Carbon AV and EMY Africa founder, Kodjo Soboh, who is a key partner and organizer of Prudential Life Insurance Cycling Race dubbed, “PRURIDE 2024” has given assurance of a good race as the biggest Cycling Race in Ghana, slated for September 1, 2024 nears.
Kodjo Soboh, expressed his unwavering confidence that, the ‘Pruride’ 2024 race will be the mouthwatering Cycling competition in the history of the ‘PRURIDE’ cycling event ever organised in Ghana.
In an interview, he stated that, “In 2019, the maiden event recorded about 200 cyclists during the main events. This increased to 360 cyclists in 2023”.
"In his view considering the progress made in the previous competitions, he was optimistic that this year’s edition will have about 600 cyclists participating. “These figures are independent of participation in the fun rides which are highly patronised”. he added.
Mr. Soboh, has called on Professional cyclists, Amateur cyclists, Cycling club owners, and most importantly Cycling fans to be at the lndependence Square and throw their support behind their Favourite Cyclists to win this year’s ‘Pruride’ 2024 race.
At a PruFun ride held at Legon, he praised Prudential Life Insurance for sponsoring this initiative emphasizing the importance of promoting Cycling and the health benefits of riding.
As our major and ultimate proud sponsor Prudential Life Insurance Ghana, I applaud you for this annual cycling event with the objective of promoting health and wellness and also raise awareness of cycling as a sport.
This tallies with our mission and vision to promote and develop cycling in all its forms including transportation, recreation, excessive and competitive sports”.
He added, “I love riding bicycles. Cycling is one of my favorite sports and I’m so happy l took part in all the PRUFUN RIDE 2024 edition which we started from Accra Sports stadium and we ended at UG Sports Directorate, Legon. I am happy that a lot of talented cyclists are taking part in the competition come September 1, 2024″.
He further stated, “The future of Ghana Cycling depends on unity and the love of cycling as a sports. PRURIDE competition here in Ghana, always attract top cyclists across Africa participating in the competition every year”.
He however, appealed to all cyclists and staunch professionals to ensure they wore helmets and other riding gear and follow all safety and road instructions to ensure an incident free events. “We at Prudential Life, the safety of every life is important to us”. he cautioned.
In addition, Mr Soboh recognised the contributions of the federation, “The Ghana Cycling Federation plays a vital role to make this program successful and this year’s competition will not be an exception”.
“I wish all cyclists, all the best in this year’s 2024 PruRide event. Take advantage of this competition and win big money from Prudential Life Insurance. Your ‘Talent is your Power’, Go for the Win”. He concluded.
Story by : Gyamfi Elizabeth Alhassan
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