Eutelsat and MultiChoice Africa Announce Winners of the First DStv Eutelsat Star Awards
21 Sep 2011 16:10 Africa/Lagos Eutelsat and MultiChoice Africa Announce Winners of the First DStv Eutelsat Star Awards More Than 800 Students From Across Africa Respond to the Challenge of Creative Thinking in Science and Technology JOHANNESBURG and PARIS, September 21, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Following the meeting in South Africa of a prestigious jury chaired by Professor George Smoot, Nobel Prize laureate in 2006 and astrophysicist, the winners have been announced of the first edition of the DStv Eutelsat Star Awards, initiated by MultiChoice Africa and Eutelsat in collaboration with Mindset Learn. The DStv Eutelsat Star Awards is an initiative to encourage young students in 42 African countries to embrace science and technology, and to encourage creative thinking on applications that can support the development of the African continent. Students were invited to write an essay or design a poster on satellite technology and how it can assist further development of their communi...