Ghana telescope launch

Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor says the launch of a 32 metre radio telescope in Ghana yesterday will help improve collaboration between African and European astronomers.

Pandor was chairing the SKA African Ministerial Forum at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra on Thursday morning ahead of the launch of the Ghana Radio Astronomy Observatory.

Pandor said South Africa along with eight member countries that are part of the Square Kilometre Array project – Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Magadascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia and Zambia – will add to the science conducted by a global network of radio telescopes.

- SANews