Africa Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/tag/africa/ Astronomy for a better world! Mon, 03 Jul 2023 13:57:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Africa Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/tag/africa/ 32 32 Astronomy School Builds Capacity in Africa https://astro4dev.org/astronomy-school-builds-capacity-in-africa/ Fri, 06 Jan 2023 09:03:07 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=27123 In late 2022, the Pan-African School for Emerging Astronomers (PASEA) was organised in Zambia, the fifth in the series of schools that started in 2013 as West African International Summer School for Young Astronomers (WAISSYA). Due to COVID-19, PASEA was rescheduled from October 2021 to October 2022. The Summer School eventually took place from 6th [...]

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]]> Dark Skies Outreach to Sub-Saharan Africa https://astro4dev.org/dark-skies-outreach-to-sub-saharan-africa/ Sat, 19 Mar 2022 09:29:58 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=25769 The post Dark Skies Outreach to Sub-Saharan Africa appeared first on IAU Office of Astronomy for Development.

]]> Supporting Girls Education in Kenya https://astro4dev.org/supporting-education-for-girls-in-kenya/ Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:25:44 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=23341 this article on girls education was published on DARA Big Data. Read the full article. Elimisha Msichana, Elimisha Jamii na Astronomia (EMEJA) started as a mentorship programme to support girls education for school girls in Kenya between 12 to 18 years old. The programme was founded by Kenyan DARA Project student Ann Njeri, who is [...]

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