Asanda Ntisana

Asanda is the Space & Stakeholder Liaison Specialist at the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) managing SANSA’s stakeholders locally and abroad. 

She is South Africa’s Assistant National Contact Point for the Space Thematic Areas under Horizon Europe (HE). She is a member of the South African National Earth Observations and Space Secretariat (NEOSS) Strategic Advisory Committee that has been established by the Department of Science Technology and Innovation (DSTI), to provide strategic guidance and high-level input on potential new or future areas of focus to support the needs of the space community in South Africa. Asanda is now an IAF Vice President for Honours and Awards and a member of various committees within the Federation including the Committee on Liaison with International Organisations and Developing Nations CLIODN and the Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Administrative (IDEA) Committee that is aimed at promoting diversity within the Federation.