Countdown to NASA Space Apps Challenge across Africa
Space App Challenge; an event of skill and talent to solving space problems, is a 48hours International Hackathon which takes place in numerous/various places around the world. Individuals, students, young professionals from different fields come to display/present innovative ideas and projects, to solving space problems. These fields cut across different IT fields, such as; data visualization,…
Why African Governments need to budget more for Outer Space
The concept of outer space may mean nothing to the common man in the streets of Lagos, Johannesburg, Nairobi and Cairo. Africa's most pressing challenges include poverty, inadequate health care, poor infrastructure and education. In essence, governments in Africa should give priority and commit resources to address these pressing challenges. It may sound Utopian to ask African governments to…
Report on Kenya’s first satellite
Three months ago, Kenya launched its first nanosatellite, thrusting the country to the centre of cutting-edge technology which ushered the country into the hallowed ground of elite innovators in Africa.
The nanosatellite is a 10 cubic centimetre first outer space object registered by Kenya. The gadget consists of two commercial cameras and experimental web audio upload and broadcast, capable of…
Application opens for RATT Postgraduate Scholarship in Radio Astronomy
RATT invites high-flying students looking to get involved in radio astronomy, MeerKAT and the Square Kilometre Array to apply for postgraduate bursaries for 2019. Closing date for applications: 1 October 2018.
Rhodes University has established the Centre for Radio Astronomy Techniques and Technologies, based around the SKA Research Chair in RATT, with the aim of furthering research into data…
ANU-SSTL trained people on the use of NASA instrument for measuring Environmental Pollution
Over 25 persons have benefited from a one day training workshop aimed at educating and upgrading knowledge of the participants on the use of Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) instrument.
The purpose of the second AERONET training was to sample the air pollution and look at the uniformity of pollution within the Koforidua environment. The training which was organised by the All Nations…
Aiming for the Stars, and a Chunk of Rock, in Senegal
When Salma Sylla was a little girl, she tried to find relief from Senegal’s steamy hot season by retreating to the roof of her home to sleep. Restless and overheated, she would lie awake staring at the stars.
The area where she lived outside Dakar, the capital, had no electricity, and the heavens sparkled. She tried to count the stars, realizing more shone on some nights than on others.
Ms.…
Aiming for the Stars, and a Chunk of Rock, in Senegal
When Salma Sylla was a little girl, she tried to find relief from Senegal’s steamy hot season by retreating to the roof of her home to sleep. Restless and overheated, she would lie awake staring at the stars.
The area where she lived outside Dakar, the capital, had no electricity, and the heavens sparkled. She tried to count the stars, realizing more shone on some nights than on others.
Ms.…
Aiming for the Stars, and a Chunk of Rock, in Senegal
When Salma Sylla was a little girl, she tried to find relief from Senegal’s steamy hot season by retreating to the roof of her home to sleep. Restless and overheated, she would lie awake staring at the stars.
The area where she lived outside Dakar, the capital, had no electricity, and the heavens sparkled. She tried to count the stars, realizing more shone on some nights than on others.
Ms.…
5 reasons you should not miss the 2nd African Space Generation Workshop
The 2nd African Space Generation Workshop (AF-SGW) organized by Space Generation Advisory Council will be held on the 17th and 18th of December 2018 hosted by the Rajiv Gandhi Science Centre (RGSC) in Port-Louis, Republic of Mauritius.
Official Logo - 2nd African Space Generation Workshop. (c) SGAC
SGAC is a global non-governmental, non-profit organisation and network which aims to represent…
5 reasons you should not miss the 2nd African Space Generation Workshop
The 2nd African Space Generation Workshop (AF-SGW) organized by Space Generation Advisory Council will be held on the 17th and 18th of December 2018 hosted by the Rajiv Gandhi Science Centre (RGSC) in Port-Louis, Republic of Mauritius.
Official Logo - 2nd African Space Generation Workshop. (c) SGAC
SGAC is a global non-governmental, non-profit organisation and network which aims to represent…