The Democratic Republic of Congo DRC has announced plans to purchase an Earth Observation satellite using a $20m financing arrangement from Sicomines, a strategic mining partnership between Chinese and Congolese investors, reported Space in Africa. The announcement was made by Gilbert Kabanda...

Angola Cables and global Network as a Service NaaS provider Megaport have announced a strategic partnership that will enable customers to connect to over 930 data centres and more than 300 cloud nodes worldwide. This dual arrangement leverages Megaport’s global network underlay and Angola Cables’...

On March 23, 1840, a New Yorker named John William Draper became the first person to take a photo of the moon. Draper was a doctor, scientist and photographer who studied photochemistry to come up with better ways to take pictures. Before Draper photographed the moon, another photographer Louis...

The first orbital rocket to launch from continental Europe is nearing its debut. Germany-based Isar Aerospace is targeting no earlier than Monday, March 24, for the maiden voyage of its brand new Spectrum rocket. The Spectrum will liftoff from the Andøya Spaceport, in Norway, during a three-hour...

AfSA’s establishment follows years of meticulous planning, negotiations, and financial deliberations. In 2018, the AU’s Committee of Permanent Representatives convened to assess the structural and financial implications of setting up the agency. These discussions aimed to ensure that AfSA would be...

Nigeria is now the biggest player in cryptocurrency across Sub-Saharan Africa. It handled about $59 billion in crypto transactions from July 2023 to June 2024. This is nearly half of the region’s estimated $125 billion, according to a report by KPMG Nigeria and blockchain firm Chainalysis. This is...

Sidus Space has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Warpspace, a Japanese space-tech company specialising in near real-time high-speed communication network services. The agreement establishes the framework to pursue a Joint Venture focused on delivering integrated solutions for...

On March 21, 1965, NASA launched the Ranger 9 spacecraft on a mission to crash into a lunar crater. Ranger 9 was the last flight of NASA’s Ranger Program. The spacecraft would study the crater Alphonsus by crashing directly into it and taking pictures along the way. After launching on an...

Namibia’s Ministry of Higher Education, Technology and Innovation (MHETI) has commissioned AAC Space Africa and Astrofica Technologies to build a nanosatellite ground station and satellite mission design facility at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), reported Space in Africa...