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• African space economy is becoming a strategic tool for strengthening the nation’s economy and contributing to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa at a faster rate than the continent’s GDP
• The value of the African space industry in 2021 was USD 19.49 billion and is anticipated to increase by 16.16% to reach USD 22.64 billion by 2026
• In 2022, African nations allocated US$534,9 million to national space programmes. This sum represented an increase of 2.24% over the revised US$ 523.3 million for 2021
• African space sector, the ground segment market, has enormous potential.

A report published by Space in Africa, the leading source of information and market analysis for the African satellite and space industries, Indicates that the African space economy is becoming a strategic tool for strengthening the nation’s economy and contributing to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa at a faster rate than the …

On October 14, 2018, the Kenya Space Agency (KSA) presided over the launch of a 1U nanosatellite, Kenya’s first space mission. The event took place at Konza Technopolis, a large technology hub planned on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi.

At the launch, some five Kenyan top universities competed for top position each presenting its own satellite model with the primary payload being a low-resolution camera.

The competition was meant to see which university’s satellite camera would be able to perform remote sensing applications. The project primarily focused on using satellites to provide imagery for crop monitoring to assist in smart agriculture.…