{"id":137788,"date":"2024-01-11T10:12:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T10:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/11\/three-mtf-students-steal-the-spotlight-at-graduation-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2024-01-11T10:12:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T10:12:25","slug":"three-mtf-students-steal-the-spotlight-at-graduation-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/11\/three-mtf-students-steal-the-spotlight-at-graduation-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Three MTF Students Steal the Spotlight at Graduation Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"696\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Dare-To-Dream-696x696.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Dare To Dream\"\/><\/div>\n<p>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. <\/p>\n<p>They are Elvis Asiedu Damptey (Ghana) and Samuel Ogundeyi, Abdulaziz Atta (Nigeria).<\/p>\n<p>The two Ghanaians Elvis Dacosta and Boakye Damptey shared the third-place position and were awarded a two-week internship at a local film and TV production in South Africa Abdulaziz Attah came in second and was awarded a two-week Bollywood internship with Zee World. 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