Space industry in Ghana

Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute

Accra, Ghana government

GSSTI (Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute) is Ghana's primary space institution, established in 2011 under the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission and headquartered in Accra. GSSTI facilitated the development and launch of GhanaSat-1, Ghana's first satellite — a 1U CubeSat built by students from All Nations University and launched from the ISS in 2017 as part of JAXA's JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer program. The institute promotes space science education, conducts remote sensing applications research for agriculture and natural resource management, and is building the technical foundation for a future national space agency. Ghana's space ambitions are supported by AU/NASRDA regional cooperation frameworks and GSSTI's role in training the next generation of African space scientists and engineers.

X Space Solutions

Ghana startup

X Space Solutions (also referred to as Xavier Space Solutions) is a private Ghanaian space company founded by Solomon Appekey with the stated aim of establishing Ghana, and Africa more broadly, as a hub for space technology. The company says it designs and manufactures small satellites for remote sensing, communications and navigation, and is developing satellite-internet infrastructure alongside space-debris tracking research, agricultural remote-sensing services and space-education programmes. Its headline initiative is a "2030 Constellation Roadmap" describing a three-phase plan to deploy more than 100 satellites by 2030 to bring high-speed connectivity to underserved African communities. The company operates alongside Ghana's state-run Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute (GSSTI) as one of the country's few named private space ventures.