Project ID: 30988

Chinese Government provide scholarships and training to space engineers from Nigeria

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Nigeria

Sector

Communications (Code: 220)

Flow type

Scholarships/training in the donor country

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Implementation (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2013-06-17

Description

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.

Number of official sources

0

Number of total sources

7

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Nigeria [Government Agency]