Rwanda’s main telecom service provider MTN Rwanda has innovated a new activity intended to empower the youth and help them earn from their talents through game competitions.
Dubbed ‘MTN yellow hoops’, the game competition targets youths particularly the high school leavers and university continuing students.
This weekend in the competitions which was held in Nyamirambo, different young men and women competed in different games including basketball, music dance and drama, and graffiti among others.
According to MTN Publicist Robert Mugabe; the youth game competitions intend to bring closer Rwandan youth bearing in mind that approximately 50% of the population are the youth segments.
“We came up with popular games that are liked by many people across the world and we intend to coordinate Rwandan youth and empower them use their talents as source of income, make them recognized in the community and also to bring entertainment closer to the youth especially during holidays,” Mugabe pointed out.
“We also intend to encourage youth discover their talents and to develop the spirit of ‘I can do’ in them,” he added.
Among the participants, Emmanuel Ndungutse who competed up to the finals in the basketball said the competition motivated him and made him weigh his level in the game.
Ndungutse challenged fellow youth to come and get involved in such games as one way to develop carriers.
Gerald Kanuma who never participated in completion but available at the competition ground recommended the competition as an important initiative to promote the youth. He added that next time he must also be involved in the competition.
MTN brought other products and services targeting to facilitate the youth like using the face book, twitter, please call me and the promotion of getting bonuses to the incoming calls.
Leave a Reply