In May next year, Africa will launch its first-ever private satellite into space, to monitor the continent's shifting weather conditions.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/teenage-girls-have-built-africas-first-ever-private-satellite
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/science-alert
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/science-and-technology
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/space-technology
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/weather-predictions
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa