China and Russia Winning African Space Race

War on the Rocks published on 23 June 2020 an analysis titled "Is the United States Losing the African Space Race?" by Judd Devermont and Temidayo Oniosun. 

Since 1999, 11 African countries (Algeria, Angola, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, and Sudan) have successfully launched 38 unilateral and 3 multilateral satellites into orbit.  China and Russia are increasingly dominant in this effort.