PRAGSAC (Promoting Radio Astronomy in Ghana through School Visits and Astronomy Clubs), led by Albert Forson, aims to promote radio astronomy at a pre-tertiary level across schools and clubs in Ghana.
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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. In this edition, Kwaku Sumah asks, how can we build a path forward for the AfSA?
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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. In this edition, Kwaku Sumah asks, how can we build an anti-fragile space industry?
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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. In this edition, Kwaku Sumah asks, what can Africa learn from the Global South?
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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. In this series, Kwaku Sumah asks, what can Africa learn from the U.S.?
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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. In this series, Kwaku Sumah asks, what can Africa learn from Asia?
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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. In this series, Kwaku Sumah asks, what can Africa learn from Europe?
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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?
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The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Egyptian Government have, via a signed agreement, formally inaugurated and declared the African Space Agency (AfSA) open and operational. The signing happened on January 25, 2023, establishing the general framework regulating the relationship between the parties, which will serve as a platform for space research and innovation on the continent.
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Until the discovery of oil, which led to the rise of services and industries related to the exploitation and export of oil, the agricultural sector was the most dominant sector of the Sudanese economy. Now that Sudan lost most of its oil resources due to the separation of South Sudan, the agricultural sector has regained its importance. Using CubeSats in Sudan will indeed help to solve major problems in agribusiness and will also push towards implementing the strategies suggested by the Sudanese Ministry of Agriculture and the FAO
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The CSSTE Consortium, one of the beneficiaries of the GMES & Africa Support Programme- Phase 1, based in the West Africa region, identified gaps in Managing, Monitoring and Assessing Flooding disasters across the region which could be filled through Multi-scale Flood Monitoring and Assessment Services for West Africa (MiFMASS) using Sentinel data and other freely available EO data.
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The year 2021 marks a huge step forward in terms of space exploration for the island of Mauritius. On June 3rd 2021, at 17:29 UTC* (21:29 time in Mauritius GMT+4), the first Mauritian satellite (a CubeSat - MIR-SAT1) was launched onboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket (Mission: CRS-22/SpX-22) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Space advocates educate the public about space exploration and technology. In Africa, little effort is put into space education as the focus is more on space advancement through technology. Being a space advocate in a continent like Africa is quite a task, however it is vital for the development and advancement of space technologies on the continent.
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Satellite-Based Augmentation Sýstems (SBAS) augment Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) such as GPS and Galileo. At a basic level, SBAS allows users to have more confidence in their data, with fewer position errors. What is the state of SBAS in Africa?
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What does Africa stand to gain from human and robotic space exploration? This series will tackle each of these developmental nodes in turn, and provide a content-rich overview on the African human and robotic space exploration journey. Below is the first part of a nine-part article on this subject.
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Geographic information systems and technologies in Africa require two main infrastructures: spatial data and telecommunication infrastructures, to facilitate the proper use of data for policy-making, natural resource management and planning. What applications exist in Africa, and how can GIS be used to combat disease?
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The Digital Earth Africa platform (DE Africa), based on the Australian technological innovation Open Data Cube infrastructure, makes available free and open satellite imagery and EO data for the whole of Africa. DE Africa builds on the Africa Regional Data Cube (ARDC) which provided analysis ready data (ARD) for Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania and demonstrated a demand for EO data from governmental institutions, academics and other stakeholders.
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The ties between Europe and Africa are numerous. The close and complicated historical, cultural and geographical ties colour the backdrop of cooperation and collaboration. How has this partnership developed, and what are the bonds created in space? Part two takes a look at space science and funding.
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The ties between Europe and Africa are numerous. The close and complicated historical, cultural and geographical ties colour the backdrop of cooperation and collaboration. How has this partnership developed, and what are the bonds created in space?
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There is a need for space science education and awareness for school children at primary levels of study (ages 4-15) across the continent. This approach, though long-term, is essential and imperative in this 21st century where government agencies and private companies are considering permanent lunar missions. It may also be the only way to avoid Africa being left behind.
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