Teams from the various companies participating in the 2014 Citi Business Olympics, are breaking their last sweat to emerge winners in the various sporting disciplines.
The event which is currently underway at the Burma Camp Leisure Center in Accra, has assembled over 40 companies from various sectors of the Ghanaian economy.
They are competing for bragging rights, trophies, and winding down after almost a year of hard work in the office.
The Citi Business Olympics is arguably the largest sports gathering that offers corporate institutions the opportunity to compete, network and have fun at the same time.
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The event will offer business professionals who have been working tirelessly, an opportunity to burn some calories in a fun environment and still remain productive.
Games on the bill include, 50 metre dash, table tennis, lime and spoon race, swimming, tug-of-war, basketball, badminton, lime and spoon etc.
Ambassadors of Citi Business Olympics
Some of Citi FM’s personalities have been made ambassadors for the various competitive and noncompetitive games.
Vivian Kai Mensah, Head of Business News Desk is the ambassador for Tennis. Bernard Avle, host of the Citi Breakfast Show and Director of News Programming is the ambassador for table Tennis.
The rest are Jessica Opare Saforo-Host of Traffic Avenue, Pearl Akanya Ofori-News anchor, Betty Kankam Boadu-News anchor, Richard Dela Sky-Host of Eyewitness News, Eugenia Tekorang-News anchor, Nana Boakye-Yiadom among others.
Companies on the Bill
Some of the companies that will be competing for honours include; Surfline, Ecobank Ghana Limited, Ghana Chamber of Commerce, JA Plant Pool, Ernst & Young, GT Bank, Global Access Savings and Loans and Rockster’s Group.
The rest are Stanbic Bank, Westec Securities, Zoobashop, Forever Living Products, Dannex Limited, Ramani Distribution, FHI 360, Unicorn Happy Investment, Legacy Capital, Ashfoam, Teacher’s Fund.
The rest are Petra Trust, Sahel-Sahara Bank, Escort Group, CIG Microfinance, Ghana Post, Holiday Inn, Silver Star, Marie Stopes International, Vallex Lease Equipment, First Bank, Bank of Africa, Venture Capital, Citi Investments Company, Travel Bureau, Philips Ghana, Goldman Capital, Cheki Ghana, Dalex Finance and Devtraco.
Sponsors
This year’s event is sponsored by Surfline Communications, Citi Investment Company and the Travel Bureau.
By: Marian Efe Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana