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Akatu Ochai
If Akatu were careful with his words, he would not have been fired in the last board room session of Apprentice Africa.
The eviction rod of the CEO narrowly escaped the head of Tunde, whom one thought would have taken the next exit.
The task for the week looked easy, but it was rather tricky such that even the strong and formidable Zulu team fell on their faces. For the first time since the show began, the Matrix Corporation won! What a triumphant victory! How sweet it was to see the ladies go on a bike ride, one of the rewards of their victory.
What led to this triumph was rather dramatic. Earlier, the CEO instructed the two teams to proceed to Troyka Holdings for their task. "Today, we're going to be talking big business-OIL," he began. He proceeded to give the teams a historical overview of oil exploration in Nigeria, and the current position the country occupies in OPEC. "Your next task," he continued "will be for one of the big companies that operate in this sector, the Sahara Group." He concluded his introductory speech with a brief history of the group.
In line with the latest style he adopted, the CEO asked the Matrix Corporation to choose someone from Zulu Corporation to join their team. Eunice, the Matrix Corporation's project manager, stepped forward to cheerfully announce her company's intention to acquire Isaac. The CEO smiled and shared a light-hearted moment with the contestants: "Isaac, you seem to be a lucky guy because out of all these guys the ladies chose you."
The task given required each team to provide a mission statement and a 30-second television commercial. The teams knew all hands must be on deck if they had to please the CEO, an advertising guru himself.
At the end of the day, both teams returned to the house to collate data and brainstorm. In Zulu Corporation, Eddie was appointed the director of the TVC for his apparent experience in theatre; while at Matrix, Bekeme volunteered to direct the TVC. Isaac was assigned the role of producer.
Soon, complaints began to erupt from Zulu. Tunde felt Eddie was projecting into the task more, and as PM, he felt uncomfortable because it was as if Eddie was tactically insulating himself from being fired by being of valuable service to the team. On the other hand, Deox complained about Akatu not contributing any ideas to the team.
The next day, both teams got to work at Sahara Bulk Storage Facilities, where vigorous rehearsals and filming commenced in full force in fulfillment of the task to produce a 30- second TVC. Both teams had actually hired their own film crew for this shot, and did the coordination themselves.
In the Matrix Corporation, Isaac was taking all the shine despite the fact that Joyce wrote the script for the TVC and Bekeme directed. Yet Isaac, as the producer, was being given all the accolades, mainly for conceiving the idea. The project manager, Eunice, praised Isaac, "I think Isaac is the MVP on this task…" she said.
In the boardroom, Biodun Shobanjo welcomed the members of Zulu Corporation and was visibly disappointed with the team for losing this task. "Tunde, what went wrong?" the CEO asked, indicating the exhaustion of his patience. Tunde began his response with a theatrical confession about how much effort some of his team members put into the task, but the CEO was unimpressed with his 'story'. "I don't judge people by how much effort they put in the job," he retorted. "I judge people by results."
Zulu Corporation's TVC failed to identify a primary target market, and stood the risk of being ignored by the target audience who are drawn to technical details.
Eddie, Tunde, and Akatu returned to face the firing squad, and Akatu told the CEO: "I'm curious but not surprised that I'm here…" and then went on to launch an onslaught against Tunde's 'ignorant' leadership. "Tunde was not open to criticism…he sacrificed our victory on the altar of his ego"
Eddie quickly rose to Tunde's defense, stating that if only Akatu had contributed his observations during the task, then it might have made a difference; condemning him for speaking up only when they were in the boardroom. He went further to suggest firing Akatu to the CEO, who subsequently did so.
Going by what was seen in Episode 3, how the pair of Tunde and Eddie tore Anthony apart in the boardroom, it's clear that Eddie and Tunde have formed an alliance and adopted a vicious tag-team strategy to eliminate weaklings from their team.
The emotional tension among the contestants has assumed fever pitch. With Hanna, Michelle, Anthony, and Omar gone, the competition for the contestants is gradually turning into a battle of wits and survival of the smartest and vicious
The task for the week looked easy, but it was rather tricky such that even the strong and formidable Zulu team fell on their faces. For the first time since the show began, the Matrix Corporation won! What a triumphant victory! How sweet it was to see the ladies go on a bike ride, one of the rewards of their victory.
What led to this triumph was rather dramatic. Earlier, the CEO instructed the two teams to proceed to Troyka Holdings for their task. "Today, we're going to be talking big business-OIL," he began. He proceeded to give the teams a historical overview of oil exploration in Nigeria, and the current position the country occupies in OPEC. "Your next task," he continued "will be for one of the big companies that operate in this sector, the Sahara Group." He concluded his introductory speech with a brief history of the group.
In line with the latest style he adopted, the CEO asked the Matrix Corporation to choose someone from Zulu Corporation to join their team. Eunice, the Matrix Corporation's project manager, stepped forward to cheerfully announce her company's intention to acquire Isaac. The CEO smiled and shared a light-hearted moment with the contestants: "Isaac, you seem to be a lucky guy because out of all these guys the ladies chose you."
The task given required each team to provide a mission statement and a 30-second television commercial. The teams knew all hands must be on deck if they had to please the CEO, an advertising guru himself.
At the end of the day, both teams returned to the house to collate data and brainstorm. In Zulu Corporation, Eddie was appointed the director of the TVC for his apparent experience in theatre; while at Matrix, Bekeme volunteered to direct the TVC. Isaac was assigned the role of producer.
Soon, complaints began to erupt from Zulu. Tunde felt Eddie was projecting into the task more, and as PM, he felt uncomfortable because it was as if Eddie was tactically insulating himself from being fired by being of valuable service to the team. On the other hand, Deox complained about Akatu not contributing any ideas to the team.
The next day, both teams got to work at Sahara Bulk Storage Facilities, where vigorous rehearsals and filming commenced in full force in fulfillment of the task to produce a 30- second TVC. Both teams had actually hired their own film crew for this shot, and did the coordination themselves.
In the Matrix Corporation, Isaac was taking all the shine despite the fact that Joyce wrote the script for the TVC and Bekeme directed. Yet Isaac, as the producer, was being given all the accolades, mainly for conceiving the idea. The project manager, Eunice, praised Isaac, "I think Isaac is the MVP on this task…" she said.
In the boardroom, Biodun Shobanjo welcomed the members of Zulu Corporation and was visibly disappointed with the team for losing this task. "Tunde, what went wrong?" the CEO asked, indicating the exhaustion of his patience. Tunde began his response with a theatrical confession about how much effort some of his team members put into the task, but the CEO was unimpressed with his 'story'. "I don't judge people by how much effort they put in the job," he retorted. "I judge people by results."
Zulu Corporation's TVC failed to identify a primary target market, and stood the risk of being ignored by the target audience who are drawn to technical details.
Eddie, Tunde, and Akatu returned to face the firing squad, and Akatu told the CEO: "I'm curious but not surprised that I'm here…" and then went on to launch an onslaught against Tunde's 'ignorant' leadership. "Tunde was not open to criticism…he sacrificed our victory on the altar of his ego"
Eddie quickly rose to Tunde's defense, stating that if only Akatu had contributed his observations during the task, then it might have made a difference; condemning him for speaking up only when they were in the boardroom. He went further to suggest firing Akatu to the CEO, who subsequently did so.
Going by what was seen in Episode 3, how the pair of Tunde and Eddie tore Anthony apart in the boardroom, it's clear that Eddie and Tunde have formed an alliance and adopted a vicious tag-team strategy to eliminate weaklings from their team.
The emotional tension among the contestants has assumed fever pitch. With Hanna, Michelle, Anthony, and Omar gone, the competition for the contestants is gradually turning into a battle of wits and survival of the smartest and vicious
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