United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
In 2020, UNOOSA launched its Space Economy Initiative. This initiative provides free-to-access opportunities to exchange expertise and insights of public and private-sector experts from across the global space sector.
On 30 June 2021, from 10:30 to 16:00 CEST, UNOOSA is holding a 1-day virtual conference dedicated to enhancing growth of the commercial space sector in Africa.
During the conference, high-level representatives from UNOOSA, the African Union, Portugal and the private space sector, both within and outside Africa, will engage in peer-to-peer exchange of good practices to foster space economy growth in the continent.
The event will include three different components:
- A high-level opening session with UNOOSA, the African Union and representatives of Portugal, setting the scene on the importance of strong, responsible, and sustainable growth of the African and global space sector.
- The second and third expert-level sessions will see private companies' representatives exchanging success stories and lessons learnt as an established company in the sector. The sessions will focus on the upstream and downstream sector.
The objectives of the conference are:
1. To exchange expertise and knowledge to support African countries strengthening their space economies.
2. To connect and provide visibility to the commercial space sector in Africa.
3. To provide a networking platform for collaboration between stakeholders.
4. To increase global awareness and understanding on how space sector growth can reinforce socio-economic development.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Simonetta Di Pippo, UNOOSA Director
- Mahama Ouedraogo, African Union, Director, Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation
- Hugo Costa, Portugal Space Agency, Director
- Abimbola Alale, NIGCOMSAT CEO and MD
- James Barrington Brown,Ne wSpace Systems CEO
- Bruno Henrion, Rascom Star CTO
- Jessie Ndab, Astrofica Co- founder and MD
- Olugbenga Leke Oyewole, Atlantic Factorial CEO
- Vivyann Meta, LocateIT Limited, Dir. Business and Technical Services
- Francisco Vilhena da Cunha, G EOSAT, CEO
- Amr Emam, Nilesat, Head of Space Segment
This event is open to all. To attend, please register here.
