Ogun Makes Headway in 2018 Cowbell Competition Konga Excites Customers in Black Friday Sales

The on-going 2018 Cowbellpedia Secondary School Mathematics Television Quiz is getting tougher as Ogun State grabbed three slots in the education focused contest.

The excellent performance from Ogun State representatives, by Gabriel Akogun of Welkin International School, Juliet Ekoko and Enoch Adelekan, all from Ota in Ogun State put the contest beyond the reach of other states.

Gabriel, son of a teacher, scored 97 per cent in the qualifying examination. He expressed confidence in his ability to win the ultimate prize.

“My goal is to win the competition and I will be very happy if I win because a victory will be a good compensation for all my efforts,” he said.

In the senior category semis, the duo of Juliet and Enoch lifted the hopes of the state in the highly rated contest.

In her words, Juliet, who is also the 2015 junior category champion said: “I have been a champion and will feel very great to be crowned a champion again.” On his part, Enoch expressed relief for getting to the final and prayed that he becomes the champion to make his parents and school proud.

The contestants will reap a bumper harvest this year due to the significance of the 20th anniversary of Cowbell and Mathematics in Nigeria.

Consequently, this year’s prize money has been doubled as winners in both categories will receive N2 million each with an all-expense paid educational excursion outside the country; while the first and second runners-up would receive N1.5 million and N1 million respectively.

The teachers of the top prize winners would be awarded N500, 000, while those of the first and second runners-up would receive N400,000 and N300,000 respectively.

Also, each of the winning schools will be presented with Mathematics textbooks, desktop computers and printers.

Meanwhile, preparations have commenced for next year’s edition of the competition. According to the organisers, the 2019 Cowbellpedia registration portal is now open for secondary school students across the country to register.

Leveraging its offline sales model, e-commerce firm, Konga, is pulling more crowd to its platform as it joined other operators across the globe to flaunt the annual Black Friday deal.

Having launched the sales on Thursday, the company has informed that the sales will run till November 28, 2018, both on its online and offline stores to improve customers’ experience.

According to the company, the all-round discount sales, which it tagged ‘Konga Yakata’ would offer customers unmatched discount on a wide variety of products including mobile phones, laptops and computing items, home and kitchen appliances, electronics, consumer goods, wines and spirits, food items and much more. It added that the deal would unload variety of surprises and freebies for shoppers including flash sales, treasure hunt and special give-away on specific days of the month-long campaign.

Commending the company’s offline sales initiative, one of the shoppers, Mrs. Awe, commented that the opportunity to enjoy an offline version of the Konga Yakata sales were among the special attraction for this year’s sales. “In previous years, it was a struggle competing with millions of Nigerians for the special online deals. This year, Konga has expanded the shopping options available for customers with their retail stores and this made it easy for me. I have already decided on the offline store where I will be doing my shopping and the good thing is that I can pay cash and pick up my items same day.” The company noted further that it decided to introduce the offline sales to take care of the problem shoppers faced during and after Black Friday. It said that there is always the deluge of undelivered or unfulfilled orders as a result of the spike in traffic which is a feature of the heavy shopping season. “Most times, shoppers have no choice but to face cancellation of their orders as a result of the failure to meet up with their deliveries by these e-Commerce companies who are often overwhelmed and under immense pressure.

“This is why the Konga nationwide network of brick-and-mortar stores presents a very interesting dynamic for this year’s Black Friday sales. Many savvy shoppers who have had their fingers burnt in previous years now have a choice: place your orders online and choose to pick up in nearest retail store or simply walk into the store to do your Yakata shopping and walk away with your items without any stress.