'That's very good' --Shobanjo tells Deox Tibeingana

As Project Manager, he has led his team to victory thrice! He has never lost his cool over tasks. Uganda's Deox Tibeingana is the expert of The Apprentice Africa show!

He has from day one been basking in glory in what so far remains an outstanding season of the ultimate job interview. Of the remaining contestants, Matrix Corporation's Isaac is the only genuine threat to our boy because he's a hard thinker, bold and very articulate. But we shall handle him when time comes.

You might be asking why I didn't write last week. Because I was mad Zulu Corporation was robbed. You remember Matrix Corporation bended the rules and distributed fliers when it should not have been the case. Then the C.E.O went ahead and changed game plan only when the game was over. Both teams were to be judged basing on which made more profit. Zulu did. Zulu were victors. But Shobanjo the dictator judged stage talent, robbing for Matrix. But as God is fair Deox survived.

On Sunday, it was great to see our boy admitting, like any mortal, that he was proud to among the six remaining candidates, and the only one from East Africa –something that will continue to inspire him to keep the regional flag flying high in Lagos.

As Zulu Corp project manager, he once again had a winning plan where each of his teammates would sell 20 cartons of Tetmosol soap. The same strategy worked in the make-your-own-drink-and-sell-at-a-mall challenge, making Zulu win even when they sold out early and couldn't get to mix more cocktails. The secret to this strategy is that it inspires members to work hard because in case of loss it’s the poor salesman that gets fired.

There Deox was trying out his negotiation skills among the business shrewd Igbos. His persuasive prowess as a lawyer came in handy and he managed to close quite some deals. If Deox was a soccer coach leading his team in the Champions League final, he would have been Sir Alex Ferguson while Isaac would have been Avram Grant.

When a customer retracted his Zulu contract and took it to Matrix because he had been told the promotion was going for six months instead of two, Deox's sarcasm was the best: "Matrix will have a 'good' day in the boardroom tomorrow," he declared. I was still relishing that line made more beautiful because Deox knew he would win when naïve Tunde spoilt my fun saying, "I'll take out Deox and Blessing in the boardroom…"

Stupid! He should be the one to be taken out the next time Zulu [God forbid] loses.

As for Blessing, she has, since joining Zulu, become a likeable team player. It was fun watching her hustling with the big boys. She won the respect of tough business men and I liked it when she said she has "renewed respect for the Igbo man" because he can't be cheated. For good measure, she added that she too had a shrewd business sense and could not be intimidated.

It was a proud moment for Uganda, when Shobanjo admitted that it was very good of Deox to win thrice as project manager. In essence he was saying, 'Deox is the man, give way, Deox is the champ!'

So the 'unconquerable' Kathleen was conquerable after all? Great because her performance in that particular task was disgraceful. She wore a mean face all through and managed to seal very few deals. It was fair that she was sent back to Cameroon to eat yams.

Isaac has said it would be very painful for him to leave, and he's smart that one. Eunice knows how to fight and her beauty has consistently blinded Shobanjo. Deox always makes wise plans, he's still big in the game. Meaning Tunde and Blessing have already booked space on the next flight.

Dude, it's like the game has just began!

Poor Nnamdi and how Deox Tibeingana helped his team secure another victory

I'm still shocked that drama queen Eunice survived again. Would Shobanjo like to tell us why? Is he keeping her to amplify boardroom drama? Eunice the schemer, Eunice the losing project manager, Eunice that badmouthes her teammates without any show of respect –why is this Eunice still in The Apprentice Africa?

The guy with the magnetic presence and business shrewdness, Nnamdi, shouldn't have left, if we dissect his general performance in the business task that led to his demise. That Shobanjo could buy Eunice's sloppy excuse of being misguided by Nnamdi to price their products cheaply, is nauseating. If Eunice had any business genes, if Eunice was shrewd, she would have had a premonition the price Nnamdi suggested would not turn in the profit they needed to succeed.

Can Shobanjo tell me why he ignored Isaac's accusation of Eunice for not having a budget for the team? Can he tell me why he closed his eyes to the cash Eunice burned on cucumbers? Did he remember Nnamdi's ability to harmonise and secure his team victory when he was Zulu project manager in task no.7? Did he remember that Nnamdi was the brain behind the magnetic juice-dispensing machine that attracted more customers? Didn't he know that Nnamdi got the best price deals on the few of needs they needed for the task? The mediocrity of Eunice in this task was inexcusable. Why didn't Shabanjo then send her back to her catwalking ways?

Viewers will miss Nnamdi's flamboyance and ability to light up the show. He always served the viewer his trademark broad smile whenever Zulus were declared task winners. Though out, his never-say-die mentality and competitive style reminiscent of his idol, Sir Richard Charles Branson, will help to build his own business empire. He said it right when he told James Amuta in a post-eviction interview that TAA house is like "a business school crack programme, teaching you what people spend a year or two to learn in eighteen weeks". He was leaving the house, he said, better prepared to face the challenges ahead.

If Eunice thinks the crown is near now that Nnamdi is gone she's wrong because Deox Tibeingana lingers. The Ugandan lawyer has become the professor of TAA; he has mastered the game, and his ceaseless tactical maneuvers have so far helped him to successfully dodge the swinging pendulum that has knocked down five of his fellow East Africans and six others from the rest of the continent.

While Matrix members were dumping their seed money on the impressionable juice-but-not-money-dispensing machine and other expensive fruits, Zulu bought cheap concentrates which Deox mixed to make the famous drink that buyers found tastier. When Matrix stationed in one place with the bully-look-alike Kathleen behind the counter, Deox asked his teammates to vend a bucket worth 50 drinks and the least seller would be recommended for sacking in case they lost. It was also his idea that they wear their best business suits and use the sophisticated exterior to charge high prices and make more money. Where a Matrix cup of juice went for 250 Naira, Zulu sold the same for 1,000 Naira. This is super-duper salesmanship; the kind that turns in maximum profit and steers businesses to the top.

Think about this: Matrix had their marketplace in entrance 1 jammed with all kinds of people (potential customers) and Zulu were in a ‘hideout’ with hardly anyone about. Matrix had a 'magnetic' juice machine. Zulu didn't. Matrix had a catchy brand name –'Sunblast'. Zulu didn't. Matrix run out of cups and purchased more. Zulu run out of drinks and couldn't get more because their office was locked. Matrix sold more. Zulu sold few. Matrix lost. Zulu WON!

Why? Because being wise is better than being strong. Deox Tibeingana was the engine behind the wisdom of Zulu Corporation. And how can one forget the hilarious sack race at Takwa Bay in which he beat Regina, or his quotable quote of the week –the about Matrix's machine or robot that never scared him? Uganda is proud of its son.

Is Eunice a Witch?

God did you see Eunice Omole hacking Nancy Kalembe with her hard and long beak?

She has no leadership genes, she had no plan for the task, she didn't know what a media campaign is, The Apprentice Africa is above her station, she should be fired, the shameless Eunice blubbered on, in the ugliest drama of manners I never want to watch again.

By the way, is she not the one that threatened to slaughter Omar Bar and scatter his pieces all over the boardroom?

And they say in her profile that "Eunice can easily be described as the warmest person in the world?"

Save us.

Tell Eunice to give glory to Jesus, for had she not arrived when Nancy had long been soiled by preceding tasks, she would have been buried in the boardroom, her drawn beak not withstanding.

To think she thumped her chest saying finished off Nancy. How dumb can one be? We all know Nancy got fired not because Eunice told Biodun Shobanjo to fire her. She was fired because she had become the boardroom veteran.

The thing is, Eunice didn't like Nancy's "balls." When she returned to Matrix Corporation, she wanted to drive everybody about but Nancy exerted her authority as Project Manager and told her off. Naturally she was happy to see Nancy go but she should not kid us that she masterminded her exit because she lacks the wits to do so.

I interviewed one of the fired contestants who described Eunice in the most dramatic fashion I've ever seen and heard: "She's witch, a witch. Eunice's a witch, that woman's a witch!!”
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Welcome back home, Nancy, and may God's richest blessings surround you and everything you do.

And to you Deox Tibeingana, in your steady hands, the East African flag will flutter on in the Lagos wind till the night you'll return with the ultimate The Apprentice Africa scoop. To the very end, we are with you.

P.S. Read about Sunday's episode on The Apprentice Africa website.