2019 is adjudged a promising year for African space industry players to build on the successes of the past few years. We curated a forecast of leading African space companies to look out for in 2019 considering their antecedents and expectations for the new year. This article is not a ranking of African space companies….
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Joseph Ibeh is a Mandela Washington Fellow and Senior Editor at Space in Africa. He conducts research and writes about Africa’s space industry with a focus on NewSpace companies and emerging national space programs in Africa. Email: joseph@africanews.space