Africa could soon be launching its first satellite from its soil

Commercial space launch service is a rapidly growing sub-sector of the commercial space industry. The sub-sector, which is projected to hit $7 billion market size by 2024, includes spaceports, launch vehicles and navigation services. A spaceport, sometimes referred to as cosmodrome (in reference to Russian cosmodromes) or launch site, is a ground-based launch facility for…

Joseph Ibeh

Joseph Ibeh is a Mandela Washington Fellow and Senior Analyst at Space in Africa. His experience spans industry research and market analysis with a focus on African-grown NewSpace companies, commercial space industry, national space programmes and real-life application of space science for sustainable development in Africa.