Within the frame work of its mandate to build capacity in core areas of Remote Sensing and GIS, Satellite Communication, Satellite Meteorology and Global Climate; and Space and Atmospheric Sciences, the Center trains participants mostly from English- speaking African countries: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland Tanzania, The Gambia, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
This it does through its Academic Programmes; Space Education Outreach; Research and Development which is driven by internationally qualified academic, administrative and technical staff.