![]() But most of these programs aren't aiming to put an African on the moon or sending a mission to Mars, at least not anytime soon. "Developing space capabilities remains an attractive strategic goal for any nation," says the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), the international agency tasked with promoting peaceful uses of outer space. Several pan-African plans have been floated, including an agency called AfriSpace proposed in 2012 by Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir, and an African Space Policy and Space Strategy drafted recently by the African Union Working Group on Space. Kenya is in the process of establishing a national space agency as well. ![]() Today at least six African countries - Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, and Tunisia - can boast national space agencies of their own, ranging from Tunisia's 'remote sensing centre' to the South African National Space Agency, which receives nearly $10m of public funding per year. ![]() Who really wins from Facebook's 'free internet' plan for Africa?įacebook's plan to bring 'free internet access' to underserved regions has stirred up controversy among net neutrality advocates and telcos alike. ![]()
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