MeerKAT telescope described as 'a quantum leap forward'

The launch of Ghana’s Kutunse radio telescope, as well as South Africa’s 64-dish MeerKAT telescope have been lauded as examples of what can be achieved when African countries work together in the interests of science and technology. South African Science and Technology Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane on Tuesday described the July launch of the MeerKAT telescope as "a quantum step forward for innovation and science". She added that the prospects of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), for which the MeerKAT is a precursor, were extremely exciting.