Is Kenya Prepared to Establish a Local Space Sector?

In order for Kenya to successfully adopt space technology, the country must assimilate and independently utilize this technology in an efficacious manner. Consequently, we shall scrutinize Kenya’s preparedness to absorb space technology and its potential to establish an entire space sector from scratch. Establishment of a flourishing indigenous space sector requires a dynamic and innovative […]

Space Sector 2.0 – The Kenya Space Sector Characterization

As we previously stated, Kenya urgently needs to formally integrate space technology in its development agenda because; “space technology is a specialized capability which is inherently endowed to accelerate the realization of national sustainable development goals thereby expeditiously transforming Kenya into the envisioned newly industrialized country.“ The specific application areas of space technology are tabulated […]

2012 in Review

I would like to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation to all who visited http://www.SpaceKenya.org in 2012. As we cross into the new year, I wish you all a fruitful and prosperous 2013! Kenya Space Sector Advocacy will continue to advocate for the inauguration of a measured, deliberate embrace of space-based technology for sustainable development […]

Next Topic

After scrutinizing the two illustrative examples of integrating space-based technology for sustainable development in India and Brazil, next, we shall briefly reveal other industrially developing countries that have like-wise embraced this path. In underscoring the espousal of space technology in economies that maybe regarded as Kenya’s peers, we hope to further precipitate embracing space […]

How should Kenya embrace Space-based Technology? — II

Continued: 3. National A nationally driven initiative to embrace space-based technology is intrinsically a Kenyan domestic affair fostered by local stakeholders in the field. A mechanism to identify the methodology of assimilating space technology highlighting the corresponding priority areas will fall squarely on the shoulders of the government. The government is sole the custodian […]

How should Kenya embrace space-based technology? — I

In this post, I will explore several approaches Kenya can opt for to fully integrate space-based technology in its national developmental agenda. As outlined in the post on Space Missions, Kenya as a User is presently at the bottom of the space technology capability hierarchy pyramid. Consequently, Kenya must chart a path that will guarantee […]

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Space Technology for Sustainable Development

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