Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
More than 300 people from local communities around the SKA-Mid site in South Africa's Northern Cape are employed as part of the team helping to deliver the telescope. Hear from them about the impact the SKAO and its partners Power Adenco and SARAO are having locally, including through training courses for small, medium and micro enterprises to equip them with skills that will be valuable beyond the SKA project.
More than 300 people from local communities around the SKA-Mid site in South Africa's Northern Cape are employed as part of the team helping to deliver the telescope. Hear from them about the impact the SKAO and its partners Power Adenco and SARAO are having locally, including through training courses for small, medium and micro enterprises to equip them with skills that will be valuable beyond the SKA project.
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Meet the SKA Observatory. Our mission is to build and operate cutting-edge radio telescopes to transform our understanding of the Universe, and deliver benefits to society through global collaboration and innovation.
In April, we unveiled a new brand, after the SKAO officially came into being as an intergovernmental organisation on 15 January 2021. The brand launch signals a new chapter in the SKA Project’s 30-year history, as we prepare to start construction of the two most advanced
radio telescope networks on Earth!
Executive Producers: SKAO Communications Office
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