Val Munsami: Africa’s one man space power

The all-Africa space strategy aims to boost the continent’s impact in the global space arena, Val Munsami, head of South Africa’s space agency, tells Cristina Gallardo.

At the UK Space Conference held in Manchester from 30 May to 1 June, astronaut Tim Peake was naturally the star turn. But researchers and industry representatives appeared equally excited by the presence of another rising star.

Val Munsami, who became the second chief executive of South Africa’s national space agency Sansa in January, was constantly surrounded by people wanting his attention.