3rd May 2016.
MTN announces first Mobile Money Kiosk winners in the
Gaggawala “Win a Kiosk” promotion
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5 lucky customers to each get a Mobile Money kiosk and 2,500,000/- start-up
capital
There is over sh400m worth of cash prizes in this Gaggawala promotion and
cash games.
More winners to be drawn weekly from each region including cash box
activations across the country
KAMPALA: - Five people from the five regions of Uganda have emerged as the lucky
winners in the first MTN Gaggawala “Win a Kiosk” promotion draw.
Mulumba Basemera, a food vendor in Owino Market, Godfrey Magala, a farmer in Eastern
Uganda, Tuhaise Faith from Western region, Johnson Katongole working in Northern
Uganda and Flavia Acayo, a police officer in Kisoro are the first batch of winners from a
draw held on 2nd May 2016.
Each of the winners now has a clean path to start business and become SMEs. Each will
receive a Mobile Money Agent starter kit including a Mobile Money kiosk, start-up capital of
2,500,000/-, Mobile Financial Services training, Point of Sale collateral, Gaggawala
merchandise and other related materials to kick off a new business venture.
On Monday 18th April, 2016 MTN Uganda launched the second phase of MTN Gaggawala
promotion with more cash and more life changing prizes. MTN is creating employment and
changing lives of customers who win in the Gaggawala “Win a Kiosk” promotion. Twenty
five Mobile Money Kiosks are lined up to be won together with start-up capital worth over
400 million up for grabs for winners in the five weeks promotion.
MTN officials say the move aims at creating an enabling environment for ordinary people to
start business and become SMEs. All they have to do is to load airtime for as little as 1000/up to 10,000 shillings or more over a period of a week (Monday to Sunday) to be entered
into the weekly draw to win a MTN Mobile Money kiosk and 2,500,000/- as start-up capital.
To join the promotion, the customer just has to dial *188# and then continue loading
airtime through out every week.
Commenting on the significance of the promotion, MTN Uganda General Manager Financial
Services, Phrase Lubega said, “The more a customer loads in a week, the more entries they
will be entitled to and this will increase their chances of winning. Every 10,000 shillings
worth of airtime loaded in a week is an entry in the draw”.
“We shall have five winners, coming from each of the five regions and the campaign will
run for 5 weeks. A total of 25 kiosks will be given out, one to each customer who wins plus
2,500,000/-. The combined value of the prize for every customer who wins is approximately
8,500,000/- including the MTN Mobile Money kiosk, the start-up capital, the MTN Mobile
Money Agent Kit, Mobile Financial Services training, Point of Sale material plus other related
support to kick off their business”. Phrase further added.
Running concurrently with Gaggawala is the MTN Cash box games which will happen in the
different regions during the course of the promotion. Activations per in every region will see
Cash box game participants grab as much cash as they can within the cash box. For
customers to participate in the cash box activation, they will be required to load airtime of
minimum 1000/- on the spot and have their numbers entered into a draw to play instantly.
Each entry is worth 1000/-, so the more airtime, the more entries for a customer to play in
the Cash box game. Two lucky customers whose numbers are drawn will enter the Cash
box to tustle it out to grab as much cash as they can for every game which will last a minute.
Each Cash box game has a total of one million shillings available
The MTN Gaggawala promotion was first launched in March and rewarded over 100 winners
each winning one million shilling every day. The winners were drawn from across the
country and all they had to do was load airtime worth 1000 shillings and enter daily draws.
“We are very happy with the response our customers have shown towards the MTN
Gaggawala promotions which is aimed at changing the lives of Ugandan by winning free
cash from MTN. We believe these promotions are changing lives. Gaggawala “Win a Kiosk”
is even bigger and better with more cash and prizes which we believe will help customers
realize their dreams of starting and running their own businesses” said Mapula Bodibe, MTN
Uganda Chief Marketing Officer
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