Senegal has officially joined the Artemis Accords, marked by a signing ceremony held at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on July 4, 2025.
The event brought together key representatives from both NASA and Senegal, including Brian Hughes, NASA Chief of Staff Department of State Bureau of African Affairs Senior Bureau Official Jonathan Pratt; Maram Kairé, Director-General of the Senegalese Space Agency ASES and Abdoul Wahab Haidara, Senegal’s Ambassador to the United States.
With this signing, Senegal becomes the 56th country to endorse the Accords globally, and the fourth African nation to do so, following Angola’s signing in December 2023, as well as Nigeria and Rwanda in December 2022.
Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said the signing of the Artemis Accords followed a meeting between President Faye and President Trump, and reflected the strong relationship between the two nations.
The Artemis Accords signing ceremony took place two weeks after President Trump’s meeting in Washington with Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and other African countries, focusing on U.S.-Africa engagement.
Source: https://spaceinafrica.com/2025/07/24/senegal-becomes-the-fourth-african-nation-to-sign-nasas-artemis-accords/