Tanzania: Dar es Salaam Couple Wins Raffle to Watch United Vs Arsenal



A COUPLE residing in Mbezi Beach area in Dar es Salaam saw their dream of watching a live Barclays Premier League game live come true, after one of the spouses won an all-expenses paid trip during the second grand draw of the Tigo smartcard competition.
The lady identified only as Harriet is a 31-year-old employed as a project coordinator and was ecstatic on receiving the phone call, saying that she would pick her husband to accompany her for the trip to the UK to watch the Manchester United against Arsenal game scheduled for April 28, this year.
"This is too good to be true, I am beyond words on how I feel right now but am grateful to Tigo for giving me this opportunity. My husband is a huge football fan and nothing would be better than going with him," she said.
Tigo's brand manager, William Mpinga said that the company was pleased to once again send another Smartcard grand draw winner abroad to witness a highly anticipated match between two English Premier League giants United and Arsenal next month.
"We are delighted to fulfil our "smile you're with Tigo" promise by ensuring that our valuable customers continue to smile as they keep using Tigo," he said. Tigo Offer Design Manager, David Sekwao said that Harriet will be getting an all-expenses paid trip package for two with the option of bringing a friend along with them, to watch a live match.
He said that to win this promotion one needed to be a Tigo customer and a smartphone user of Blackberry, Android or Iphones. "In addition to the grand draw prize, there are also other 42 lucky winners who have won themselves different giveaway prizes including 12 movie tickets, 12 club tickets, 12 tickets to watch football at a local pub, three shopping vouchers as well as three dinner passes," he explained.
To participate in this promotion, customers were required to subscribe to a smartcard monthly package costing 30,000 worth of airtime for a minimum of three months and have joined Tigo's smartcard community through their website.
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