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MoU · 21 July 2026
Cooperation in astronomy, technology and space science through national and continental networks, so that Ethiopian members take part in African astronomy as a whole.
MoU · April 2026
A Japanese space business platform. The agreement aims at Ethiopia's space business ecosystem: business development, support for startups, training, research and satellite data applications.
Signed when the Society launched its Youth Wing: professional development and collaboration in space medicine.
International
The world's organisation of professional astronomers, founded in 1919, which coordinates astronomy across countries.
The IAU's office for using astronomy to drive development, working through regional offices around the world.
The OAD's regional office for East Africa, hosted in Ethiopia, coordinating astronomy-for-development work in the region.
The IAU office for astronomy in schools, supporting teachers and students worldwide through national coordinators, Ethiopia among them.
The IAU office that connects astronomy with the public around the world, run with the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.
Runs the IAU's International Schools for Young Astronomers, held since 1967, with the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
The IAU centre working to protect dark and quiet skies from the interference of satellite constellations.
National institute
Ethiopia's national institute for space science and geospatial information, successor to the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute (ESSTI).
Observatory
Built by the Society in 2012 and now SSGI's Telescope and Planetarium Center, with twin 1-metre optical telescopes for research, training and public outreach.
University
A public research university in Bahir Dar, the capital of the Amhara region, and a partner in the Lalibela Research and Astronomical Observatory Project.
Government
The federal ministry for innovation and technology, accountable to the Office of the Prime Minister.
Space agency
Japan's national aerospace and space agency, formed on 1 October 2003 from three earlier organisations.
A global network of university students and young professionals in the space sector, in support of the United Nations Programme on Space Applications.
Non-profit
Works around the world to protect the night from light pollution.
A non-profit that uses astronomy to widen science education in underserved communities.
Workshops that train school teachers to teach astronomy, in countries around the world.
A global network of robotic telescopes, which the Citizen Science Project uses for remote observation.
University programme
Live online sessions with scientists at work on the world's telescopes, from UC Santa Cruz's Creating Equity in STEAM; a partner of the Citizen Science Project.
Pan-African
A platform for citizen science in astronomy across Africa, behind the Pan-African Asteroid Search Campaign; a partner of the Citizen Science Project.
Magazine
A magazine bringing science, technology, engineering and maths to high school learners across Africa.
An international non-profit committed to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals adopted in 2015.
Universities, companies and organisations can back space science in Ethiopia as institutional members.
MoU · 21 July 2026
African Astronomical Society
Cooperation in astronomy, technology and space science through national and continental networks, so that Ethiopian members take part in African astronomy as a whole.
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MoU · April 2026
Cross U
A Japanese space business platform. The agreement aims at Ethiopia's space business ecosystem: business development, support for startups, training, research and satellite data applications.
Read on Hewa+ ↗
MoU · April 2026
iTena Digital Medicine
Signed when the Society launched its Youth Wing: professional development and collaboration in space medicine.
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