A July 6, 2015 image of Africa and Europe taken by NASA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite. Credit: NASA
A July 6, 2015 image of Africa and Europe taken by NASA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite. Credit: NASA

If the Trump administration is serious about executing its “America First in Africa” policy and transforming American engagement on the continent, it needs to focus on sectors where it still holds a decisive advantage. Africa’s emerging space industry may be the most promising.

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Philip Dackiw is a researcher at the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, DC.