PS1-1 Zouhair Benkhaldoun: The space sciences: an opportunity for African astronomy

PS1-2 Marisa Geyer: Studying pulsar characteristics and conducting pulsar timing (V)

PS1-3 Bernard Foing: International Lunar Exploration (V)

S1-1 Sarah White: The brightest (and faintest) sources in the radio sky (V)

EDO1-1 Dominic Vertue: Astronomy for Mental Health: The progress, challenges, and barriers to using astronomy as a tool for improving mental health

S1-2 Belmahi Hajar: Thermodynamics of AdS black holes from deflection angle

EDO1-2 Preethi Krishnamoorthy: Project PANOPTES: A student-led citizen science project in search of exoplanets from your backyard

S1-3 Bereket Assefa: Emission line properties of AGN in the Lockman-SpReSo survey

EDO1-3 Zakaria Belhaj: Astronomy in Moroccan School Curriculum

S1-4 Houda Haidar: Dust in the Wind: A JWST/MIRI survey of polar outflows in nearby Seyfert galaxies

EDO1-4 Anton Binneman: Astro Tourism: Case study Carnarvon Astro guides

S1-5 Mpati Ramatsoku: The Star-Forming Gas Tails of Ram-Pressure Stripped Galaxies

EDO1-5 Maaike Pierik: Perceptions of the societal responsibility of astronomers in the context of the Africa Millimeter Telescope

S1-6 Casmir Obasi: Searching for globular clusters in the inner halo of the Circinus galaxy

EDO1-6 Daniel Manama Mokhohlane: Impact of mega astronomy infrastructure projects on development in rural Northern Cape, South Africa

S1-7 Ann Njeri: The Quasar Feedback Survey: zooming into the core of radio emission

EDO1-7 Hassna Chennaoui (AfNWA 2023 Senior Award): Ethics in Public Communication of Science, Vigilance in Scientific Content

S1-8 Brenda Namumba (AfNWA 2023 Early-Career Award): HI and Mass Distribution in the Dwarf Irregular Galaxies ESO444-G084 and KKS2000-23

EDO1-8 Discussion: All participants

Screen1 : Youssef Moulane

Sensibility of Planetary Defense: Involving Africa in Global Initiatives

Screen2 : Katlego Mogamisi

Tracing morphological indicators of the interaction of radio galaxies with the ambient medium.

Screen3 : Salah Nasr

Fostering Curiosity and Innovation through Space Exploration

Screen4 : Jamila Chouqar

Surface pressure impact on nitrogen-dominated USP super-Earth atmospheres

Screen5 : Victória Samboco

SolarKAT: A solar interference mitigation pipeline for MeerAKT

Screen6 : Inza Gnanou

Solar wind/magnetosphere interaction during periods of intense magnetic activity in solar cycles 20-23.

Screen7 : Moses Langa

Large scale triggered star formation in the Milky Way

Screen8 : Geoffrey Ong'alo

Astrotourism: Illuminating Education and Empowering Communities in Seme, Kisumu, Kenya

Screen9 : Abdelmajid Benhida

Observational study of variable stars at Oukaimeden observatory in Morocco

Screen10 : Fouad Sefyani

Ionization phenomenon observed in the atmosphere of RR Lyr star

Screen11 : Youssef El Jariri

The Influence of the Blazhko Effect on the Van Hoof Effect and the Amplitude of Radial Velocity Curves in the Variable Star RR Lyr

Screen12 : Jamal Chafi

Vortex Coronagraph Apodized by IAH for Future Direct Imaging Missions

Screen13 : Thobekile Sandra Ngwane

Developing Instrumentation and Software for Rapid Follow-up and Characterisation of near-Earth Asteroids

Screen14 : Redait Basaznew

Orbital Evolution and Physical Properties of EBs in the Original Kepler Field

Screen15 : Roberto Rodas

Optimal Grouping Dynamic Stacking

Celebrating and Cultivating Africa-Europe Collaborations in astronomy

Thebe Medupe: Remarks from AfAS

Nabila Aghanim: Remarks from EAS

David Baratoux: The Africa Initiative for Planetary and Space Science: Perspectives and feedback on the cooperation between Europe and Africa in planetary sciences

Rob Adam: Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO): Africa-Europe Collaborations

Carla Sharpe: The SARAO Africa Radio Astronomy Programme

BOCHEREAU Laurent: Participation in the EU Framework Programme, Horizon Europe

Tugela Matubatuba: Support mechanisms to enable participation of SA participants in Horizon Europe

Questions and Panel Discussion-Declan Kirrane (Facilitator)
- Nabila Aghanim
- Thebe Medupe
- Rob Adam
- David Baratoux
- Carla Sharpe
- Tugela Matubatuba
- BOCHEREAU Laurent.

Invited: Robert Szabo : Variable stars in the era of space photometry and large sky surveys

Invited: Katrien Charlotte Kolenberg: Variable stars in the Gaia era

Dorothy Museo Mwanzia: Photometric analysis of variable stars in NGC7209

Itumeleng Monageng: On the identity crisis of 4U1210-64

Jean François le Borgne: GEOS RR Lyr database and survey

Chafouai Khadija: Spectroscopic Analysis of Hα Emission and Shock Waves in R Sct

Screen1 : Abderahmane Soubkiou

Discovery and Validation of Two New Sub-Neptunes around M Dwarf Stars: TOI-2084 b and TOI-4184 b

Screen2 : Chrizestom Ssebaggala

Determination of variability properties of candidate pulsating Am stars

Screen3 : Salma Sylla

Meteor detection network in Senegal : Asamaan

Screen4 : Hamza Ait Abdelaali

Astronomical seeing and wind speed profile with ERA5 data at Tassemit mountain in Moroccan Hight Atlas

Screen5 : Hamza El Bahi

Astronomical Observation in the Technological Age : How Modern Technology Facilitates Monitoring Celestial Phenomena

Screen6 : Thomas Shiva

Building a Thriving Ecosystem for Astronomy, Cosmology, and Space Research in Africa

Screen7 : Toivo Sauel Mabote

Probing the Association of Galaxy Clusters with Bent-Tailed Radio Sources Using the MeerKAT Galaxy Cluster Legacy Survey

Screen8 : Mirjana Povic

Multiwavelength properties of green valley galaxies

Screen9 : Mehbuba Ahmed Mohammed

Chemical Abundances of type-2 AGN in galaxy clusters

Screen10 : Ayoub Abdou

Estimating the Astronomical Impact of the Starlink Satellite Constellation Through Comprehensive Observations

Screen11 : Ann Njeri

Astro-STEM Workshops & Mentorship: Enhancing STEM delivering in the classroom through Astronomy

Screen12 : Nessaiba Messaadiyene

The Hercules Corona Borealis Great Wall the biggest thing in the universe

Screen13 : Pascal Chardonnet

The pair instability supernova explosion

Screen14 : Fouad Sefyani

Study of the strong hypersonic regime in the atmosphere of RR Lyr star

Screen151 : ELMegder Essadik

How was the James Webb Space Telescope built?

S2-1 Salma Sylla: Binarity in RR Lyrae stars

EDO2-1 Timothy Egbuim: Citizen Science: A Tool for Astronomy Education, Dark Sky Protection Awareness, Astro-Tourism Development, and SETI

S2-2 Innocent Eya: On the pulsar glitch activity: the spin parameters approach

EDO2-2 Elineema Nassari: Astronomy Outreach at schools

S2-3 Christian Eze: Characterizing the variability of a sample of massive pulsators in eclipsing binary systems observed with TESS

EDO2-3 Soukaina Arif: The Exhibit-Museum by ATTARIK Foundation: a successful Moroccan initiative to promote planetary sciences and meteorite in Morocco.

S2-4 Dereje Wakgari Amente: Photometric Studies of Contact Binaries in Open Cluster

EDO2-4 Hassane Darhmaoui: The Expedition of the Ifrane Astronomy Festival: Spreading Astronomy's Popularity in Morocco's Middle Atlas Region

S2-5 NyAndo Jurice Ralitera: Study of the Short Wait Time Distribution to Uncover The Origins of Fast Radio Bursts

EDO2-5 Buzani Khumalo: Girls in Astro-Space Science: The continuing effort to bridge the gender gap in basic science education.

S2-6 Nekolgne Ayman Badolo: The death of stars in binary systems as seen by SPHERE at the VLT (V)

EDO2-6 Somaya Saad: The Role of Egyptian Astronomical Legacies in Astronomy Education and Outreach (V)

S2-7 Francesco Coti Zelati: Matter ejections behind the highs and lows of a transitional millisecond pulsar

EDO2-7 Cosmos Dumba: Astronomy Outreach in Ugandan Secondary Schools

S2-8 Venu Prayag: TRAPUM search for radio pulsars in the Large Magellanic Cloud

EDO2-8 Discussion: All participants

S3-1 Youssef Moulane: Characterizing the aftermath of outbursts of Centaur 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 with HST/WFC3 and Swift/UVOT

EDO3-1 Odwa Magabuko: Stars in Their Hands: Igniting Futures with Robotics in the Karoo Outlands

S3-2 Souleymane Ouedraogo: Statistical study of the properties of host stars compared with the entire stellar population in the solar neighbourhood 20 pc

EDO3-2 Prospery Simpemba: Scaling Artificial Intelligence in Planetarium Offerings

S3-3 Abigail Frost: Massive stars from young to old-how using multiple techniques and observatories can let us understand their multiplicity, formation and evolution (V)

EDO3-3 Getinet Ayane: Impact of teaching astronomy on public television for development of astronomy

S3-4 Daniel Egbo: Radio Stars in the SARAO MeerKAT Galactic Plane Survey Point Sources

EDO3-4 Pranesthan Govende: Illuminating the Future of Digital Learning: Lessons from the AstroQuiz Experience in South Africa

S3-5 Hamza Ba-mohammed: A Distributed Framework of Exoplanet Detection using Semi-Supervised Machine Learning

EDO3-5 Tabitha Alango: Using Astronomy as a Tool to Challenge STEM Misconceptions among Students in Kenya

S3-6 Cheikh Bop: Characterization of star-forming regions using collisional rates

EDO3-6 Exodus Chun-Long Sit: Bridging Astronomy and the Arts: Exploring Low-Cost STEAM Activities for Outreach

S3-7 Chrizestom Sebaggala: Determination of variability properties of candidate pulsating Am stars

EDO3-7 Anne Chamberlain: STEM IH Empowering Citizens of Africa to take part in Exoplanet Research

S3-8 Ahmed Daassou: Monitoring exoplanet candidates TESS from observations using the OWL-Net telescope at the Oukaimden observatory

EDO3-8 Discussion: All participants

Screen1 : Ola Ali

Exploring the Cosmos: Integrating Astronomy into STEAM Education Beyond Classroom Boundaries

Screen2 : Jamal Chafi

Interferometric Apodization using Homothety in APLC Coronagraphs for Habitable World Observatory Space Missions

Screen4 : Fatima-Ezzahra Jadid

Geomorphological Mapping of Martian Landing Sites: Insights into Jezero and Gale Craters

Screen5 : Yahya Ladghami

Black Hole Thermodynmics in AdS/CFT Correspondence

Screen6 : Petanki Soro

Ivory Coast tektites strewn field

Screen7 : Jifar Raya

The Role of Astronomy in the development of Science.

Screen8 : Shirley Aoko

Analyzing Asteroid Lightcurves Using Isaac Newton Telescope

Screen9 : Hasnaa Chennaoui

Meteoritics and Planetary Science development in Morocco during the latest two decades

Screen10 : Mohammed SABIL

Light pollution effect of seeing above Oukaimeden Observatory

Screen11 : Nouhaila Bouhadi

The existence of water in the universe

Screen12 : Hamza Ait Abdelaali

High Energy Physics and Astrophysics Club (hereafter HEPAC)

Screen13 : Aziza Bounhir

Space Weather in Mororcco

Screen14 : Miguel Serra-Ricart

NEO discovery & characterization with Two meter Twin Telescope (TTT) and Morocco Oukaïmeden Sky Survey (MOSS)

Screen15 : Stephen Sottie

Developing a pipeline to Characterize Ghana Radio Astronomy Observatory (GRAO) Maser Data

Planetarium : Abdeltif Zridi

A very cheap way to realise your own planetarium

Screen1 : Joseph Wise

Creating an Authentic Research Experience for Citizen Science: PANOPTES at The Druk Observatory

Screen2 : Baguima Gilbert Bayala

Analysis of kinematic parameters and contribution of velocity dispersion profiles in the signature of galactic structures: determination at large radius of the spiral arms of flocculating galaxies.

Screen3 : Abdoul Ganiyou Tao

Comparative distribution of impact craters as a function of altitude on Earth and Mars.

Screen4 : Oswald Didier Franck Grodji

A study of solar flare effects on the geomagnetic field elements during solar cycles 23 and 24.

Screen5 : Sara Khodairy

Exploring Solar Observations in Egypt: A Historical Perspective and Comprehensive Analysis of Sunspot Number Data

Screen6 : Jasmine Khalil

Discovering AM CVn stars using ZTF data

Screen7 : Mostafa Nasser Ahmed

Statistical Analysis of Ionospheric Gravity Waves during Magnetic Storms (2010-2020)

Screen8 : Esraa Khafagy

Radio astronomy

Screen9 : Tilahun Getachew

The effects of AGN contribution on morphological parameters at higher redshift

Screen10 : Fithaneges Dagnew

The Shock-Driving Capability of a CME Inferred from Multiwavelength Observations

Screen11 : Ankur Chaubey

Astrophysical Sources as Axion Like Particle Detectors

Screen12 : Rabyatalhabesha Bilal Assefa

Solar EUV and F10.7 radio flux as a proxy for Ionospheric variations over Ethiopia

Screen13 : Nebiyu Mohammed

Space Activities in Ethiopia

Screen14 : Linus Kweku Labik

Introducing Astronomy Education in the Tertiary Curriculum of Ghana’s Universities-KNUST's experience.

S4-1 Yin-zhe MA: Understanding fundamental physics with South Africa astronomical facilities

EDO4-1 Bonaventure Okere: Status of Astronomy Development in Nigeria

S4-2 Ayodeji Ibitoye: Cross-correlation between the thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect and the Integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect (V)

EDO4-2 Kushatha Ntwaetsile: Public Outreach: The future of Astronomy development in Botswana

S4-3 Safae Dahmani: Smoothing the Hubble tension with a dynamical dark energy model

EDO4-3 Noorali Jiwaji: African Inspiration for Recent Progress in Astronomy in Tanzania

S4-4 Magrach Mounia: Observational tests of a case of f (R, T) modified Gravity

EDO4-4 Khaled Segni: The status of Astronomy and Astronomical facilities in Tunisia

S4-5 Shambel Sahlu: Structure growth in f(Q)-gravity

EDO4-5 Alemiye mamo Yacob: The Glimpse of Astronomy Education and Outreach in Ethiopia and Its Impact on Creating a Scientific Community

S4-6 Liantsoa F. Randrianjanahary: Cosmological Constraints Using 2- And 3-Point Correlations With Meerkat, The Ska And Other Surveys

EDO4-6 Deralaza Rafieferantsoa: The National Outreach Committee of the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach in Madagascar

S4-7 Feven Markos Hunde: Dark matter subhalo demographics within cosmic web

EDO4-7 Amjed Khurwat: A Message of Peace through Astronomy: Insights from the First Space Camp in Libya

S4-8 Hassan Abdalla: Investigating the Frontiers of Fundamental Physics and Cosmology Through Gamma-Rays in the CTA Epoch

EDO4-8 Discussion: All participants

S5-1 Keegan Trehaeven: Unveiling large scale structure formation in the nearby Universe. The spectacular case of the Shapley Supercluster

EDO5-1 Daniel Cunnama: Advancing Astronomy in Africa: The Role of SAAO

S5-2 Malebo Moloko: MeerLIRGs: A MeerKAT 1.28 GHz study of local Luminous Infrared galaxies in the southern hemisphere

EDO5-2 Olayinka Fagbemiro: Empowering Marginalized Communities through Inclusive Astronomy Education: Lessons from Astronomers Without Borders Nigeria

S5-3 Rosalind Skelton: Environmental effects on galaxies

EDO5-3 Sylvain Bouley: African outreach activities of the French Astronomical Society

S5-4 Narges Hatamkhani: AGN activity in brightest cluster galaxies at 0.3

EDO5-4 Niruj Mohan Ramanujam: Lessons from an institutional outreach program

S5-5 Kshitij Thorat: A MeerKAT view of X-shaped Radio Galaxies

EDO5-5 Mohamed Aoudjehane: Attarik Foundation: A Meteoritics And Planetary Science Dissemination Initiative

S5-6 Amirnezam Amiri: A new multi-cloud method to accurately model emission lines in star-forming galaxies

EDO5-6 Jamal Mimouni: High Energy Physics & Astrophysics Masterclasses for High School Students

S5-7 Eslam Elhosseiny: Micro-Variability Monitoring of Blazar S5 0764 Using Multi-Band Optical Photometry

EDO5-7 Bénite Tantely: Promoting women in Astronomy through the annual celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (IDWGS)

S5-8 Notahiana Ranaivoharimina: Exploring the thickness of galaxy disks in HI

EDO5-8 Discussion: All participants

Screen1 : Priya Shah

Astronomy Olympiads in Africa

Screen2 : Syed Najamul Hasan

Astronomy program for undergraduates and postgraduates in Copperbelt University, Zambia

Screen3 : Muchammad Toyib

Empowering Astrotourism: Sustainable Management and Environmental Conservation

Screen4 : Biagio Ambrosio

Exploration of the Moon between communication and science

Screen5 : Dorothy Museo Mwanzia

Photometric analysis of variable stars in NGC7209

Screen6 : Douglas Manasi

Understanding Particle Acceleration Mechanism In Relics Formation

Screen7 : Miora Mbolatiana Randrianasy

Investigating the radio properties and star formation activity of galaxy population at higher z

Screen8 : Nancy Julianna Tovolahy

Elevating Astronomical Knowledge and Community Through the Journal Club

Screen9 : Faical Barzi

On some phase equilibrium features of charged black holes in flat spacetime via Rényi statistics.

Screen10 : Johanne Ekue

Plasma Dynamics in Star Formation: Unveiling the Interplay Between Ionized Matter and Stellar Genesis

Screen11 : Youssef Errazzouki

Single Star SCIDAR: Atmospheric parameters profiling using the power spectrum of scintillation.

Screen12 : Patrick Okezuonu

Unveiling the Universe's Secrets: Exploring Gravitational Waves from Merging Black Holes and Neutron Stars

Screen13 : Chukwuebuka Ugwu

Protostellar Interferometric Line Imaging of the Massive Young Stellar Object G358.46−0.39

Screen14 : Sam Samuneti

Testing the Rigidity Dependence of Galactic Cosmic Ray Intensity Variation using Algorithm-Selected Forbush Decreases

Screen15 : Ernest Benjamin Ikechukwu Ugwu

Signatures of solar activity fluctuations on Nigerian precipitation pattern

Lindsay Magnus: Introduction and overview of the SKA Observatory

Tracy Cheetham: Construction status of the SKA

Tyler Bourke: The Square Kilometre Array-Science and Status

Shari Breen: Science operations update, timelines to Science Verification and Cycle 0

Sharmila Goedhart: Science operations and observing opportunities with the SKA telescopes

Thijs Geurts and Rob Adam: International relations and engagement with African countries

Invited: Piero Benvenuti : Preservation of the dark and quiet sky

Saalih Allie: Astronomy Education Research

Invited: Meridth Rawls : Impacts of Bright Satellites on Ground-Based Optical Astronomy and Our Sky

Somaya Saad: Astronomy Education across different cultures

Invited: Vladimir Agapov: Overview of the results of monitoring of space debris in 2023-2024 by optical instruments operated by Astronomical Scientific Center

Linda Strubbe: Astronomy Educators

Invited: Julien Cantegreil: SpaceAble: a decentralized global network of SSA

Yannis Zancanaro: Enhancing Space Traffic Management in Africa: Collaborative Innovations in Ground-Based Facilities and Data Processing

Hamid Idelbacha: Detection and Classification of Orbital Anomalies using Machine Learning Models

Screen1 : Chioma Okany

Astronomy Development For The Girl-Child Using Optical Telescope In Nigeria

Screen2 : Eugene Idogbe

Astronomy For Everyone: Developing An African Planetarium Initiative

Screen3 : Steven Elijah

Stargazing Futures: Empowering Africa through Engagement, learning, and progress in the field of astronomy

Screen4 : Peter Offor Onubi

Centre for Basic Space Science & Astronomy Radio Telescope (CBSS RT)

Screen5 : Abdoulaye Ba

Characterization of the optical properties of atmospheric turbulence: Application to the choice of the site of the future Observatory of Senegal

Screen6 : Mamadou Mahamat Djabbi

Astronomy of yesterday and today in Chad

Screen7 : Jc Viljoen

Determining the properties of galaxies in MeerChoirs groups

Screen8 : Simthembile Dlamini

Exploring redshift-space distortions by combining future spectroscopic surveys.

Screen9 : Unnikrishnan Sureshkumar

Galaxy mergers and their local environments-insights from galaxy clustering

Screen10 : Sthabile Kolwa

superMIGHTEE: tracing the origin of radio emission in radio-selected galaxies up to z~5

Screen11 : Sindhu Gaddam

EM Simulations of HIRAX Antenna

Screen12 : Ayodele Periola

Green Astronomy-Environment Friendly and Low Water Foot Print Astronomy

Screen13 : Dorothy Mlambo

Empowering Disadvantaged Communities through Astronomical

Screen14 : Basia Nasiorowska

Competitions intertwining Astronomy and SpaceTech to inspire African Youth to conquer the Outer Space

Screen15 : Karabo Rantwane

Dark Skies Matter (Importance of keeping dark skies)

S6-1 Jack Radcliffe: Opening up the sky at the highest of resolutions

S7-1 Sam Samuneti: Testing the Rigidity Dependence of Galactic Cosmic Ray Intensity Variation using Algorithm-Selected Forbush Decreases

S6-2

S7-2 Dalale Mhamdi: Comparing phantom dark energy models with statefinder diagnostic tool

S6-3 Munira Hoosain: Tracing HI in Galaxies in the Cosmic Web with ECO

S7-3 Osama Shalabiea: Interstellar Space Chemistry: An Overview

S6-4 Julius Matthew: On The Extended Unification Scheme Of Narrow Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies And Blazars

S7-4 Albert Kuntu Forson: Design And Development Of A L-Band Four-Element Interferometer For The Study Of Galactic Neutral Hydrogen Emission

S6-5 James Chibueze: Polarization observation of MRC 0600-399 with MeerKAT

S7-5 Soebur Razzaque: Multiwavelength emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts

S6-6 Harris Yao Fortune Marc: Dsentangling Star Formation And Agn Activity In The Gama (G23 Region)

S7-6 Ambrose Eze: Accretion Flow Geometry And Dynamics Of Maxij1535-571 During The Hard-Intermediate State.

S6-7 Vasco Cossa: Searching for high-redshift radio galaxies with the MeerKAT Galaxy Cluster Legacy Survey

S7-7 Hayat Laassiri: Thermodynamics of Charged Anti-de Sitter Black Holes in Rastall Gravity

S6-8 Shimeles Mengistue: Quasar 3C 47: Extreme population B jetted source with double-peaked profile

S7-8 Calvince Juma: Characterisation of CORNISH-south Ultracompact HII regions Sample using The MeerKAT

S8-1 David Buckley: The Status of the African Integrated Observation System

S9-1 Evans Kojo Owusu: The elemental abundances of sodium in GALAH DR3 provide a more accurate tracer of the young and old sequences in the Milky Way at the same metallicity and age.

S8-2 Michelle Lochner: Enabling New Discoveries with Machine Learning

S9-2 Sivakumar Venkataraman: National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme

S8-3 Mario Accolla: Stardust machine: a foundry of cosmic dust analogues

S9-3 Koketso Mophahlane: HI Observation of the Norma Galaxy Cluster with the MeerkAT telescope

S8-4 Kira Hanmer: Searching for an optical counterpart to FRBs

S9-4 Syrine Sbaa : AI-Powered Breakthroughs in Astrophysical Analysis

S8-5 Daniel: SETI

S9-5 Nomthendeleko Motha: Leveraging the synergy between radio and optical data

S8-6 Encarni R. Colmenero: Updates from the Southern African Large Telescope

S9-6 Yosri Azzam: Retrofitting Kottamia Faint Object Imaging Spectro-Polarimeter (KFISP)

S8-7 El Mehdi El Hachimi: Petrographical, mineralogical and geochemical study of the meteorite Gueltat Zemmour Morocco, observed fall in August 2018

S9-7 Simphiwe Madlanga: Evolution and sustainability of Radio Astronomy facilities through co-location and collaboration for the benefit of the African continent

S8-8 Benard Nsamba: Inference of stellar core sizes in the absence of seismic data

S9-8 Mercy Mooketsi-Kobe: Comprehensive Analysis of Selected candidate binary stars in the TESS Field (V)

Screen1 : Abduljalol Safarov

Distribution of Dust Particles in Near-Planetary Spaces

Screen2 : Feyda Srarfi

Geological mapping and structural analysis of Beagle Rupes lobate scarp and Sveinsdóttir crater on Mercury

Screen3 : Ronald Ssembatya

Grid-based tool for inferring stellar core properties

Screen4 : Selassie Karobwa

Re-estimating masses of retired A-type stars using asteroseismology to address mass discrepancies.

Screen5 : Vassilios Spathopoulos

The Antikythera Mechanism: doing astronomy outreach with an ancient astronomical computer

Screen6 : Chidi Joseph Nicholas

Resolving Prestellar Molecular Clumps in External Galaxies

Screen7 : Mercy Akintola

Mapping the Distribution of Gamma-Ray Bursts using Open Data GIS

Screen8 : Feyiso Sado

Accreting Black-Hole as a progenitor for Gamma-Ray Burst

Screen9 : Shirley Aoko

Analyzing Asteroid Light-curves Using Isaac Newton Telescope Data

Screen10 : Mohamed Nouh

Structure and Stability of White Dwarfs Under Fractional Relativistic Polytrope

Screen11 : Meron Bekabil

Properties of Active Galactic Nuclei

Screen12 : Sukuma Mkhize

Urban Astronomy (Towards building an Astronomy Museum)

Screen13 : Gemechu Kumssa

Star formation efficiency of the chaotic and magnetized molecular cloud in the presence of magnetic tension.

Screen14 : Husseinat Etti-Balogun

CubeSats as a Tool for Education and Hands-on Training in African Tertiary Institutions

Screen15 : Mohammed Eldaw

Outreach Activities in Sudan

Invited: David Baratoux: The Africa Initiative for Planetary and Space Science-Achievements and perspectives

Welcome and introduction (Duduzile Kubheka, in-person)

Invited: Mohamed R. El-Maarry: Small bodies in our solar system: Current state of knowledge and the path forwards

Introduction to Hack4Dev (Nikhita, Wits University, South Africa, virtual)

Mourad Gachoui: TESS mission and discovery of super-Earths

Alumni personal experience story (Marcelina Kinyumu, Kenyatta University, Kenya, virtual)

Petanki SORO: The tectites of côté d’ivoire

Alumni personal experience story (Venu Preyag, in-person)

Said Hmiddouch: Activity and composition of five bright long period comets from photometry and long-slit spectroscopy.

The future of Hack4dev: Bridging the gap between Social Science and development through Big Data (Eslam Hussein, in-person)

Meryem Guennoun: Linking Meteor Orbits to Asteroidal Parent Bodies

Hybrid group discussion and extra Q&A (moderated by Duduzile Kubheka)

IAU-GA2024: Crafting a Legacy of Accessibility, Impact, and Sustainability for Astronomy in Africa

Kevin Govender: Road to the First International Astronomical Union General Assembly (IAU-GA2024) in Africa: Reflection and updates

Lara Le Roux: Road to IAU-GA2024 -The venue, exhibitions and Information

James Chibueze: Road to IAU-GA2024 - Science Committee activities

Duduzile Kubheka: Road to IAU-GA2024 - Outreach and Education Committee activities

Prospery Simpemba & Zouhair Benkhaldoun: Road to IAU-GA2024 - Africa Committee activities

Questions and open discussions

: Thebe Medupe
- Welcome and Opening of the General Assembly Meeting
- Adoption of Draft Agenda
- Report of the President / Achievements 2023/24

Report from the Head of Secretariat (Charles Takalana)

Financial Report and Future Funding Requirements (Yunus Manjoo)

: Committee Future Plans (10 minutes each)
- 10:45: AfAS membership updates (Sinenhlanhla Sikhosana)
- 10:55: Science (James Chibueze)
- 11:05: Early-career Science Committee (Youssef Moulane)
- 11:15: Outreach and Education (Duduzile Kubheka & Sally Macfarlane)
- 11:25: Communications (Thembela Mantungwa)
- 11:35: African Network for Women in Astronomy (AfNWA)-Mirjana Pović
- 11:45: African Science Stars Astronomy Publication (ASSAP)-Madambi Rambuda
- 11:55: Africa-Europe Science Collaboration Astronomy Platform (AERAP) and Fund Raising-Declan Kirrane & Takalani Nemaungani
- 12:05: African Planetarium Association (APA)-Sally Macfarlane

Members Q&A and Feedback

AfAS Constitution Task Team (Prospery Simpemba)

Summary of AfAS-2024 (Alemiye Mamo Yacob)

Handover to hosts of AfAS-2025-Thebe Medupe (Zouhair Benkhaldoun & Host of 2025)

Remarks from the Host

Conference Closing and Vote of Thanks-(Naomi Asabre Frimpong)

Monitoring the variable sky with wide angle robotic imaging: PANOPTES data reduction workshop

Building the Next Generation of Telescopes in Africa

SALT proposal preparation workshop