On 26 January 2023, the Ministry of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Social Communications (MINTTICS), the National Space Programme Management Office (GGPEN), in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the Space Enabled Research Group of the MIT Media Lab, inaugurated the “Support System for Policies to Combat Drought in Southern Angola” project. The drought mitigation project is a ​​USD 550,000-funded project by the National Aeronautic Space Agency (NASA), which seeks to acquire data for drought monitoring and water management in Angola, leveraging satellite data mining systems.