Cohort 1 · ISU CEAP
Africa to the Stars
Mission Uhuru-1 · IoT/LoRa Agricultural Relay
Africa has 54 countries. Only 11 have launched a satellite. The continent most affected by
climate change has the least ability to monitor it from orbit. This cohort changes that.
🛰️ The Mission
Uhuru-1 is an IoT/LoRa relay node for remote agricultural sensor networks across the Sahel.
It relays ground sensor data (soil moisture, temperature, livestock tracking) where
no cellular coverage exists.
🌍 The Impact
Each graduate becomes a multiplier, training others back home. Countries that currently
import all satellite data could begin producing their own drought alerts, crop monitoring,
and disaster response from orbit.
📡 Payload
- LoRaWAN transceiver (Kinéis/Semtech)
- Agricultural ground sensor relay
- Call signs of all 54 African nations
- Sahel drought monitoring support
📊 The Numbers
- 12-month hybrid program
- 7 weeks on campus at ISU, Strasbourg
- €100K CubeSat hardware budget
- ESA Fly Your Satellite / NASA CSLI launch
🤝 Target Partners
Kinéis (France)
Lacuna Space (UK)
Fleet Space (Australia)
African Development Bank
EU-Africa Space Partnership
CNES Connect
Build Africa's First Collectively Engineered Satellite
€500,000 trains 10 engineers and puts a satellite in orbit. Zero tuition.
Dr. Sounny-Slitine · anwar.sounny@isunet.edu · sounny.github.io/cubesat
