Development in astronomy and space science in Africa

Mirjana Pović; Michael Backes; Paul Baki; David Baratoux; Solomon Belay Tessema; Zouhair Benkhaldoun; Michael Bode; Nana A.Browne Klutse; Phil Charles; Kevin Govender; Ernst Van Groningen; Edward Jurua; Alemiye Mamo; Sivuyile Manxoyi; Vanessa McBride; Jamal Mimouni; Takalani Nemaungani; Pheneas Nkundabakura; Bonaventure Okere; Somaya Saad; Prospery C. Simpemba; Tefera Walwa; Abdissa Yilma

doi:10.1038/s41550-018-0525-x

Development in astronomy and space science in Africa

Mirjana Pović
, Michael Backes
, Paul Baki
, David Baratoux
, Solomon Belay Tessema
, Zouhair Benkhaldoun
, Michael Bode
, Nana A.Browne Klutse
, Phil Charles
, Kevin Govender
, Ernst Van Groningen
, Edward Jurua
, Alemiye Mamo
, Sivuyile Manxoyi
, Vanessa McBride
, Jamal Mimouni
, Takalani Nemaungani
, Pheneas Nkundabakura
, Bonaventure Okere
, Somaya Saad

Prospery C. Simpemba, Tefera Walwa, Abdissa Yilma

Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC)
University of Namibia
North West University
Technical University of Kenya
IRD
Cadi Ayyad University
Botswana International University of Science and Technology
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
University of Southampton
Office of Astronomy for Development (IAU)
South African Astronomical Observatory
Uppsala University
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
ESSTI
Frères Mentouri Constantine 1 University
Department of Science and Technology
University of Rwanda
NASRDA
National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Cairo
Copperbelt University
Ethiopian Space Science Society

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The development of astronomy and space science in Africa has grown significantly over the past few years. These advancements make the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals more achievable, and open up the possibility of new beneficial collaborations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	507-510
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature Astronomy
Volume	2
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-018-0525-x
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2018
Externally published	Yes

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Pović, M., Backes, M., Baki, P., Baratoux, D., Tessema, S. B., Benkhaldoun, Z., Bode, M., Klutse, N. A. B., Charles, P., Govender, K., Van Groningen, E., Jurua, E., Mamo, A., Manxoyi, S., McBride, V., Mimouni, J., Nemaungani, T., Nkundabakura, P., Okere, B., ... Yilma, A. (2018). Development in astronomy and space science in Africa. Nature Astronomy, 2(7), 507-510. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-018-0525-x

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