Telecel Ghana has presented the GHs 30,000 weekly cash prize to the first two winners of its ongoing More Money Promo at a lively presentation event at the Madina market in Accra and at the Area 2 – Sunyani, Ahafo Region.
Richard Addo Boafo, the winner from Accra was overwhelmed with joy as he received the prize cheque from Telecel and National Lottery Authority executives, followed by an instant Telecel Cash transfer into his mobile account at the bustling market quadrant.
Richard, a fabric production specialist with a textiles manufacturer, expressed his surprise and delight the moment he found out he was a winner. “I couldn’t believe I had won 30, 000 cedis just like that. When the call came from Telecel, I was overjoyed. I started jumping and singing praises at my workplace. I’m very happy,” said Richard, the 46-year-old father of six. “The prize money will allow me to complete my home construction project which has stalled.”
The second winner, Emmanuel Bonsu a miner was equally elated as the GHs 30,000 prize hit his Telecel Cash account clapping and jumping with joy.
Telecel Ghana’s Executive Head of Accra East, Samuel Gyimah, congratulated Richard and Emmanuel for being the first lucky winners of the Telecel More Money Promo and reiterated the telco’s commitment to rewarding its customers. “We’re thrilled to see Richard and Emmanuel receive their weekly cash prizes. This promo demonstrates Telecel’s dedication to rewarding and empowering Ghanaians. We encourage everyone to keep topping up their airtime and buying bundles for a chance to win the daily, weekly and grand prize of GHs 1million.”
The Telecel More Money Promo, launched on 10th July, offers Ghanaians across the country the opportunity to win daily and cash rewards simply by recharging their Telecel mobile and broadband accounts. The promo continues until the end of September, with more daily and weekly winners set to be announced in the coming weeks.
Each day,150 lucky Telecel customers will win GHS100, and two users will win GHS 30,000 each week. At the climax of the three-month promo, the luckiest customer will win the grand prize of GHS 1,000,000 to become the Telecel millionaire.
All Telecel users, including mobile, prepaid, fixed and business customers are eligible to participate and can join the promo by sending the keyword ‘WIN’ to 500 or dialling *500# to activate or alternatively, through the promo section of the Telecel Play App.
Sharing advice to other Telecel users, Richard said although he has been using Telecel for six years now, he didn’t believe he could win a promo. “I didn’t dream of this ever happening to me. It could be your turn next. It’s real so try and join the Telecel More Money Promo.”
The prize presentation ceremony, hosted by comedian and influencer, SDK Dele, was an opportunity for Telecel Ghana to interact with traders and share souvenirs to new and existing customers of their network.
