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Zimbabwe

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This chapter provides an analysis of the Republic of Zimbabwe’s space activities and policies, in order to identify the country’s specific space posture as well as its international positioning in the field. While the country has only very recently embarked on the promotion and use of space in service of its Transitional Stabilisation Programme Reforms Agenda (adopted in 2018), it has already established the Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency (ZINGSA), and embarked on geospatial, aeronautical, and space science capacity building priority programmes. Interest has also been generated by potential foreign partners and investors, while an agreement has already been signed with South Africa’s Space Advisory Group to assist the country with satellite manufacturing and space sector knowledge. Space has been recognised as an essential competent of Zimbabwe’s economic and social ‘rebirth’, and it is poised to shortly become one of the continent’s rising stars in space.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), “The World Factbook: Zimbabwe,” 2019, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/zi.html (accessed February 28, 2019).

  2. 2.

    Ibid.

  3. 3.

    Ibid.

  4. 4.

    Ibid.

  5. 5.

    Ibid.

  6. 6.

    United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), “Members of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space,” 2019, http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/members/index.html (accessed February 21, 2019).

  7. 7.

    United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), “Scientific and Technical Subcommittee: Forty-eighth session, Vienna, 7–18 February 2011—PROVISIONAL LIST OF PARTICIPANTS,” February 9, 2011, http://www.unoosa.org/pdf/limited/c1/AC105_C1_2011_CRP02E.pdf (accessed February 28, 2019).

  8. 8.

    United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), “Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space: Fifty-third session Vienna, 9–18 June 2010—LIST OF PARTICIPANTS,” June 17, 2010, http://www.unoosa.org/pdf/limited/l/AC105_2010_INF01E.pdf (accessed February 28, 2019).

  9. 9.

    United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), “Status of International Agreements relating to activities in outer space as at 1 January 2018,” 2018, 9, http://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/spacelaw/treatystatus/AC105_C2_2018_CRP03E.pdf (accessed February 28, 2019).

  10. 10.

    United Nations General Assembly, “Draft report: United Nations Programme on Space Applications,” February 20, 2019, 7, http://www.unoosa.org/res/oosadoc/data/documents/2019/aac_105c_1l/aac_105c_1l_374add_4_0_html/AC105_C1_L374Add04E.pdf (accessed February 28, 2019).

  11. 11.

    Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), “Our Member States,” https://www.rcmrd.org/about-us/our-member-states (accessed February 28, 2019).

  12. 12.

    Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), “About Us,” https://www.rcmrd.org/about-us/organization (accessed February 28, 2019).

  13. 13.

    Regional African Satellite Communication Organisation (RASCOM), “Members,” http://www.rascom.org/info_detail.php?langue_id=2&id_r=25&id_sr=0&id_gr=2 (accessed February 28, 2019).

  14. 14.

    Group on Earth Observations (GEO), “About AfriGEOSS,” http://www.earthobservations.org/afrigeoss.php (accessed February 28, 2019).

  15. 15.

    African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD), “African Regional Climate Centre,” 2014, http://acmad.net/rcc/index.php (accessed February 28, 2019).

  16. 16.

    Leeroy Dzenga, “Space Technology Not About Grandeur,” The Herald (Zimbabwe), July 14, 2018, https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjtit-Ght_gAhWhSxUIHb4fC_QQFjACegQIAxAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pressreader.com%2Fzimbabwe%2Fthe-herald-zimbabwe%2F20180714%2F281612421172452&usg=AOvVaw2faoxbBvXW1YfbVh-9_q4A (accessed March 1, 2019).

  17. 17.

    Republic of Zimbabwe, “Chapter 10:22: RESEARCH ACT,” http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/zim93551.pdf (accessed March 1, 2019).

  18. 18.

    Leeroy Dzenga, “Space Technology Not About Grandeur”.

  19. 19.

    Ibid.

  20. 20.

    Agence France-Presse, “Zimbabwe launches space agency,” Daily Nation, July 11, 2018, https://www.nation.co.ke/news/africa/Zimbabwe-launches-space-agency/1066-4656916-5i1p98z/index.html (accessed March 1, 2019).

  21. 21.

    Ibid.

  22. 22.

    Republic of Zimbabwe, “Transitional Stabilisation Programme Reforms Agenda (October 2018–December 2020),” October 5, 2018, 1, https://t3n9sm.c2.acecdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Abridged_Transitional_-programme.pdf (accessed March 1, 2019).

  23. 23.

    Ibid., p. 5.

  24. 24.

    Ibid., p. 40.

  25. 25.

    Leeroy Dzenga, “Space Technology Not About Grandeur”.

  26. 26.

    Felex Share, “Zimbabwe into space!… President launches National Geospatial and Space Agency,” The Chronicle, July 11, 2018, https://www.chronicle.co.zw/zimbabwe-into-space-president-launches-national-geospatial-and-space-agency/ (accessed March 1, 2019).

  27. 27.

    Ibid.

  28. 28.

    Ibid.

  29. 29.

    Space in Africa, “Zimbabwe Space Agency is launching tomorrow—all you need to know,” July 9, 2018, https://africanews.space/zimbabwe-space-agency-is-launching-tomorrow-all-you-need-to-know/ (accessed March 1, 2019).

  30. 30.

    Leeroy Dzenga, “Space Technology Not About Grandeur”.

  31. 31.

    Ibid.

  32. 32.

    Space in Africa, “ZINGSA signs MoU with Space Advisory Group,” November 18, 2018, https://africanews.space/zingsa-signs-mou-with-space-advisory-group/ (accessed March 1, 2019).

  33. 33.

    Leeroy Dzenga, “Space Technology Not About Grandeur”.

  34. 34.

    Agence France-Presse, “Zimbabwe launches space agency”.

  35. 35.

    Leeroy Dzenga, “Space Technology Not About Grandeur”.

  36. 36.

    Tawanda Karombo, “Satellite internet plugging Zim's infrastructure gap,” IT Web Africa, April 24, 2015, http://www.itwebafrica.com/networks/276-zimbabwe/234538-satellite-internet-plugging-zims-infrastructure-gap (accessed March 1, 2019).

  37. 37.

    Space in Africa, “Zimbabwe Govt embarks on implementation of Geospatial, Aeronautical and Space Science Capacity Programmes as a priority project,” January 2, 2019, https://africanews.space/zimbabwe-govt-embarks-on-implementation-of-geospatial-aeronautical-and-space-science-capacity-programmes-as-a-priority-project/ (accessed March 1, 2019).

  38. 38.

    Ibid.

  39. 39.

    Ibid.

  40. 40.

    Timothy Kuhamba, “Overview of CanSat technology in Zimbabwe,” Space in Africa, October 21, 2018, https://africanews.space/overview-of-cansat-technology-in-zimbabwe/ (accessed March 1, 2019).

  41. 41.

    Ibid.

  42. 42.

    Space in Africa, “Kazakhstan to invest in Zimbabwe Space Program,” January 21, 2019, https://africanews.space/kazakhstan-to-invest-in-zimbabwe-space-program/ (accessed March 1, 2019).

  43. 43.

    Ibid.

  44. 44.

    Space in Africa, “ZINGSA signs MoU with Space Advisory Group”.

  45. 45.

    Ibid.

  46. 46.

    Leeroy Dzenga, “Space Technology Not About Grandeur”.

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