The International Astronomical Union’s Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) is pleased to announce the results of its 2020 call for proposals, with 21 projects selected to receive funding in 2021. Out of the 21, eight projects are from Africa.

The eight projects from Africa funded are:

1. Astrobus, Nigeria, a mobile Astronomy outreach activity.

2. Astrolab Distant Training, Southern, Eastern and West African countries, to get students involved in science studies doing analysis of astronomical images obtained with remote telescopes.

3. Astro-prison, Nigeria, an astronomical tool in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Nigerian correctional facilities.

4. Elimisha Msichana. Elimisha Jamii na Astronomia (EMJA), (Swahili for “educate a girl, educate the entire community with astronomy”)

5. Knowledge access and sharing through Cultural Astronomy in Uganda’s Refugee settlements and host communities, Uganda, on introducing Astronomy to refugee settlements

6. Open Astronomy Clubs for Quality Education, Gender Equality and Distribution of Telescopes, Cameroon

7. OruMbya — Astronomy as fuel of life: the resilience of stars in Yoruba, Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous Cosmogony, Brazil, Cape Verde, Mozambique, São Tomé and Principe, Angola and Portugal

8. Pan-African School for Emerging Astronomers 2021, Africa

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