Author name: Galaxy Aerospace Ghana

The Republic of Botswana has become the sixth African country to sign the Artemis Accords, joining a growing group of nations on the continent formalising their participation in the United States-led framework for lunar governance. Hon David Tshere, Botswana’s minister of communications and innovation, signed the Accords on behalf of the country during a ceremony […]

Space in Africa is set to publish the first-ever NewSpace Africa Conference Impact Report, documenting the conference’s five-year journey from its inaugural edition in Nairobi in 2022 to its milestone 2026 edition in Libreville, Gabon. The report documents the evolution of Africa’s leading space industry gathering, highlighting the stakeholders, partnerships, and conversations shaping the continent’s

The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) has confirmed the dismissal of an application by the LEO-satellite internet services provider Starlink, bringing a long-running regulatory dispute closer to its conclusion. CRAN’s CEO, Emilia Nghikembua, noted that 622 of the 624 applications received did not meet procedural requirements. Of the remaining two, which were procedural and

Angola’s national communications satellite, ANGOSAT-2, has begun receiving signals and conducting operational testing at the Boane Earth Station in Maputo Province, Mozambique, marking the first active technical deployment of the satellite in the country. The testing is running in parallel with the signing of two bilateral cooperation memoranda between Angola and Mozambique, concluded on the

Starlink Internet Services Nigeria Ltd ended the quarter with 91,991 subscribers, narrowing the gap with long-time market leader Spectranet Ltd to 16,534, a competitive distance that stood at nearly 40,000 just five quarters earlier. Furthermore, Nigeria’s total active ISP subscriber base reached 352,006 across 2,508 points of presence in Q4 2025, up from 313,713 recorded

The United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) convened its 69th session in Vienna from 10 to 18 June 2026, a gathering that opened with a symbolic changing of the guard. Professor Rafiq Akram of Morocco’s Royal Centre for Space Studies and Research, who had steered the Committee through its 68th

The SMART Zambia e-Government Division has launched the Zambia National Spatial Data Infrastructure (ZNSDI) Policy alongside a new national geospatial portal, signalling a major shift in how government spatial data will be managed, shared, and used across public institutions from 2026 to 2030. The newly launched system is built on open-source software, a deliberate move

Eutelsat and Mercury, a subsidiary of Sonangol Group and Angola’s leading provider of telecommunications services, have signed a new multi-year, multi-million agreement for Eutelsat’s low Earth orbit (LEO) connectivity services, deepening a partnership that has spanned several years. Building on this historic relationship, Mercury, previously known as MSTelcom, will continue expanding the reach of Eutelsat’s

Angola’s National Space Program Management Office, GGPEN, took centre stage on the opening day of ANGOTIC 2026 in Luanda on 11 June, using the continent’s largest ICT forum to advance strategic partnerships, host high-level diplomatic meetings, and assert space technology’s role as a driver of Angola’s digital transformation agenda. The day also featured a series