Kenyan team enter Guinness Challenge semis

By Rodgers Eshitemi

Kenyan team qualified for the Semi-final of the Pan-African phase of the Guinness Football Challenge as runners-up in a game show that kicked off on Wednesday night on screens across the continent.

Fans of the show tuned in to get behind their nation as the very best contestants from across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Cameroon and Ghana all went head-to-head in a bid to win $250,000 and to grab that Pan-African champion crown.

Kenyan team comprising Francis Ngigi and Kepha Kimani were outclassed by Cameroonian duo Emerand Tchouta and Abdul Salam, who made it to the final round after putting in a display of knowledge and skill.

Even though the home boys failed to make it to the Guinness Money Wall, they qualified for the semis by virtue of their second-place finish in the show.

The Cameroonians clinched $5,000 to add on to their past $1,500 in past wins.

Arianne Okong’o, Marketing Manager, Guinness and Partner Brands at EABL expressed delight at the level of competition at the event.

“The quarter finals of the Guinness Football Challenge hit screens across our nation last night and well done to Francis and Kepha who made it all the way to the semis. With a team from Cameroon and our Kenyan duo certain of places in the semis, good luck to all of them,” said Okong’o.

Another Kenyan team, Kenneth Kamau and Willis Ogutu are expected to battle it out with Archille Stephane and Martial Toubou (Cameroon), Daniel Msekwa and Mwalimu Akida Hamad (Tanzania) and Dennis Nyaku and Francis Nyarko from Ghana  in the second round of the semi-final.