MzansiSat, a new South African venture to build a telecommunications satellite serving the African continent, plans to offer wholesale data to Internet service providers at as little as R25/GB, or even less, when it is launched in a few years’ time.
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Weighing just 2,5kg, South Africa’s first privately owned nanosatellite, nSight1, has been successfully launched into orbit from the International Space Station. Deployed on 24 May, nSight1 will orbit Earth and capture
Most do not associate Africa with the high-tech sphere of “space”. However, in recent years, many countries on the continent have woken up to the potential and usefulness of space technology. In sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria and South Africa are