The inauguration of the African Space Agency (AfSA) on January 25, 2023 heralded a decades long push for a continental agency to direct space affairs within Africa. Can the African Space Agency enable the commercial space industry in Africa?
Read MoreCape Town hosts many successful space startups in the area. These space companies are successful despite adversity in the area, such as poor infrastructure, little to no access to funding and troublesome national issues such as unemployment and poverty. With all of these challenges, how do South African startup companies become so successful?
Read MoreIn 2018 Elsevier noted that Africa “still accounts for less than 1 percent of global research output”. This is a major hurdle not only for the space sector, but for the growth and prospects of the African knowledge economy as a whole. Why is this so critical for space?
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