The African Space Policy: Towards Creating Programmatic Synergies and Complementarities to Foster Africa Development
- Paper number
IAC-17,E3,1,6,x41659
- Author
Dr. Ganiyu Agbaje, National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Abuja Nigeria, Nigeria
- Coauthor
Mr. OLUSOJI NESTER JOHN, African Regional Center for Space Science and Technology Education in English (ARCSSTE-E), Nigeria
- Coauthor
Mrs. Lami Ali-Fadiora, African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in English, Nigeria
- Coauthor
Ms. Funmilayo Erinfolami, African Regional Center for Space Science and Technology Education in English (ARCSSTE-E), Nigeria
- Coauthor
Mr. Taiwo Raphael Tejumola, Laboratory of Spacecraft Environment Interaction Engineering ,Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
- Year
2017
- Abstract
Africa is a continent that has been ravaged by poverty, natural disasters and lack of technological development. Even though it is blessed with a lot of natural resources, the continent for a long time lacked mechanisms for resource mobilisation and a significant industrial sector. The agricultural sector which is supposed to form a significant portion of the continent’s economies cannot cater for its citizens. Its inclusive economic growth and social development is, therefore, continually being hindered. Now, the Continent has come to realise that space science and technology, which most of its countries have failed to embrase with all seriousness, provides an ideal platform to support all facets of development; and that space and its different are effective tools for solving most of the problems that have ravaged the continent. Although, some countries in Africa have developed capabilities in space science and technology, and even have established space institutions, majority of the countries are lacking behind. There is also lack of continental space programmes like those found in Europe and other continents. Today, the continent has realised the need for adoption of a policy framework that will guide the implementation of a continental space programme to enable the continent to develop and exploit its space resources in a more coordinated and systematic manner with the overarching objective of contributing to its socio-economic development. This paper discuss in detail the main thrust of the African Space Policy.
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