Sandra Suubi has scooped the top Shs 100 million cash prize in a competition organized by telecommunications giant, Airtel, the company said in a notice issued on Feb. 17. The competition dubbed 'Airtel Trace Music Star' attracted five final contestants at an event organized at Serena Hotel in Kampala.
Last year, Airtel Uganda partnered with Trace, an international music video channel, to launch the music competition [Airtel Trace Music Star], an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) based music competition designed to create a robust platform for Airtel subscribers to achieve their dreams of becoming the next big music star in Uganda, and possibly across Africa and the world. This competition attracted millions of Airtel subscribers who looked at it as an opportunity to showcase their hidden singing talent without having to go through the usual procedure of doing live auditions.
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