DStv Eutelsat Star Awards for 2013 will be done in commemoration of the World Telecommunication Day. As part of the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD), the awards which was returned by MultiChoice Africa and Eutelsat are aimed at inspiring innovative thinking among secondary and high school students in Africa, and creating awareness on application of science and technology to everyday life.
According to Nico Meyer, Chief Executive of MultiChoice Africa, the 2013 awards are perfectly aligned with the objective of WTISD, namely to raise awareness of the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs), and in particular satellites, on society. “The new edition of the Star Awards challenge high school student from over 42 African countries to propose how they would use the satellites in space to address three community, country or African continental priorities” he added.
The annual awards, which grew from 800 entries in 2011 to over 1000 last year, take the form of a competition open to 14-19 year-old students to write an essay or design a poster on the specified topic. Country winners, besides winning exciting country prizes, will go on to compete against each other for the overall continental awards. Runners up will win a trip to South Africa as guests of MultiChoice Africa. Schools attended by the overall winners will also receive a DStv installation, including dish, television, state-of-the-art PVR decoder and free access to the DStv Education Bouquet.
Students can enter the awards by collecting an entry form and other resources from their nearest MultiChoice office or download a copy at www.dstvstarawards.com. Entries for the awards close on 19 September 2013.
