Africa sees space as 'a means to an end'

When the African Space Agency opened in April, spacefaring countries like Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa came together for the first time. Space science in Africa is 'niche'According to Oniosun, it's important to understand that "space is a means to an end" in Africa. Olugbenga Olumodimu, a space program manager at the University of Portsmouth in the UK, thinks African space science is "very niche." African Space Agency marks a new chapterWhen the Africa Space Agency (AfSA) was inaugurated in April 2025 in Cairo, Egypt, it may well have marked a new chapter in Africa's space story. "Then you've got relatively young space programs — the Kenyan Space Agency was founded in 2017, Ethiopia and Rwanda.