Your friendly neighbourhood Astro — scrolling, reading, delivering and sharing something always.

The Continent News’ unofficial official mascot

• Who is Astro?

  Astro was an accidental creation in our newsroom that I illustrated. My co-workers joked about making Astro a mascot for our newspaper — and we did! Since then, Astro has appeared on our pages encouraging readers to subscribe. No one knows the astronaut’s identity so they are exclusively referred to as “they/them”.

• What’s Astro reading?

  They are reading a Pan African weekly newspaper called The Continent. Astro makes sure the newspaper is delivered in cute interesting ways to lift the weight news often carries. They are simply carefree.

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