Vanessa Obioha
Of the 20 graduates that celebrated their graduation ceremony from the MultiChoice Talent Factory, West Africa Academy, four students stood out for their brilliance throughout the programme. They are Samuel Ogundeyi, Abdulaziz Atta, Baokye Dacosta and Elvis Damptey.
Ogundeyi was announced the first-place winner and was awarded an eight-week scholarship to the New York Film Academy (NYFA). Attah came in second and was awarded a two-week Bollywood internship with Zee World. The two Ghanaians Dacosta and Damptey shared the third-place position and were awarded a two-week internship at a local film and TV production in South Africa.
The CEO Award which goes out to young entrepreneurs whose business ideas are exceptional went to the founders of Dare To Dream. They also received a grant of N2 million to help them sustain their business.
The class of 2023 are the latest to emerge from the academy which kicked off in 2018. Addressing the graduates, the CEO of MultiChoice Nigeria congratulated the students for their “unwavering dedication, creativity and unparalleled talent,” while encouraging them to remain steadfast in their craft, continue pushing their creativity limits and use their platform to “amplify voices that need to be heard, advocating for narratives that celebrate who we are authentically.”
