It is week 9 of the ultimate job interview; the Apprentice Africa and the show gets more exciting, challenging and dramatic with emotional spill outs. The eviction of Eddie from Kenya was like a dirge too soon. The boardroom was charged with tears; of course excluding Mr. Shoubanjo the CEO and his advicers. Matrix Corp once again could not break the long standing jinx of losing to Zulu Corp and the team is now decimated.
On the other side of the divide, Zulu Corp just recorded their 7th win under the leadership of our Ghanaian contestant, Isaac Dankyi-Koranteng. As acknowledge by Kathleen, “Isaac is a good leader. He listens and takes prudent decision… This is the second time he’s been the Project Manager…”
In previous episodes, Isaac’s creativity has been hailed by team mates. This time, his strategic thinking leadership was put to test as they were to manage a Celtel payphone product with the aim of maximizing profit and also present a route to launch strategy for the product to executives of Celtel.
Though Zulu Corp had challenges when their Jembi Phone run out of battery due to power cut, Isaac organized immediately for a generator as a backup. They also had to devise a strategy to keep the customers who were queued to use the single phone they were given. Isaac however at one point, experienced language barrier when a passerby who he tried pitching told him in a Nigerian dialect, “I don’t speak English”. Though disappointed, Isaac together with Eunice were convincing in their route to launch strategy presentation. Their presentation had a clear timeline for the launch and the rollout of the product. They also got spot on, sales projections for a five year period and were commended by the executives.
Matrix Corp resorted to giving “T” Shirts as incentives for customers to use the Jembi phones to make calls. This did not go well with the CEO and the executives of Celtel who believed that act incongruous with prudent business practices. Matrix Corps presentation by Blessing, Eddie and Nancy was inconsistent and rushed. Their financial projections was over stated by a whopping 1000%, a mistake that is unpardonable and as Mr. Shoubanjo put’s it “It could kill a company”
In the boardroom, Eddie relieved Nancy, the culprit for the financial projection disaster on the premise that she’s being to the boardroom too many times. He however made it clear he was asking Blessing and Regina, another Ghanaian contestant to escort him to the boardroom to witness his eviction. As has been the case for the other evicted Kenyan candidate, Anthony and Joyce, Eddie did not put up a fight to survive the boardroom but rather took responsibility for the team’s failure.
After Eddie was fired, he actually thanked CEO for the opportunity and ”prophesied” that the Apprentice Africa is among one of the three ladies he was leaving behind; Blessing, Regina and Nancy. Will that “prophecy” be fulfilled when the likes of Isaac, Tunde, Deox, Eunice, Kathleen and Nnamdi are on a winning streak? The answer to that is only weeks ahead.
I can’t wait to see the next episode. Will the Matrix jinx be broken? How will our Ghanaian contestants, Isaac and Regina fare? Let’s wait for answers with watchful eyes.
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