Zain Africa Challenge Season 3
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| Zain Africa Challenge Season 3 | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | John Sibi-Okumu |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Richard Reid |
| Production company(s) | Africa Challenge Productions Ltd |
| Release | |
| Original release | March 2009 – August 2009 |
| External links | |
| [{{#property:P856}} Website] | |
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The Africa Challenge 2009, also known as ZAC 2009 or the Zain Africa Challenge 2009 for sponsorship reasons, was the third season of the African inter-university quiz competition. Starting in the 2009 edition, Zain took over sponsorship the Africa Challenge competition following its acquisition of Celtel Africa[1]. The tournament was also expanded to include universities from West Africa bringing the number of competing universities to 32 from 8 countries across Africa. Teams competed for institutional grants for their universities and educational grants for themselves. The further the team progresses in the tournament, the larger the grants they received.
A total of 31 matches were played across the knock-out rounds of competition. The University of Ibadan, Nigeria won the tournament[2], their first title, beating Kenyatta University, Kenya in the finals. The tournament was hosted by John Sibi-Okumu and was televised[3] across all participating countries in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia and via satellite TV on DSTV.
National Qualifying Tournaments[edit]
National Qualifying Tournaments were held early 2009 across the participating countries to select finalists for the international championship.
- Qualifying Teams are highlighted in green.
Ghana[edit]
7 universities competed for the 4 slots to represent Ghana at the International Championships.[4]
Kenya[edit]
17 universities competed for the 5 slots to represent Kenya at the International Championships.[4]
Malawi[edit]
The National Qualifiers were held between 2 universities which both went on represent Malawi.[4]
| University of Malawi |
| Mzuzu University |
Nigeria[edit]
16 universities competed for the 5 slots to represent Nigeria at the International Championships.[4]
Sierra Leone[edit]
The National Qualifiers were held between 2 universities which both went on represent Sierra Leone.[4]
| Njala University |
| University of Sierra Leone |
Tanzania[edit]
10 universities competed for the 5 slots to represent Tanzania at the International Championships.[4]
Uganda[edit]
13 universities competed for the 5 slots to represent Uganda at the International Championships.[4]
Zambia[edit]
8 universities competed for the 4 slots to represent Zambia at the International Championships.[4]
International Championship[edit]
The International Championship Festival was held in Kampala Uganda in February 2009. The 32 student teams that finished at the top in their respective National Qualifying Tournaments attended to compete in the 31-game knockout tournament. The games were recorded for TV and each episode of the competition was broadcast within the same week simultaneously across continental Africa.[5]
Results[edit]
- winners of matches are in bold
- * shown by score indicates a win in the Ultimate Challenge worth US$500.
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "US$1 million to be won on Zain Africa Challenge TV show".
- ↑ "University of Ibadan Conquers Africa". 14 September 2009.
- ↑ "Zain Africa Challenge TV Programme".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 "Zain Africa Challenge 2009 National Qualifiers".
- ↑ "Zain's Africa best young brains battle hits national tv".
External links[edit]
- Zain Africa Challenge official site of the Zain Africa Challenge
- Richard Reid TV, Producers of ZAC
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