The New Space Africa Conference, held from 21 to 24 April 2025, celebrated the inauguration of the African Space Agency, while also confirming the excellence behind ESA’s Dunia platform.
A high-level gathering of industry leaders, commercial space companies, investors and other key stakeholders in the African space and satellite industry, gathered in Cairo, Egypt, to make a difference.
Africa is home to many New Space companies, which continue to develop space technologies and offer space-enabled services to address market demands in various sectors, including telecommunications, defence, security, maritime, aviation, mining, agriculture, environment, development, education and health.
The measurable impact of these industry developments point to the continent’s potential for more remarkable exploits and opportunities in the space business, and an overall increase in the quality of national economies, innovations, industries and sustainability in Africa.
Within this context, the 4-day conference took place for industry leaders to discuss the growth and future of the African space industry—furthermore, the event celebrated the creation of the African Space Agency.
Bogdana Tsonevska (ESA), Ouafae Karim (AfEOS), Gayane FAYE(Univ. Cheikh Anta Diop SEN), Jan Streitenberger (GeoVille)
ESA’s Dunia is an all-in-one, easy to use platform for processing and disseminating Earth observation data over Africa, which also works on mobile phones.
By building the framework for the African EO community, it enables users to exchange data and applications, allowing their capacity to stay in Africa.
Bogdana Tsonevska (ESA), Johannes Schmid (GeoVille) ,Jan Streitenberger (GeoVille)
Besides hosting trainings and webinars, GeoVille supports hackathons by providing not just free resources but also the knowledge of how to utilise Earth observation data over Africa to increase the size of the African EO community.
Bogdana Tsonevska (ESA), Johannes Schmid (GeoVille) ,Jan Streitenberger (GeoVille)
Dunia easily filters to find what interests the user, whether they built an App or data by using Dunia's Application Hub, they can also promote it. Accessing and sharing Earth observation products becomes easier, potentially encouraging innovation and collaboration across Africa and beyond.
Last but not least, on 23 April Space girls (spaceGirls.net) visited Cairo American College to explain the benefits of Copernicus data, and the importance of the gender balance in the Space sector, to encourage students to take part in Space activities
