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Podcast: SpaceBase Podcast
Episode: It's Never too Early to Start a Career in Space: An Interview with Cairo Akehurst
Description: An interview with Cairo Akehurst, a year 12 student at Cashmere High in Christchurch, New Zealand. And he is also already a serial entrepreneur having founded Convergence Aerospace and most recently Cattle Credit. His team was a finalist to the Space for Planet Earth Challenge 2023-24, High School level. He won the Emerging Technology Award as part of the Otautahi Christchurch Smart Cities Challenge 2024. He was also an elected participant in the validator programme at the University of Christchurch Center for Entrepreneurship. And just recently, he was short listed as one of three finalist for the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) New...