African Space Programme

We've stumbled across this article all about the African Space Research Programme.  It may not be as famous as NASA, and it only has 600 members most of whom are engineering students, but they're certainly not short on ambition.  They've already starting building an airplane in their back garden and although it may be missing some vital elements such as an engine, they hope to have a shuttle and rocket ready to send a man into space in the next 4 to 6 years!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/9573163.stm