How Satellite Development Deals Play into Africa’s Human Capacity Development Plans
Apart from being a means to an end, satellite projects present an important avenue for African states to lay the building block (human capital resource) for their space ecosystem. This article will investigate the several routes taken by African states to develop and launch satellites and how it plays into their human capacity development plan.
Satellite development in Africa predominantly…
Closing Day of the 2022 NewSpace Africa Conference – Excerpts
The 2022 NewSpace Africa Conference commenced on Monday with discussions highlighting the experiences and uptake of space innovation, technologies, and applications among different stakeholders . As a continuation of the first and second days, the last day consisted of high-level segments of keynote speeches, interactive sessions, panel discussions, B2B matchmaking, B2C matchmaking, a dinner and…
ICRISAT Wins SERVIR West Africa Phase 2 Implementation Award
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has announced the award of a five-year cooperative agreement by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement the second phase of SERVIR West Africa.
SERVIR West Africa forms one of five hubs globally. In addition, SERVIR connects space to villages by helping developing countries to…
Highlights of GMES and Africa’s Phase One
Background
The GMES and Africa Support Programme is a EUR 30 million (USD 34 million) joint Programme of the European Union and African Union. It was launched in Lisbon, Portugal, on 7 December 2007 during the 2nd EU-Africa Summit, but the programme’s full implementation started about ten years later. The European Commission and the African Union Commission jointly financed the programme. GMES…
EgSA Hosts Heads of African Space Agencies to Discuss Plans for Implementing the African Development Satellite Project
The Egyptian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr Khalid Abdul Ghaffar and the Executive Vice President of the Egyptian Space Agency, Dr Mohammed al-Iraqi, held a meeting yesterday with the heads and delegations from five African space agencies (Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, Sudan), to discuss the mechanisms for implementing the African Development Satellite project, and to…
EgSA Celebrates the Delivery of the First Three Educational Satellites to the Egyptian Universities
The Egyptian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, celebrates the first production of the educational Satellites (Space Keys) by the Egyptian Space Agency. The Space Keys is an important project to enhance space innovation across 32 engineering and science colleges across Egypt. In addition, the project receives support and funding from the EgSA and the…
Leveraging Space Technology for SDG-14; Life Below Water
The United Nations embraced a global call to action in 2015, to protect the environment with a comprehensive framework for global sustainable development. This motion consequently birthed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a collection of 17 interwoven global goals meticulously designed to balance social, economic, and environmentally sustainable development across the world by 2030.
The…
Utilising Space Applications to Build Sustainable Cities and Communities -SDG 11
About 50% of the world population lives in cities and urban areas. Urbanisation has come to be one of the telltale signs of an industrialised economy, it’s the aftereffect of industrialisation in most parts of the world due to increased job opportunities and higher demands for labour. Thus, there is increased economic growth, improved education, mass migration and rising population, which lead to…
Leveraging Space Technologies to Achieve SDG 5 & SDG 10 – Gender Equality & Reduced Inequalities
The Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5) aims to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. Granting women and girls equal rights, opportunities to live free without discrimination including workplace discrimination or any violence is the fifth of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2015. The Sustainable Development Goal 10 (SDG 10) aims at…
“The Primary Purpose is to Make an Impact in Communities” Sives Govender of CSIR
During the just-concluded GMES and Africa Second Continental Forum, Space in Africa caught up with Sives Govender of The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The council leads the GMES and Africa Africa Marine and Coastal Operations for Southern Africa (MarCOSouth) project. Sives shared insights into the general plans for the next phase and the GMES and Africa programme from…