DStv Eutelsat Star Award winners announced

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DStv Eutelsat Star Award winners announced --

Fri, 13 Feb 2015 10:37

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The DStv Eutelsat Star Awards, a pan-African competition which inspires interest in science and space technology in young African students, announced Joseph Mahiya (Zimbabwe) as the winner in the essay category. Mahiya has won a trip to Paris and onwards to a launch site to witness a rocket blast into space to place a satellite into orbit. The runner up in the essay category was Jo o Nuno Freire Melo (Angola) who won a trip for two to visit the MultiChoice facilities and the South African National Space Agency near Johannesburg. The theme for the essay category was: Imagine yourself as a satellite looking down on earth and consider the key issues shaping Africa and how satellites can help development .

The fourth edition of the DStv Eutelsat Star Awards, organised by MultiChoice and Eutelsat, took place in Zambia on 10 February and attracted over 1000 entries from 14 countries.

In the poster category, first place went to Hannah Kasule (Uganda)who will visit Eutelsat in Paris. Lesley Chakurira (Zimbabwe) was the runner up in the same category. The four winning schools attended by the overall award winners and runners-up were also rewarded with a DStv installation, including dish, TV set, PVR decoder and free access to the DStv Education Bouquet.

The international jury assessing this year s entries was chaired by European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli with Dr. Jacob O Ashong, Director (also Higher Education Consultant) at the Ghana Science Project and Planetarium; Christine Mugimba, Head of Spectrum Management at the Uganda Communications Commission; Professor Steve Simukanga, Vice Chancellor of the University of Zambia as well as a representative from MultiChoice Africa and Eutelsat.

Commenting on the entries, Nespoli said, The jury was truly impressed by the grasp of technology, the maturity of ideas, the quality of compositions and the creativity of artwork in this year s entries. The DStv Eutelsat Star Awards shines a spotlight on the potential of the many inspired and motivated students in Africa who are passionate about the development of their continent and the opportunities for progress. It is an honour to assess their work.

The winners were announced in the presence of the Permanent Secretary of the Zambian Ministry of Education, Chishimba Nkoshya, who commented, I am sure I am speaking on behalf of everybody here when I say education serves as the means to bring about the desired change in society, to develop a generation of virtuous individuals and thus contribute to the development of good human beings. I hope that MultiChoice Africa and Eutelsat will continue to inspire not only young Zambians but the youth all over the continent to take up careers in sciences so that Africa can produce more engineers, astronauts, medical doctors and others in the future.

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