The following institutions and IAU divisions have expressed their support for this symposium:
- IAU Division J (Galaxies and Cosmology)
- IAU Division B (Facilities, Technologies and Data Science)
- IAU Division C (Education, Outreach and Heritage)
- The African Astronomical Society, AfAS
- The South African Astronomical Observatory, SAAO
- The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, SARAO
- The European Southern Observatory, ESO