I am Dr Bakari Tundi, the cousin of Nigerian astronaut Air Force Major Abachatundi.

He was the first African in space when he made a secret flight to a Soviet Union space station in

1979. He was stranded there in 1990 when the Soviet Union was dissolved.

The other crew members returned to Earth, but his place was taken up by return cargo.

He is in good humour but wants to go home. but his place was taken up by return cargo.

He is in good humour but wants to go home.

In the years since he has been on the station,

he has accumulated flight pay and interest

amounting to almost 15 million American dollars.

As a Nigerian growing up in London,

I remember the embarrassment I used to feel at this kind of email.

It's a scam, obviously, the kind that Nigeria became famous for.

It goes on to ask for a small fortune to help Air Force Major Tundi back down to Earth.

In return, of course, for pot of his accumulated pay when he gets here.

But although the story is clearly ridiculous, it's not actually too badly researched.

On September 26, 2003, a Nigerian-owned satellite.

There has been a lot of interest in Nigeria since the launch of the country's satellite in 2000.

National Space Research and Development Agency was established.

This is a series about space, space science, and its history in Africa,

and a spirit that has driven people for over 50 years to show

that there's an Africa capable of more, something beyond poverty, beyond scam emails. And while in episode one, we heard about the lucky competition winners and amateur space launches.

In this episode, we turn our attention to the official space agencies on the continent today.

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