Ghanaian student, Ayawen Asuinura, won the top award at the DStv Eutelsat Star Awards, held in Nairobi, Kenya.
The DStv Eutelsat Star Awards seek to celebrate rising students interested in science and technology on the African continent.
Organised by MultiChoice and Eutelsat, the fifth edition of the DStv Eutelsat Star Awards reached a record participation with nearly 2,000 entries from 18 countries.
In the end of the context, Ayawen Asuinura was adjudged as the winner in the essay category.
The awards means Ayawen Asuinura 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.
This is the first win in the essay category for Ghana that has already produced two winners in the poster category.
The runner-up in the essay category was Sara Eribo from Equatorial Guinea who won a trip for two to visit MultiChoice facilities and the South African National Space Agency near Johannesburg.
In the essay category, students were asked to interpret the quote by Socrates “Man must rise above the Earth, to the top of the atmosphere and beyond, for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives” and to show how satellites help understand and take care of our planet.
In the poster category, Mallon Marume from Zimbabwe scooped the first prize for artistic creativity and will visit Eutelsat in Paris to understand how satellites are operated and piloted in space and the many ways they benefit users.
This is a consecutive win for Zimbabwe as Joseph Mahiya won top honours in the essay category last year.
Benjamin Ibanda from Uganda 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.
Speaking on the entries, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut, Paolo Nespoli, said: “As the Jury Chairman of the DStv Eutelsat Star Awards over the last three years, I confirm that this year’s entries re-affirm the high standard of this unique competition.
The quality and creativity of the finalists’ essays and artwork underscore the deep interest of Africa’s young generation in science and technology”.
He added “I am truly honoured to be part of a competition that reveals some of Africa’s future thought leaders”.
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