The Council for Space Research and Remote Sensing is organizing a workshop on "Space industry in Egypt and Africa."

The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Ayman Ashour, stressed the need to exploit all the modern possibilities and equipment that Egypt enjoys for the development of the space sector and technology, especially since Egypt is one of the leading countries in this field on the continent of Africa, with the Arab Republic of Egypt hosting the African Space Agency.

In this context, the Council for Space Research and Remote Sensing of the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology organized a workshop entitled "Space industry in Egypt and Africa," at the headquarters of the Arab Academy of Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, in the presence of leaders of research centres and bodies, experts and researchers.

The events included several scientific lectures, aimed at highlighting the importance of the local, regional and international space industry, with a view to achieving an economic return and contributing to national output, in fulfilment of the political leadership's directives that attention should be paid to the development of the space sector in Egypt.

Dr. Islam Abu Al-Magd, President of the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Science (NARSS), gave a lecture entitled "The Status Quo and Future Vision of the Space Industry in Egypt and Africa". Several themes included the manufacture of space components and the utilization of NTS expertise and capabilities and knowledge on how to make some space components and subsystems, which have been tested and operated on previous satellites such as Cube-Sat 1, NARSS Cube-Sat 1& NARSS Cube-sat 2. And the experimental satellite, NEX Sat. and the most important possible services were presented Satellite data should be provided at the local and regional level for community solutions and solutions to the challenges facing the African continent: pollution control, dust storms and sandstorms and what they cause to the community; monitoring pollution in Marine territorial waters; providing solutions to these contaminants; identifying the cause of compensations for climate change in crops and crop observations; and supporting food and food component transport in maritime navigation In aeronautics, there are many applications in which satellite data can perform services within and outside the boundaries of the home country.

The workshop was opened by Dr. Mohamed Othman Arnus, Secretary of the Space and Aviation Research Council, and the workshop covered presentation of many lectures. Dr. Mohamed Bahi El-Din, former Director of the Egyptian Space Program (Egypt Sat 1), presented a lecture on "The current situation of the space industry and technology in Egypt", and Dr. Mohamed Mokhtar, former President of the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences presented a lecture entitled "Investing in the Space and Space Information Industry", and Dr. Yahya Zakaria, Dean of Postgraduate Affairs of the Arab Academy for Science and Technology, also presented Lecture on "Information, services and the local and regional market ".

The second session was chaired by Dr. Mohamed Khalil Iraqi, Professor of Space Engineering at Cairo University and former Vice-President of the Egyptian Space Agency. Dr. Mohamed Ghneima, Director of Partnerships and Marketing at the Fund for the Care of Innovators and Pygmies, gave a lecture entitled "The Leadership of Businesses and Emerging Companies in Space," and Dr. Mohammed Abdelaziz Al-Bachari, President of the Fringe Sector of the National Communications Regulatory System and former Director of the Telecommunications Moon Project, Tiba-1 delivered a lecture on "Elements of the Strategy for the Advancement of the Space Industry in Egypt."

The workshop concluded with several recommendations: there must be a national objective that will help the development of the space industry; there should be support For start-ups, small and micro businesses and specialized companies in space; there should be follow-up to the growth and increase in the size and specialization of human cadres; and there should be greater qualification for the social and dollar returns that they can provide to the space industry in Egypt; and there should also be effective integration of space actors to support the space industry in Egypt.