Ghana’s consumer–centric telecommunication giant, Airtel Ghana, has eliminated the stress in the registration process of the upcoming millennium marathon in Accra by improving the process with the convenient, fast and simple transaction Airtel Money brings to registration payment.
This, according to Edmund Bawuah, Head of Corporate (M Commence), is to enable prospective participants register online with ease and be part of the over 15, 0000 expected marathoners from within and without Ghana.
To register with Airtel Money, one has to go to the millennium marathon website: www.milleniummarathon.com and follow the registration process; providing requested for details. When it gets to registration payment, choose the Airtel Money option and follow the instructions. The system will interact with your phone to confirm payment as well as your password.
Customers are to keep SMS transaction message as receipt to go through medicals and collection of running kits at the Social Aviation Centre from Saturday, 29th August to 4th September.
The Accra Millennium marathon which will take place on Saturday, September 5, will see a 5km run for non-professional athletes and the 21km run for professional athletes who will be vying for the ultimate trophy.
It would cover a distance of 21km from the Independence Square through the Labadi beach road along the Atlantic Ocean and back to the starting point via the National theatre.
The Marathon would be run by thousands of participants both locally and internationally including Africa’s finest ever runner, Haile Gebreselassie.
Apart from the improvement Airtel Money offers, Airtel Ghana has developed a health and fitness App to also assist prospective runners manage their training and measure their performance more effectively. The App, which is a sms based application gives health tit bits to subscribers is recommended for amateur and professional athletes.
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Source: Airtel Ghana