Hot in There!

Week II

Having lost the previous challenge, the Matrix heroines came determined for a real showdown. But would the buoyant Zulus came lifting the name of Shaka Zulu, meaning they were once again ready and nothing would have them intimidated .

The contestants were asked to develop an original and viable financial product for Bank PHB.

Zulu Corp leader, our own Deox, suggested his team chooses a Project Manager for their task. The move that saw Ghanaian Isaac at the helm must be commended for fomenting teamwork, proving Deox is a team player, a virtue that among others will see him to the end.

In the other camp, 'head girl' Michelle [Nigeria] brought some sanity and for a moment, the girls forgot about their sentimentalities because they couldn't afford losing again.

But the Zulus had an unbeatable idea. It involved wooing students to open a life benefit account with the bank that would earn them generous interest which could then be used to start business, pay tuition or else. It could even help solve the problem of graduates trudging the streets for jobs.

As a reward for winning, they were sent away to a Femi Kuti show where they shook their bones to Beng Beng.

It was quite tense in the boardroom meanwhile. To lose is not very bad but to lose twice in a low is inexcusable. Then Michelle found the nerve to sound a bogus excuse about the inexistence of anything new on the market today. Plus she fronted our beloved Nancy to face the axe, together with Blessing yet she had overslept while them girls toiled.

But the no-nonsense C.E.O could take it no more: "You are fired," he shouted, making Michelle the second contestant to go, and proving that leadership, sometimes, does not pay.

Cheers to our strategic boy Deox. You'll bring the dollars home!