(2021) Yemi applied for "dearMoon" - the first civilian mission to orbit the Moon. Yemi has been accepted into a pre-final group of 20 selected participants and is awaiting a final call in the spring of 2022. He also founded the US-based Moonshot Platform Inc. a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formerly operating out of Europe, whose mission is to seek out and accelerate emerging leaders and their organizations around the world who are working to address 21st century grand challenges and innovations focused on the Sustainable Development Goals.