The project’s initiator, Benjamin Peters, unveiled the first season of the sports reality show at an elaborate event at the Ibis Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday.
Mr Peters described the reality show as a fusion of sports, lifestyle and entertainment, focusing on basketball this season. Olanrewaju Bamidele Jaiyeola, the VP of Nigeria Basketball Federation, Babs Ogunade, Omotayo Henry Adeniyi, the project lead, Phillip Braide, Ogoh Odaudu, and Kolade Adu also attended the launch.The project coordinator and lead, Henry Omotayo, disclosed that for the maiden season of Africa StarX, they would pick participants with interests in basketball across the country from 31 August till 30 September.
The 25 participants will bond and engage in different challenging activities for 30 days while slugging it out as a team and later as individuals to win the reality show,” Mr Omotayo said.