# Kashim Shettima

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## Timeline

- **2040**: Global Market Milestone — Projected date for the global space economy to surpass the $1 trillion mark.
- **2026-07-17**: MoU Signing for National Agro-Productivity System — Nigeria's Federal Government signs agreement with OCP Africa and Ground Truth Analytics at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Ben Guerir, Morocco, to deploy an AI-powered satellite crop monitoring platform across 15 states.
- **2026-Q2**: FEC Review — Expected consideration of the 25-year roadmap implementation costs by the Federal Executive Council.
- **2026-03-03**: National Space Council Meeting — Maiden meeting where President Tinubu directed fund release and roadmap advancement.
- **2010**: NASDRA Act — Establishment of the legal framework for Nigeria's space research and development.

## Recent coverage (4 stories, network-wide)

### ActionAid: Redirect N9.36B Travel Budget to Save Nigeria’s Healthcare
2026-08-12 00:04:39 · Sector: health · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

ActionAid Nigeria urges President Tinubu and governors to cut wasteful spending, specifically the N9.36 billion proposed for official travel, and invest in healthcare, where underfunding leads to preventable deaths and poor outcomes.
Full story: https://gethealthbrief.com/story/actionaid-nigeria-cut-travel-budget-fund-healthcare

### ActionAid Warns N9.36B Wasteful Spending Undermines Nigeria’s Fiscal Health
2026-08-12 00:04:33 · Sector: finance · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

ActionAid Nigeria’s demand to cut wasteful spending and reallocate N9.36 billion in travel budgets toward education and healthcare spotlights the dangerous opportunity cost of misdirected public funds in a struggling economy.
Full story: https://getfinancebrief.com/story/actionaid-nigeria-fiscal-waste-9-36b

### Nigeria Deploys AI Crop Monitoring Across 15 States After Morocco Deal
2026-07-27 10:43:04 · Sector: ai · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2

Nigeria's PFSCU partners with Ground Truth Analytics and OCP Africa to launch a satellite-AI agricultural monitoring platform providing real-time crop intelligence across 15 states. The system leverages machine learning and remote sensing to track production, land use, and food security risks, with a mandate to build local AI adaptation capacity.
Full story: https://getaibrief.com/story/ai-crop-monitoring-nigeria-15-states

### Nigeria Fast-Tracks Space Ambitions with Asset Funding and 25-Year Roadmap
2026-03-04 00:43:03 · Sector: space · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the immediate release of funds for the maintenance of Nigeria's space assets while advancing a revised 25-year development roadmap. The initiative seeks to position Nigeria as a competitive player in a global space economy projected to surpass $1 trillion by 2040.
Full story: https://getspacebrief.com/story/nigeria-space-funding-roadmap-2026

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