UK innovation agency highlights quality of the emerging African space sector

Innovate UK, Britain’s national innovation agency, has, in a new report, highlighted that Africa is becoming a hub for globally competitive space technology, development and research. In particular, Kenya, Rwanda and South Africa were identified as space sector leaders in Africa. The report was drawn up after a tour of UK space facilities and companies by space sector experts from South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, and pan-African organisations, in December last year. This tour was organised by Innovate UK, under its Global Alliance Africa project, with the support of the Research and Innovation Systems for Africa Fund and the Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability.