OAU retains continental title at 2026 SPE Africa PetroBowl Championship
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has retained its crown as Africa’s petroleum knowledge champion after winning the 2026 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Africa Region PetroBowl Championship held in Kenya.
According to a report by the Association of Campus Journalists, Obafemi Awolowo University (ACJOAU), the university’s team defeated contestants from universities across the continent to successfully defend its continental title, reaffirming OAU’s reputation as one of Africa’s leading institutions in petroleum education.
The winning team was led by 500-level Chemical Engineering student Oluwanifemi Oladunjoye and comprised Quadri Adekunle and Folusho Mercy, both 300-level Chemical Engineering students, Amoo Covenant, a 500-level Chemical Engineering student, and Taiwo Mary Ajayi, a 400-level Geology student.
The five-member team was drawn mainly from the Department of Chemical Engineering, with representation from the Department of Geology.
The PetroBowl Championship, organised by the Society of Petroleum Engineers, is an annual academic competition that tests participants’ knowledge of the petroleum industry and brings together top universities from across Africa.
