Peace Adewole of Welkins International School and Kenechukwu Azuike of St. Gregory’s College have become champions of Junior and Senior categories at 2025 Cowbellpedia competition.
They received N5 million each and an all-expense-paid trip to Kenya, a year’s supply of Cowbell, with laptops and projectors for their schools.
With a total prize pool of N100 million, the 14-week show not only rewarded contestants from the preliminaries stage to the finals but also kept its audience entertained.
With the theme: “The Mega Minds”, this year’s season raised the stakes, attracting over 5,000 pupils, aged 11–17 from secondary schools to participate in a computer-based test (CBT). From this pool, the top 132 (66 pupils each from Junior and Senior categories) advanced to the elimination stage, with 48 qualifying for the quarterfinals, 16 for semi-finals, and eight for finals.
Francois Gillet, managing director of Promasidor Nigeria, congratulated the winners. He noted the company’s goal to promote education, inspiring and empowering the young, through Cowbellpedia.
Adebola Williams, Marketing director, noted Cowbellpedia will continue to be a beacon for STEM education and inspire the next innovators.
In the senior category, Fopefoluwa Adegboye, Prince Orji, and Lyon Awhaisoba, won N3 million, N2 million and N500,000 to clinch second, third and fourth positions.
Haruna Salvin (junior category), earned N3 million as first runner-up, Onyema Alexis, the only girl in the finals, was second runner-up and won N2 million, while Anyaeji Arthur (third runner-up), earned N500,000.
Parents, teachers also got prizes; laptops and cash.
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