This year, the Eutelsat star awards are back for the 8th edition. Uganda’s teenage science and technology enthusiasts (14-19 years) will have to show their skills by writing a creative essay or design a poster using the topic “Currently, satellites are being used in a variety of ways but there is always room for expansion and growth’’.
They will have to strategize mostly on areas where full potential of satellites has not yet been tapped into or embraced.
Recently crowned overall winner in the Essay category, Amos Mumbere will soon be jetting off to Paris and onwards to French Guiana to witness a live satellite launch as part of his prize. The overall winner in the Poster category, Taher Rasheed went to South Africa yesterday Sunday 15 July as a guest of MultiChoice Africa and will not only visit the South African National Space Agency as part of his prize, but will get to see heritage sites such Nelson Mandela’s former home in Soweto, the Constitution Hill and Soccer City to name a few.
Entries from students majorly in secondary school will close on Friday 12th October 2018.
