Nigerian doctor could be the first black African in space after being shortlisted
A Nigerian doctor, Freeman Osonuga has been named among top three young global leaders who could win a trip to space worth $100,000.
If selected, he will be making Africa proud as the first black African to go to space.
He was shortlisted through the Rising Star programme at the One Young World Summit 2014 in Dublin and could become the first Nigerian in space.
The competition is “organized by London-based talent agency Kruger Cowne in partnership with One Young World and Xcor Space Expeditions.
The main purpose of the project is to raise global conversations on issues that affect us all as inhabitants of planet earth such as climate change, global peace and poverty,” Osonuga told Quartz.
He is one of 30 shortlisted who will be flown to Bangkok in November. From this group, a Rising Star will be chosen.
Osonuga is a 2014 TIME Magazine’s “Person of the Year” and one of the 2013 “Ten Outstanding Young Persons In Nigeria”.
