Africa is prepared to launch its space program.

The space industry is one of the most rapidly expanding industries in the globe. Africa has been considered a latecomer for quite some time, but a new space agency and space port are on the horizon for the continent.

Rorisang Moyo, a South African market analyst, notes that "the likelihood is high that Africa will soon be able to build its own powerful space industry — a space industry that actually benefits the people of ....