  Asteroid search is a global effort for planetary defense. The International
Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) is the leading global educational
outreach program that provides high-quality astronomical datasets to citizen
scientists to discover asteroids. Since December 4, 2020, the Pan-African
Citizen Science e-Lab (PACS e-Lab) has been IASC's biggest partner on the
continent in recruiting and training citizen scientists in asteroid search
endeavors. Over 30 asteroids have been discovered by 60 citizen scientists.
About 595 citizen scientists from over 40 countries have been engaged in the
project up to the time of composing this literature. The group is set to expand
its endeavors to the rest of the continent and aims to engage thousands of
citizen scientists.
