
Let’s talk about the future with young people. Their time is now.
Education can win in Nigeria a couple of ways; more quality schools with libraries, books and classroom facilities and trains more teachers. But getting more children into classrooms and in front of books isn’t the only answer.

Cecilia Payne was the first person to earn a PhD in astronomy. A Russian-American astronomer, Otto Strauve said hers was “the most brilliant PhD thesis ever written in astronomy.” Her mother refused to pay for her higher education, so she worked hard and won a scholarship to Cambridge University in England. But when she finished her studies the university wouldn’t give her a degree. Why? Because she was a woman! In fact, Cambridge University only started giving degrees to women in 1948. What did she do? Cecilia Payne discovered what the universe is made of. She discovered what the sun is Read more