Nigeria Teams Up With China to LIFT OFF

China has been pretty involved in re-development and development projects in Africa for a while now, and on a very large scale. Yesterday, Spaceflight Now reported that Nigeria and China joined on another venture - space. No, as far as I know, no Nigerians will be floating thousands of miles above our atmosphere, but Nigeria definitely will be marking itself as Africa's leader in satellite communications and definitely pave the way for China to become the global leader in the space industry.

Reading this, I couldn't help but to reminisce my younger days as a coordinator for a traveling Vacation Bible School team.



The theme for this was hot air balloons, not spacecrafts, but for some reason, this song is going through my head (probably because it is forever ingrained and I still think of a rocket ship when I hear "lift off").

Documentary: When China Met Africa

Current TV's Vanguard has done a mini version of this, with a focus on China's involvement with Angola, now one of the world's fastest growing economies after nearly three decades of civil war. Now this look like a full blown coverage into China's deepened relationship with African nations to fuel both of their quickly growing economies. Take a look at the trailer.


When China Met Africa: Trailer from Speakit on Vimeo.

Click here for more on this fascinating documentary and showings. Special thanks to my friend Diana for sending me this news.