the Kenya Meteorological Department, offering real-time maps of thunderstorms to people with smartphones across the country.
The app can now be downloaded from the Google Play Store.
An ethical weather service for Africa
Can the financial benefits of international research stay in the countries that need it most?
How do you turn UK-funded scientific research into a commercial product for use in Africa, while ensuring the profits benefit that continent and not the UK?
