November 2018 I was chosen as the SGAC Africa Regional Partnerships Manager. Why is this important? These Africa Space Workshops I organised led to me deciding to run for a position in SGAC.
In fact AUC was so impressed they invited our Africa Space Workshops team to their GMES Africa Conference in Libreville, Gabon. We had speakers from African Union Committee (AUC), Airbus, among others. I created a team and organised two African Space Workshops of which one of them focused on Entrepreneurship and the other focusing on the African space community. I reached out to them to organise Africa Space Workshops focusing on entrepreneurship, inclusivity of African youth and representation of African space experts. I reached out to African Association of Remote Sensing and Environment (AARSE) organising team and committee who were organising the AARSE conference in Alexandria, Egypt. Late 2017 I founded Africa Space Workshops. It is then where I promised myself to get as actively involved with SGAC and other space organisations to increase the presence and representation of those nations, particularly the youth. I noticed the lack of presence and representation from emerging and non-space faring nations. There I had the pleasure and privilege to attend both the SGC and the IAC. The first ever SGAC event I had the privilege of attending was the SGC2017 in Adelaide, Australia. I have tried to be actively involved where possible with SGAC events. I have been part of the SGAC for more than five years. As a former refugee who fled a civil war from Somalia, Ahmed Abdi is very passionate about democratizing the access to space and helping create and establish African space startups by advocating space entrepreneurship, and organising space workshops in the continent which will contribute to advancing space exploration and entrepreneurship The Day NASA's Fermi Dodged a 1.Ahmed Abdi is the founder & programme manager of Africa Space Workshops and currently the SGAC Africa Regional Partnerships Manager.Canada Unveils New Bill, Assisted by its Favorite Space Commander.On Fourth Try, Waverider Achieves Hypersonic Flight.Luca Parmitano Shows Off his Spacesuits.Complicated Sunspot Region Spews Year's Strongest Solar Flares, More Expected.NASA Records Most Powerful Lunar Meteorite Impact.Air Force Chief of Safety Talks Space Situational Awareness at IAASS Conference.Chris Hadfield Reflects on his ISS Mission.Solar Streams, Meteors, and Triple Conjunction Make for Lively Skies.First Radar Glance Reveals that Asteroid 1998 QE2 has a Moon.Space App to Support Humanitarian Organizations Presented at SGCongress 2013.Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel 2013 Annual Report.Watch the presentation, which occurred on the May 3 episode of The Colbert Report: Although satirical in nature, it is increasingly used as a primary news source, particularly by its core demographic of individuals younger than 30 years of age. The Colbert Report is a nightly news parody that runs on Comedy Central in the United States. “By frequently interviewing astronauts, space entrepreneurs and scientists on his program, he has demonstrated that it is possible to inform the public on serious space topics in a comedic setting.” “We are very pleased to present this award to Colbert in recognition of his unceasing promotion of space tourism, space development, NASA programs, and the use of private enterprise for better access to space, all of which are supported by the National Space Society,” said Paul E. In an on-air presentation by Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the National Space Society (NSS)presented satirist Stephen Colbert with the 2012 Space Pioneer Award for Mass Media. Stephen Colbert holding the NSS Space Pioneer award (Credits: The Colbert Report).
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