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Southern Africa: Celtel Varsity Challenge Goes to Region
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East African Business Week (Kampala)
22 October 2007
Posted to the web 22 October 2007
Kampala
Pan African telecom's firm, Celtel is extending the second season of the Celtel Africa Challenge to universities in Malawi and Zambia.
More than 50 universities from the region are expected to compete to qualify for the competition.
The inaugural competition that was broadcast from February to June this year featured 16 teams of students from universities in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda in a fast-paced quiz programme created by the award-winning creators of University Challenge, which is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
The team from Kenya's Egerton University won the first season of the Celtel Africa Challenge. It walked away with a grant of US$50,000 (Ush 87.5million) while each of the team members won grants of $ 5,000 (Ush8.75million) .
The show was televised simultaneously across Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda on Nation Television, ITV and Uganda Broadcasting Corporation.
Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda will be represented by four universities each while Malawi and Zambia, which are competing for the first time, will have two teams each in the challenge which will be broadcast as a 15-week knock-out tournament, resulting in a final champion.
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The Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) and the respective education ministries are key educational partners in the programme.
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