TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICA REGIONAL OFFICE OF ASTRONOMY FOR DEVELOPMENT

Jackson Siantuba, Prospery Simpemba and Saul Phiri

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Copperbelt University Zambia

siantuba@gmail.com

Member Countries

Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland), Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

ESTABLISHED

14th August 2014

Cooperating Partners

HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

ASTROLAB Training

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Participated in 4 training workshops

• Zambia 2014
• Zimbabwe 2016
• South Africa 2018
• Online 2022

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Over 80 individuals were trained

DARA Training

Over 300 people have been trained and some were offered opportunities to pursue advanced training in radio astronomy at Master’s and PhD levels

HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

Go-Lab Training

The training aims to introduce high school teachers to astronomy teaching remote and online tools.

Over 60 teachers were trained

NASE Training

Teaching how to teach astronomy with simple technologies

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Over 40 teachers were trained

HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

PASEA Training

Pan-African Summer School for Emerging Astronomers

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PAPSSN PROJECT

Pan-African Planetary and Space Science Network scholarships

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

UNAM AMT

TTP Kasempa

CHALLENGES AND NEEDS

• Funding limitation to reach out to all member countries
• Governments’ funding towards various activities is minimal hence relying largely on the IAU’s collaboration
• More volunteers are required to develop an interest in member countries

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