From the ground where humankind began, to the edge of orbit.
Olduvai Gorge, a few hundred kilometers from where we work, is where the earliest evidence of the human story was uncovered. OLSPACE is writing the next chapter from the same soil: Tanzania's first privately built satellite, an engineering kit already in the hands of students across the region, and a growing bench of young Tanzanian engineers.
What we're building
Two kinds of work: real aerospace missions, and the STEM programs that grow the people who'll run the next ones.
MapinduziSat-1
Tanzania's first privately developed CubeSat, built for Earth observation and environmental monitoring from low Earth orbit.
Follow the mission
CanSat Program
A satellite that fits in a beverage can, teaching students real mission design, sensor integration, and data collection.
See the program
Vumbua Synapse Kit
An all in one Arduino based lab with 15+ sensors and a 12 lesson curriculum, built to take a student from a blinking LED to a working robot.
Explore the kit.JPG)
Mbozi Meteorite Expedition
A journey to one of Tanzania's most significant meteorite sites, studying a visitor that reached Earth long before we were here to see it land.
Read the field notes
Investing in STEM
Workshops, mentorship, and hands-on labs built to close the gap between curiosity and opportunity across Tanzania.
See the initiative
Tanzania Space Summit
Over 400 scientists, engineers, and students gathered at Buni Hub for three days that put Tanzanian space ambitions on record.
Revisit the summitThe name comes from the same ground that rewrote human history once already.
Olduvai Gorge is one of the most important paleoanthropological sites on Earth, the place where fossil evidence reshaped what we know about our own origins. OLSPACE takes its name from that gorge on purpose. A country that already changed how the world understands where humanity began has something to say about where it's going next.
That case is easiest to make through the person making it. Our founder built his first radio station at twelve, in the village of Marangu at the foot of Kilimanjaro, and worked his way from broadcast engineering into satellite systems from there.
"His story is a testament to the transformative power of passion and dedication in pursuing one's dreams." — from his talk at the 2023 Tanzania Space Education Summit
