• Airtel marketing director Walid Akkaoui (in black T-shirt) and Airtel acting head of corporate Affairs Lisa Mulozi take a picture with the Spritual Assets Dance Crew, the winners of ‘Airtel Go For It’ showdown dance competition at News Cafe (Arcades) in Lusaka.

By SAM PHIRI –

“IN the past, actors, singers, dancers, and models have had to have a direct connection with Hollywood in order to gain celebrity status, but with the coming of the internet, things have to a larger extent changed that,”
What a timely observation by the Airtel managing director Ms Charity Lumpa last Friday during the Airtel “Go for It” showdown dance and photo competition prize giving ceremony at Lusaka’s News Café. Without doubt, the prize giving ceremony was simply a marvel and fan-packed looking at the youthful age group that participated in the exiting and highly entertaining showdown.
The participation in this worldwide stardom building was a clear indication of how Airtel has achieved online leadership position in the telecommunication sector.
The Airtel Go for It showdown competition has brought wealth of talent to light in the Zambian youths as the performance of each team was worth applauding though others simply proved to be the best of the best through votes.
All this was done through the usage of the social media with has definitely linked these Zambian talented youths to the global talent market.
“As Airtel we are giving you the platform to showcase your talent and the interment facility to explore the creative world. Please make the most of our affordable internet rates,’ Ms Lumpa says.
The showdown dance competition attracted a total number of 16,803 votes that saw the first prize winners the Spiritual Assets Dance Crew that amassed a total of 2,143 votes walk away with a Z10 Blackberry phone each and 2GB data bundle each.
Their runners up the Prodigy Dance Crew also walked away with the Z10 Blackberry with a 1 GB data bundle each while the last in the group M16 dance crew walked away with a dongle and 500MB data bundle each.
On the photo, the number of total votes was twin with that of the dance crew 16,803 which saw the first prize of a Blackberry and a 2GB data bundle each go to the Rebuilt Pentagon Crew.
Their runners up in the photo category were the Most Wanted Crew who also walked away with a Z10 Blackberry each with 1GB data bundle each.
The Java Cloners Crew was the third and managed a dongle and 500 MB data bundle each.
The Go for It competition might have come to a pleasant end but according to Airtel, more exiting and entreating competition are yet to come!