January 10, 2022
The leading Mobile Company in Sierra Leone Africell has on the 7th January 2022 unveiled winners of a trip to the Africa Cup of Nations to Cameroon to watch the tournament live with a fully-funded package.
According to the Chief Cooperate Affairs Officer, Joe Abass Bangura said the Afcon total Energies 2022 kicks off in Cameroon from the 9th of January to the 6th February 2022. He describes the tournament as a special one because Leone Stars qualified for the tournament for the first time in 25 years.
He affirmed that in September last year Africell Mobile Company announced its partnership with Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) as exclusive telecom sponsor of Leone Stars in the build-up to Cameroon. A partnership that included cash and support, branding, right/ supports special travel package for supporters, and other technical supports.
He said as the Official sponsors of Leone Stars and in others to drum up more support for the team in Cameroon, Africell mobile Company launched the AFCON, Cameroon 2021 promotion, were subscribers who recharge their data or Air time via Afrimoney will stand a chance to win, AFCON Supporters package (fully paid trip to Afcon Cameroon and subscribes have the chance to win millions of Leone daily via Africell money service and branded Leone Stars replica Jersey. The said promotion started on the 19th of November and end on 31st December 2021.
He added that the daily draws were conducted at A.Y.V media empire TV Afriradio, Africell Facebook page, and major radio stations and partner media houses.
The daily and weekly draws format is ten lucky winners were electronically drawn each day to win instant cash via Afrimoney or Branded Leone Stars replica Jerseys. Each daily winner was automatically qualified for the grand draw every Friday and one subscriber won one of the fully paid supporters’ packages to Cameroon.
Winners in summary by regions 42 winners from the North Regional, 29 from the South Region 89 from East region and 27 from West Area sum it up to 196 subscribers Countrywide a total of 89 Jerseys we’re won and 6 winners won the grand prize to Cameroon.
The President of the Sportswriters Association of Sierra Leone, Sahr Morris Junior while making his statement started by thanking Africell mobile company for helping the Association to get one senior member to cover the Africa Cup of Nations and lured Sierra Leonean to make use of the 392 code to be getting the latest updates of local sports
The first winner Sulaiman Jalloh working for the National Electoral Commission said he feels delighted to have won such a prize from Africell Mobile Company thanks to the management for making such the fulfill their promises in watching the tournament for the first time after.
Terriser Sankoh who is a nurse working at the Government hospital in BO said she felt excited to be among those who won the grand prize.