Maia Moore is a graduate student in Georgetown University’s Science, Technology and International Affairs program and a fellow with the U.S. State Department. African nations have the potential to become leading competitors in the space industry due to the continent’s rapidly expanding space industry, the amount of institutional knowledge already available, and its large youth population poised to become the next generation of space innovators. A booming space industry Africa’s emerging space industry is booming. Currently, more than 20 African countries have space programs. In 2017, the African Union passed the African Space Agency Act. The act established the African...