Zain proudly announces the fourth season of the Zain Africa Challenge, the first ever televised academic competition among students at African universities.

Season Four Highlights:

• Zain Africa Challenge has grown more interactive -- for players, university administrators, alumni and the viewing public -- with a presence on both Facebook and Twitter. Join the community to stay in touch.
  
  
• Over 100 universities are competing for the Zain Scholars Trophy and a share of over $1,000,000 USD in grants and prizes.
  
  
• In November, each country will hold its own National Qualifying Tournament.
  
  
• The top 32 national teams will compete at the International Championship Festival in Kampala, Uganda.
  
  
• 15 programmes from the International Championship will be broadcast throughout Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
  
  
• There is lots more coming this season, so come back and visit the site often!

The programme is part of Zain’s corporate social responsibility efforts targeting education and represents just an extension of Zain’s corporate commitment to “A Wonderful World” for their customers.

The questions in this fast-paced quiz programme cover a wide range of topic areas including: history, science, African culture, geography, literature, music and current events.  Additionally, Zain Africa Challenge highlights the excellent educational opportunities at African universities with videos and student profiles.

The Ministries of Education in each country along with the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) and the National Universities Commision in Nigeria (NUC) are key educational partners in the programme.

Announcing the programme, Mwambu Wanendeya, Zain's Communications Director Africa said: "This programme highlights Zain's commitment to developing the youth. They are the future of Africa and we want to give them more opportunities to develop their talents".

Zain Africa Challenge is broadcast as a knockout tournament, resulting in a final champion.  All participating universities and students receive grants based on their ranking in the tournament.