Reaching for the Final Frontier: The African Space Sector
Event type: Webinar
Theme: Reaching for the Final Frontier: The African Space Sector
Description: The webinar will speak to the importance and development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in relation to the African space sector. Speakers will present on big data and space, showing the space technologies are for everyone including Africa. The command of emerging and future technologies has become a critical element of human development. Space science and space technologies are potential solutions to global issues such as climate change, food insecurity, financial exclusion, and pandemic management. Modern space technology already offers many applications, including environmental surveillance to communications.
It is important to have these discussions, for scholars and policymakers, because the African space sector is rapidly becoming an area that is not only subject to new geopolitical battles between US and China, but its also an area that if we (Africans) leverage it properly, we can use it to meet our collective developmental goals including the SDGs. Hope that you enjoy!
Event Type
Theme
Reaching for the Final Frontier: The African Space Sector
Venue
Online, via Zoom Meetings: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-rLP6Cc5QXWJHVuZk4sbKA
Date
Thursday, 29 September 2022
Time
16:00–17:30 (SAST); 14:00–15:30 (GMT); 10:00–11:30 (EDT)
Ms Zoliswa Ntsoko (South Africa) is the Institute’s Administrative Assistant who assists with general administration and research. She is a seasoned professional with a background in Disaster Management. She holds an Advanced Diploma in Management from Milpark Business School, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Management from Regenesys Business School. She also holds certificates in Project Management, and in Disaster Management. Previously, she has worked as a Disaster Management Specialist at the City of Johannesburg – Disaster Management Centre.
Ms Cecilia Lwiindi Nedziwe-Moyo is the Research Coordinator at the Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation. She previously served as a Regional Coordinator at the Centre for Peace Initiatives in Africa (CPIA) in Zimbabwe between 2007 and 2013. She completed her master’s degree in International Studies, Peace, and Conflict Resolution at the University of Queensland in Australia as a Rotary Peace Scholar. She has just completed her doctoral studies at Rhodes University. Her areas of interest include: gender, foreign policy, regional organisations and conflict resolution.
Ms Thembeka Somtseu is a seasoned professional with a background in the textile and construction sectors. She holds a National Diploma in Business Administration from the Durban University of Technology, and studied Development Communication and Media Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand. She worked as a corporate communications specialist for more than ten years, serving in both local and multinational companies.