On Saturday, 6th May 2023, the Elementary Launch of CanSat Ghana commenced at the KNUST’s Engineering Department. CanSat Ghana is a foundation focused on helping Ghana develop its space sector through building experimental satellites (CanSats). A CanSat is a simulation of a real satellite, integrated within the volume and shape of a soft drinks can. […]
Category Archives: Sub-Saharan Africa
2022, SciGirls - Empowering girls in science through astronomy, Sub-Saharan Africa
SciGirls Empowers Rural Girls As Leaders and STEM Advocates
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May
May
The SciGirls project aims to improve, in the long term, the gender gap in science, and the current lack of girls in STEM, by empowering secondary school girls from rural areas and their female science teachers using astronomy and its multidisciplinarity. The team organised a capacity-building workshop for 30 participants from different regions of Ethiopia, […]
2022, Bringing Radio Astronomy To Classrooms with Affordable Radio Telescopes, Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigerian Project Develops DIY, Low Cost Radio Telescope for Teaching
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May
May
This project developed an educational Do-IT-Yourself (DIY) low cost and portable hydrogen line radio telescope system for teaching radio astronomy techniques at university level in Nigeria. This telescope is capable of detecting and mapping the 21cm hydrogen line emission from the Milky Way Galaxy. The first phase of the project involved the preparation of a […]
2023, Developing Basic Science and Astronomy using Experimental Satellites, Ghana, Sub-Saharan Africa
Overview: Developing Basic Science and Astronomy using Experimental Satellites, Ghana
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Jan
Jan
DBSAES7 uses space-based techniques (actual space-based mission) to build & develop a sustainable approach to teaching & learning the basic sciences while developing hands-on skills, building capacity & human resource in Space science & Astronomy. Space engineering, instrumentation & learning, based on the experimental satellite (Cansat) design/mission concept, enables students to gain hands-on experience through […]
2023, Science and Astronomy in Southern Botswana, Sub-Saharan Africa
Overview: Science and Astronomy in Southern Botswana
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Jan
Jan
Inequality between remote area dwellers and others has long been a problem in Botswana, especially concerning basic education. Distances are great and conditions make equal distribution of resources uneven, a condition exacerbated by the pandemic. Teachers in rural areas live in tents and are often deprived of minimal tools for teaching, let alone introducing young […]