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
Nigerian doctor
could be the first
black African in
space after being
shortlisted
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