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universities in the region,” said Prof James Tuitoek, ViceChancellor Egerton.In addition the students on the winning team made an educationaltrip of a lifetime to South Africa. On their five-dayexcursion they visited the Soweto area near Johannesburgand the Constitutional Court, Apartheid Museum, WitsUniversity and the magnificent Sun City.“This is such an exciting and unbelievable moment for myteam. We are glad to see what we have only known throughour history lessons,” commented Mr. Adrian Onyando, theteam coach.Kenyatta University who were placed second in the first seasonof the Celtel Africa Challenge won a $25,000 universitygrant which they used upgrade their university’s informationtechnology capacity.Building on the success of the 2007 and 2008 seasons of theshow the Zain Group is planning to extend it into otherparts of Africa and into the Middle East.Last year’s Celtel challengewas won by EgertonUniversity from Kenya, whichwas awarded a grant of$50,000. The money wasused to establish a state-ofthe-arton-campus cyber cafeThe show is produced by Los Angeles based Richard ReidTelevision who produce the University Challenge which hasbeen broadcast in the United Kingdom for more than 40years and also the Honda Campus Challenge. The CeltelAfrica Challenge is made in partnership with the Ministriesof Education in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda andthe universities of these five countries along with the InterUniversity Council of East Africa.50 CHAOS SPRING 2008 CORPORATE SPIRIT