Dodoma residents win big through Airtel ‘UpigeMwingi’ promotion   

27Jun 2023
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DODOMA
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The Guardian
Dodoma residents win big through Airtel ‘UpigeMwingi’ promotion   

DODOMA residents have been immersed in ecstasy as Airtel unveiled a king-sized promotion laden with prize under the banner ‘UpigeMwingi’, which has so far seen seven Dodoma residents take away an assortment of prizes.

Airtel Tanzania Head of Sales in Dodoma Region, SalumNgungulu (R), hands over a television set to one of the winners of the company's ongoing promotion dubbed ‘UpigeMwingina Airtel’ at a function in Dodoma city during the weekend. Looking on is a giant cellular phone company Communications Director, Beatrice Singano.

The promotion, which rewards Airtel customers as they regularly do any transaction or access service options over Airtel Money-a favored digital money transfer service - is a hectic three-month prize-winning spree in which cash, TVs, motorbikes, talk-time, and refrigerators are dished to customers. 

Speaking in the city during a prize-giving function to residents who had won TV sets and refrigerators, Airtel Director of Communication, Beatrice Singano, said the promotion was uniquely inclusive over the Airtel service network as both customers and agents had equal chances of winning prizes.

“Both customers and agents stand the chance to win instant prizes ranging from talk-time, motorbikes, refrigerators, and cash valued from one million up to 50m/-,” said Beatrice, extolling the array of benefits of  the250m/- marketing extravaganza.

“Airtel has topped up the prizes with another reason to make our customers smile for currently all Airtel customers can check their balances free of charge. “

Speaking at the event, Head of Sales for Dodoma Region, SalumNgululu, said for a customer to join up the promotion and   be enlisted in the draws to get prizes, they have to transact or use any Airtel services by dialing *150*60# or using the Airtel App.

“By the end of this promotion, a total of 90 winners will have been awarded one million shillings each, some  48  winners will get twin-door refrigerators every week, the 55-inch TVs, two motorbikes will go to two customers in monthly draws, and to cap all  one of our customer will scoop the  megaprize of 50 million,” said Ngululu.

“Airtel continues to soar unreachably higher up with their customers, having extended stretched its services wings all over the country, including over 3500 special Airtel Money centres,   and 200 agents, while at the same time  continuing to invest in rolling out the 4G network into communication towers  in order to reach all Tanzanians, especially those remote rural areas. “

Receiving a TV set, one of the winners, ThabitiHemedi, thanked Airtel for the reward, saying it was a surprise, and called upon other customers to boldly jump into the promotion as the prizes-giving process was fair and reliable.

Another winner, who made away with a refrigerator, SilvanoChigawe, apart from thanking Airtel for the prize, threw a rejoinder to fellow winner Thabit Hemedi, noting that all prizes are genuine and were issued without favouring anyone.

On the distribution of prizes among the seven winners, those who carried away TV sets are Piston Benjamin, Emmanuel Funto, and ThabitiHemedi; while JumaMafita ,SilvanoChigawe and HezronMasigose won refrigerators, as  the one million cash prize went to Joseph Mahimba.

 

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