A new space race, in Africa

While billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson have gotten lots of attention for their recent forays into space, there’s another space race heating up — in Africa. Host Marco Werman speaks with Temidayo Oniosun, managing director of the space consultancy firm Space in Africa, based in Lagos, Nigeria.

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