Accra, January 5, 2010 - William Jesse Duncan, 18-year old graduate of Akosombo International Senior High School is the lucky winner of the top prize in the just-ended Silverbird Ghana’s First Anniversary promotions.

In a grand raffle draw supervised by Gaming Commission before a number of guests including partners, sponsors and the press, young William Duncan emerged the top prize winner when his name and number were read out live to the audience in the grand raffle draw held at Silverbird. Mr. Albert Mensah, General Manager of Silverbird Ghana immediately called William and broke the good news. Excited and shocked, William couldn’t say anything as he only kept screaming with joy. Silverbird Entertainment Ghana Limited was one year old on November 14, 2009 and has been marking the first anniversary with a number of packages and events to reward its customers. The months of November and December were set aside to reward customers with a lot of prizes including the VW Polo as the top prize. Customers were made to enter their contact details on any movie tickets they bought or on tickets for any items they bought in the Lifestyle store to qualify for an entry into the grand raffle draw. William is only one of the numerous people who visit Silverbird for great movies and quality entertainment products in the Silverbird Lifestyle store. In the months of the promotion, William visited the Lifestyle store with his mother and two little brothers to shop for some entertainment items. “We bought a lot of books and games including a comic book on Obama. After shopping for the items, I was in such a hurry to get home that I only stood by as my mum rushed through with the filling of the forms one each for me and my two brothers. We were done and that was the end, I never thought anything good would come out of it anyway. In fact, I never used to believe in any such promotions” says elated William. William Jesse Duncan, the eldest of three children (all boys) in the Duncan family has completed Senior High School at Akosombo International School where he read science. He has just gained admission into the Ghana Telecom University College to pursue a course in telecommunications.

“This car couldn’t have come at a better time. It’s going to make commuting from home to school very easy and fun. I thank God, Silverbird, Universal Motors and everybody who has made this possible. This is the best Christmas gift ever in my life” William says.

Ever since he was called with the good news, William has been in a state of anxiety as to whether he was in a dreamland or in the real world. After the keys to the brand new VW Polo was handed over to him however, he came to believe that indeed, it was as real as his existence and that Silverbird has just changed his life for good. William confirms “I couldn’t sleep for days ever since I had that phone call breaking the shocking news to me. How could it be that, after a great shopping experience, I would also be rewarded with something as big as a brand new VW Polo? But now, I have the keys to the car handed over to me in the full glare of my family, the press and the public. I just became a proud owner of a new car. Just like that! I encourage people to take Silverbird for their words. They have come to revolutionize cinema entertainment for Ghanaians in just 12 months. We get to see great movies at world premiere dates and time, we get the latest books, music, DVDs, CDs, VCDs and stationery in their Lifestyle Stores and then we get such fantastic reward packages”.

The Silverbird anniversary grand raffle draw was sponsored by Universal Motors, Coca-Cola, Aero Contractors, Ecobank, e.tv Ghana and Y107.7FM. --Ends--

About Silverbird:

Silverbird Entertainment Ghana Limited is a joint venture between the Silverbird Group, a full service media, entertainment and real estate company with holdings in Radio, Television, Retail Malls and Cinemas and Global Media Alliance, an integrated pan-African media and entertainment company. Silverbird Group also has operations in Kenya with 18 screens at five premier shopping centres and in Nigeria with 22 screens at three premium centres in Abuja, Port Harcourt and Lagos.

The Silverbird Group is Sub-Saharan Africa’s third largest entertainment company. Silverbird's objective to establish a world class Pan-African Entertainment Company is well on course, with fast growing establishments in East and West Africa.