Egypt inaugurated on Sunday the headquarters of the African House Company (AfSA) within the Egyptian House Metropolis in Cairo.
“Egypt has made intensive efforts to determine the company, which embodies the imaginative and prescient of ‘The Africa We Need’ outlined within the African Union’s Agenda 2063,” Egyptian International Minister Badr Abdelatty mentioned on the inauguration ceremony.
He emphasised that the company will function a platform for enhancing cooperation amongst African international locations within the peaceable makes use of of house, exchanging experience, constructing capacities, and unifying African positions in worldwide boards, significantly throughout the framework of the United Nations.
Abdelatty additionally highlighted the significance of the company’s openness to cooperation with analysis establishments, universities, and worldwide house businesses, which might contribute to establishing a robust African base in house science and expertise.
For his half, Sherif Sedky, CEO of the Egyptian House Company, mentioned the inauguration of the AfSA marks a major milestone within the historical past of Africa.
“The AfSA will function a beacon of innovation, collaboration, and progress for all African nations,” he mentioned.
In the meantime, Huan Yiheng, cofounder of MinoSpace, a Beijing-based firm specializing in the engineering of superior small satellites, mentioned the company is a vital platform for African nations to collectively develop their house expertise.
“We need to discover potential cooperation with the AfSA and different African international locations,” Huan informed Xinhua.
Following its inauguration, the AfSA would be the major entity coordinating Africa’s house cooperation with Europe and different worldwide companions. A central goal of AfSA is to reinforce house missions throughout Africa, making certain optimum entry to space-derived information, data, companies, and merchandise.
Egypt was chosen because the host nation of the AfSA in 2019 by the African Union after assembly the required political and technical standards.
