Africa’s first woman in space Sara Sabry highlights Africa’s need for space exploration

On Tuesday, July 4, a panel discussion at the Africa50 Infra Forum and General Shareholders Meeting held in Togo’s capital Lomé included the originator of the Deep Space Initiative.

Egypt’s 30-year-old Sara Sabry, the first woman from Africa and Arab to travel to space, believes that everyone should be able to explore space.

She firmly believed that regional and international efforts should be stepped up to allow more Africans to engage in space exploration in order to progress the socioeconomic development of the continent.