Winner of Challenge Season I Congratulates 12 finalists

Accra, 19th March, 2009--- The Winner of the Season I of the Challenge Reality Show, Jojo Chartei Quansah has congratulated and advised the 12 finalists for the Season II of the show to take advantage of the exposure and training offered by The Challenge which could be the turning point in their personal and professional lives. This follows the Launch of the Challenge Educational Reality TV Show recently held at the British Council in Accra.

"For reaching this stage of the competition, you are all already winners. For most of you, The Challenge will be the turning point in your personal and professional lives. I am receiving world-class training here at the University of Westminster and life in London (especially Central London where 3 of you will be living) has exposed me to a very cosmopolitan culture” said Jojo Quansah.

“It is worth all the hard work you are putting in right now. Some of you will leave this competition with prizes, others will not. But what matters most is how well you utilise the exposure and training you are given in the Challenge House. That is one prize guaranteed to all housemates. Congratulations on being the best among the best in Ghana” he added.

The Challenge Educational Reality TV Show which is telecast every Sunday at 3pm is designed to give bright young ambitious Ghanaian university graduates the opportunity to study under postgraduate scholarships at three leading universities in the UK, with the fourth runner up reading an ICT related course at IPMC here in Ghana.

‘The Challenge’ will run for 14 weeks on GTV every Sunday at 3pm and will afford the general public the opportunity to participate as studio audience members and also via weekly SMS prize draws and eviction voting. For details of The Challenge, please visit –www.thechallengeghana.com

The Challenge is brought to you by The British Council and TIGO, in association with University of Westminster, London. It is proudly supported by Strategic Communications Africa Limited (Stratcomm Africa), United Bank of Africa Ghana Limited (UBA), London Metropolitan University and Thames Valley University, Nouvelle Gandour (Pharmadem), IPMC, BusinessGhana.com, UKPASS (UKPASS is an online postgraduate programme application service brought to you by UCAS - the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service), First Choice Hair & Beauty Salon, ANTAL International Network, Nallem Clothing, Le Baron, Nelly Black and powered by CharterHouse.

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For more information please contact Albert Eliason, Business Director albert.eliason@gh.britishcouncil.org or Angelina Diyuoh, Project Coordinator Angelina.diyuoh@gh.britishcouncil.org British Council Accra, tel. 233 21 610090 and fax. 233 21 683062. or Nii Ayite Hammond, productions@charterhouseghana.com at Charterhouse Accra, tel: 233 21 241676 / 241384 and fax. 233 21 247433.

Media Contact: Archibald Adams (Stratcomm Africa) 021 224 724/020 833 6002 archie@stratcomm-africa.com or Felicia Nyame 021 610090 Felicia.nyame@gh.britishcouncil.org