Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
Egusi melon seeds are a staple in many West African cuisines – ground and cooked into protein-rich soups and stews. But in 2025, they encountered a whole other sort of dish…on a satellite.
Temidayo Oniosun, Managing Director of Space in Africa, was the driving force behind an initiative that saw egusi seeds placed aboard a SpaceX capsule with heritage crops from Egypt, Armenia and Pakistan.
The reason was twofold, he says: to spark interest in space launches across #Africa, and to see if the seeds were viable as future astronaut food. Here, he chats about the #mission and about Africa’s burgeoning space economy.
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