The 2017 DStv Eutelsat Star Awards competition is back. The awards are open to all learners from secondary schools in Ghana. Students can enter the competition by writing an essay or designing a poster depicting how satellites have launched humankind into the 21st century and acted as a unifier. According to Cecil Sunkwa Mills, General … Read more
Ghana has become the first Sub-Saharan African country to send a satellite into orbit around the earth. The satellite, named Ghanasat-1, was launched into space by a group of students of the All Nations University, Eastern region; with the help of the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA. Ghana’s first satellite which was released and deployed … Read more
A beach stroll by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu caused online waves on Thursday, with the two men seen wading barefoot into the surf together. The beach trip came on the last day of Modi’s visit to Israel, the first-ever by an Indian prime minister. They had gone to the … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday on the first ever visit by an Indian premier to Israel as they sought to deepen ties beyond high-priced defence deals. The two leaders presented a series of agreements between India and Israel for cooperation on satellite technology, water and agriculture, as well as the … Read more
Nigeria plans to launch Africa’s first nanosatellite into orbit between 23-27 May, reports Today.ng, citing the Director-General of National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Seidu Mohammed. He said Nigeria’s nanosatellite would be launched alongside Japan, Ghana, Nepal and Bangladesh from the launch base at Miami, Florida, in the US. According to Mohamed, the latest … Read more
The Vice-President of Eutelsat, one of the world’s leading satellite operators, Mr Christoph Limmer, has described the cooperation between Graphic Communications Group Ltd (GCGL) and Crystal TV as a great collaboration. He said the collaboration was an opportunity for the GCGL to grow its business, reach people and deliver messages in a way that other … Read more
A Kenyan research scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute based in Nairobi has won the 2016 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application for his work in providing insurance to livestock herders in East Africa’s drylands through innovative, state-of-the art technologies. Dr Andrew Mude developed insurance for never-before-insured communities whose livelihoods depend on … Read more