Brand Spur Issue 4 - 4th Edition | Page 87

Real Estate Monopoly Tournament in Nigeria Mirrors Chaos of the Real-Life Property Market The clock was running out at the Lagos Under-17 Monopoly Championship, and the pace of play was becoming so frantic it was hard to decipher the true holder of Banana Island, Tiamiyu Savage Street and other properties on the board. “I am the owner of this house!” shouted Ibrahim Mubarak, 14, a student from Isale Eko Junior Grammar School, his finger jabbing the property on the board. But just after Ibrahim collected his rent, time was up: The largest Monopoly tournament in Africa’s biggest city was finished. Read more… 87 BRANDSPURNG.COM 55