African Space Agency

African Space Agency
Agency overview
Formed24 January 2023 (2023-01-24)
TypeSpace agency
JurisdictionAfrican Union
StatusActive
HeadquartersNew Cairo, Egypt

The African Space Agency (AfSA) is a continental[1] space organisation established by the African Union (AU) to promote cooperation between the space policies of the AU's member states. The AU adopted the African Space Policy and Strategy in 2016 and agreed upon the statute underlying AfSA in 2018. This marked the birth of the African Space Agency as an Organ of the African Union. A technical evaluation process was undertaken to select the host country, and in 2019, Egypt was endorsed as the host. In 2023, the African Union adopted the structural and financial implications of the AfSA.[2] The headquarters of the African Space Agency is now hosted in Cairo, alongside the Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA).[3]

  1. ^ Ndiritu, Meshack (20 October 2016). "WHYREGIONAL COOPERATION IN SPACE ACTIVITIES IS PROPOSED FOR AFRICAN SCENARIO" (PDF). IAF. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  2. ^ Ndiritu, Meshack (26 September 2024). "Lessons learnt in Building a Space Ecosystem" (PDF). UNOOSA. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Signature of the Host Agreement for the African Space Agency, in Cairo, 24 January 2023 | African Union". au.int. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

African Space Agency

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