Okere is presently the Director, Centre for Basic Space Science and Astronomy, an activity centre of NASRDA. Dr Bonaventure Okere, an astronomer with the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), has won the 2024 International Astronomical Union (IAU) prize for astronomy education in Africa.Guido Schwarz, IAU’s Press Officer, announced the prize winners in a statement issued on the union’s official website page, a copy of which was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. The prizes were in three categories, which included the IAU Astronomy Outreach, Deve…