Multi choice Award winner

Students from Zimbabwe and
Uganda shine in pan-African
competition organised by
MultiChoice Africa and Eutelsat
Press Release • Feb 10, 2015 15:50 GMT
Joseph Mahiya from Zimbabwe wins
essay prize
Hannah Kasule from Uganda wins poster
prize
Lusaka, Johannesburg, Paris – 10 February
2015. The winners of the DStv Eutelsat Star
Awards, the unique pan-African competition
that sparks interest in science and space
technology in young African students were
announced tonight in Zambia.
The fourth edition of the DStv Eutelsat Star
Awards, organised by MultiChoice and
Eutelsat, attracted over 1,000 entries from 14
countries. The winner in the essay category,
Joseph Mahiya (Zimbabwe) , 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 João Nuno Freire Melo (Angola) who
wins a trip for two to visit MultiChoice
facilities and the South African National Space
Agency near Johannesburg. The theme for the
essay category was to imagine yourself as a
satellite looking down on earth and consider
the key issues shaping Africa and how
satellites can help development.
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, Paolo 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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