The Kenya Space Innovation and Investment Forum (KSIIF) 2025, themed “Unlocking the Value of Space Technologies for Economic Transformation” will take place from 9 to 10 December 2025 at The Edge Convention Centre, Nairobi, Kenya. The event is organized by Viffa Consult in partnership with the Kenya Space Agency (KSA), the Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS), the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (UK-FCDO), Women in Space Kenya (WISK) and the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC). 

The Forum will convene key stakeholders from government, academia, private space industry players, development partners, startups and innovators from Kenya and the region to explore the utility of space technologies in accelerating the realization of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the attainment of Africa Agenda 2063 and Kenya’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA). The Forum seeks to promote innovation and investment in the space ecosystem as critical drivers for Kenya’s and Africa’s budding startups and NewSpace companies that will underwrite the region’s space economy and contribute to economic transformation.  

The Forum will also host the annual Africa Earth Observation Challenge (AEOC) 2025 final pitching event, as well as the 9th African Space Generation Workshop (AF-SGW) by the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), in realization of the central role that young innovators and young professionals in the African space ecosystem play in mainstreaming and leveraging space technologies for Africa’s scientific, technological and socioeconomic advancement.