Prince Anyetei Adjei,a graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) was the prestigious winner of the very intellectual and development oriented educational reality competition, The Challenge Season VI; a British Council Ghana initiative and brought to you by Tigo.
Prince flies to the UK on a £35,000 scholarship to study a Post Graduate course at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland.
About 2,500 applications were received for the competition this season. The list was reduced to the four for the finals of the series, after weeks of tasks and evictions by the Board.
The competition, which took place at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in Accra last Friday night, demanded Prince to answer a question from one of the panelists, Mr Albert Ocran of Legacy and Legacy, on the economic impact of social media on Ghana in the next five years, during the analytical thinking round of the competition. This round was responsible for assessing the knowledge of contestants of happenings in Ghana.
Sailing through quite eloquently, and confidently, Prince also said, "I should be considered for this scholarship because I am globally-minded, an important criteria to look out for in leaders of our day." He saw himself as needing the scholarship because considering 'where he was coming from', his brains was supposed to take him where his pocket could not.
He also stood out by drawing the minds of the panelists to the fact that he was part of the various winning groups formed at different periods of the competition, which was launched in September this year, pointing out that he was a successful team leader in whom his colleagues had confidence in as well.
The final hurdle for the four was to identify a community business case and justify funding of GHC 300,000.
Prince proposed a community sustaining modern soccer academy at La, in Accra which would demand a minimum entry requirement of a Basic Education Certificate, in efforts to get the youth of the community who do not cherish formal education but are very interested in soccer to see the need to ensure basic education. He also said formal training of Ghanaian youth in the area of football would help produce more international football players who would bring foreign exchange into the country.
Indeed, he made the most impressive presentation, which made an exceptional clapping irresistible.
Professor Audrey Gadzekpo, of the School of Communications Studies, University of Ghana, and Andrew Martin, a guest judge from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland were the board members responsible for picking the ultimate winner.
The grand finale was not all about the four intellectuals as the grand finale also saw performances from YaaYaa formerly known as Bertha of Stars Of The Future fame gave a spectacular performance with her soothing voice, Steve Bedi who gave an extra ordinary performance with his saxophone and Chief Momen the young talented poet who ushered in the four finalist with a poem on education.
The Challenge is a British Council initiative proudly sponsored by Tigo, with support from Databank, Vitamilk, Beige Capital, EPP Books Services, IPMC, 2ND Image and empowered by Gh-One entertainment TV.