- Charles Mwangi is the Acting Director, Space Sector & Technology Development who is overseeing Earth Observation (EO), Research, Education and Outreach programs as well as the Research Grant program at the Kenya Space Agency (KSA).
- He serves in the advisory panel for Africa EO Challenge and EO Farm (initiative of NASA Harvest). He previously represented Kenya as an alternate member of the Programme Board of the Group on Earth Observation (GEO).
- He holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (Control Engineering) from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture, an International Master degree on Space Mission Design and Management from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
- He has also undertaken a Postgraduate course in GIS and Remote Sensing from ITC, University of Twente in Netherlands amongst other diverse training on project management, satellite engineering and remote sensing.
