Economic boom in Africa increases continent's ambitions in Space race

A view of Auckland, New Zealand from Nigeria's satellite - the NigeriaSat-X

Economic Boom Fuels Ghana's, Nigeria's, Kenya's —and Continent's—dream of building telescopes and satellites to study Outer Space

As Africa continues to experience economic growth and as space exploration becomes less expensive, African countries are increasing becoming more ambitious about entering the space race.

At present, the west African country of Nigeria has three satellites in space; earlier this

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