Space Supporting Africa : Education and Healthcare As Priority Areas in Achie...

by Froehlich, Annette; Siebrits, André; Kotze, Christoffel

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Space Supporting Africa : Education and Healthcare As Priority Areas in Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030, Hardcover by Froehlich, Annette; Siebrits, André; Kotze, Christoffel, ISBN 3030617793, ISBN-13 9783030617790, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US ?This book addresses the need to support decision-makers across Africa by promoting awareness of the importance of space technologies and data to African development through the presentation of existing examples where space supports education and healthcare, and by making recommendations for further roll-out of these efforts. This is necessary because of the enduring misconception that space-related research and expenditure competes with other, more pressing, needs on the continent, when in truth space can play a major role in meeting these needs. Accordingly, th unpacks the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 and the critical needs they address in the African context. Secondly, it provides an analysis of the African higher education landscape and considers the network of higher education-related SDGs, their targets, and their indicators. Africa’s own development plan, Agenda 2063, is also explored. The African higher education landscape is then assessed by way of three models – the Space-Education Equation (SEE), the Benefits to Education by Space Transection (BEST), and the Enhanced Education for Sustainable Development Access and Success (EESDAS) model. The critical role

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