SPI and Planet hosted a reception in honor of the U.S.-Africa Space Forum and the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit.
The event provided an opportunity for attendees to discuss how the United States and African countries can collaborate in the space sector to drive change throughout the continent. The reception featured opening remarks from Chirag Parikh, Executive Secretary of the National Space Council,
Space-based capabilities such as communications, remote sensing, weather monitoring, and navigation are critical to the economic and social development of Africa. Space technologies can provide modern communications and monitoring services to billions of underserved populations. They can strengthen the efficiency and effectiveness of local infrastructures for transportation, construction, agriculture, forestry, and water management. Space is vital not only to economic growth in Africa and African entrepreneurs, but also to conserving and protecting natural resources such as fisheries and forests against illegal exploitation.
