The African Space Agency, known as AfSA, is a continental space organisation established by the African Union to promote cooperation between the space policies of its member states. The African Union adopted the African Space Policy and Strategy in 2016 and agreed the statute underlying AfSA in 2018, marking its birth as an organ of the African Union; a technical evaluation process selected Egypt as host country in 2019, the African Union adopted the structural and financial implications of AfSA in 2023, and its headquarters is now hosted in Cairo alongside the Egyptian Space Agency.
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Agency TypeIntergovernmental space agency (organ of the African Union) 1 Founded Year Headquarters In the Other Atlases
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1. Wikipedia: African Space Agency
WikipediaLead paragraph, first sentence
The African Space Agency (AfSA) is a continental space organisation established by the African Union (AU) to promote cooperation between the space policies of the AU's member states.
Body text, structural adoption sentence
In 2023, the African Union adopted the structural and financial implications of the AfSA.
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The headquarters has been built in New Cairo, alongside the Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA), located near the capital Cairo.
In Group: North African Space Agencies, Lead sentence
A technical evaluation process was undertaken to select the host country, and in 2019, Egypt was endorsed as the host.
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