Overview

Chinese Government provide scholarships and training to space engineers from Nigeria

Commitment Year•2013Country of Activity•NigeriaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•NigeriaSector•CommunicationsFlow Type•Scholarships/training in the donor country

Status

Project lifecycle

Implementation

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Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jun 17, 2013

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Nigeria

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provide scholarships and training to space engineers from Nigeria

Narrative

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Project narrative

In June 2013 Nigeria's Minister of Science and Technology Ita Ewa announced at a press conference in Abuja that the government would prepare astronauts for space travel likely by 2015. In cooperation with the Chinese government Nigeria would build a spacecraft. A 20 kilometer launch site has already been established in Epe, Lagos State and 12 engineers from the National Space Research and Development Agency are currently training in China. In April 2016, China welcomed a Nigerian delegation to discuss the logistics and financing of Nigeria's mission to send an astronaut to space by 2030. China still continues to provide scholarships and training to space engineers from Nigeria.