The SKA project has helped put Africa on the map of the astronomy world and this is just the beginning. - Zara Randriamanakoto

Like humans, a star cluster is born, lives, and dies. The duration of this process could be up to a few billion years or more.

I am passionate about science engagement, the promotion of Girls and Women in STEM, and especially the advancement of astronomy in all its aspects in my home country (Madagascar) and Africa.

Nothing predestined me to become an astronomer. I moved to Antananarivo for my university studies at the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Antananarivo. I obtained a master's degree in energy physics from the physics department in 2007.