₦1.9M / GH₵15.7K on the Table — Six Ways to Win Season 1

We've shared the roadmap. We've explained how referral points work. We've introduced our Campus, NYSC, NSS, and NYS ambassadors. Here's the final piece: exactly how the ≈ ₦1.9 million Season 1 prize pool is distributed, how every winner is determined, and what you need to qualify.

Whether you're a secondary school student in Lagos, a professional preparing for ICAN, or a Campus / NYSC / NSS / NYS ambassador — there are six distinct ways to win. This article walks through each one with worked examples.

A two-currency, six-prize system

You earn two kinds of points on Tenkobo:

• Referral points — measure the community you've built. (1 point per active referral, 10 points per subscribed referral.)
• Arena points — measure your skill in multiplayer Arena games.

These two currencies feed six different prize categories. Each has its own threshold, ranking method, and winners.

Both school competitions and the Campus/NYSC/NSS/NYS ambassador pool combine both currencies — using the Winner Score formula (explained below).

Prize 1: Top Community Referrer — ₦420,000

For community members (not ambassadors) who refer the most people.

• Eligibility: 100+ referral points.
• Ranking: by referral points only.
• Distribution: 1st gets ₦70,000. 2nd through 7th each get ₦50,000. (Seven ranked winners.) Plus a separate Community Bonus Draw — see Prize 2.

Crossing the gate doesn't guarantee a win. The seven community members with the highest referral points at the snapshot moment take the ranked prizes. The gate gets you into contention; rank decides who wins.

You can check your live status anytime on the Referral leaderboard in the app — it updates in near real time, so there's no guessing about where you stand.

Don't stress about your referrals using the app every single day. "Active" simply means at least 2 sessions in the last 7 days — a couple of times a week is enough. The backend tracks this automatically. Only active referrals count, and only paid subscribers (not trials) award the 10-point bonus.

Prize 2: Community Bonus Draw — ₦50,000

A separate prize for community members beyond the Top 7.

• Eligibility: 20+ referral points.
• Selection: one winner picked at random from all qualifying community members. Ambassadors not included (they have their own pool — Prize 6).
• Prize: ₦50,000.

Why this exists: the leaderboard celebrates the very top, but referrals 7 through N also build the community. The Bonus Draw says: if you contributed something meaningful, you have a real shot at a prize regardless of where you rank.

Prize 3: Arena Global $200 — top 5 worldwide

For any Tenkobo user (community or ambassador) who tops the global Arena leaderboard.

• Eligibility: 50+ referral points by season end. Arena Global has a referral gate because we want winners to also be community contributors, not just gameplay specialists.
• Ranking: by Arena points only.
• Distribution (USD reference values, paid in local currency): 1st $60, 2nd $50, 3rd $40, 4th $30, 5th $20.

Prize 4: Main School Competition — ₦630,000

For users enrolled in (or recently graduated from) a university, polytechnic, college, or professional program (ICAN, ACCA, PMP, CFA, etc.).

• Eligibility: 50+ referral points by season end.
• Ranking: schools compete via the Winner Score formula (next section).

The Winner Score formula

A school's standing is 50% normalized referral points + 50% normalized Arena points.

Normalization formula: for each component, every school's value is divided by the highest-scoring school's value in that same component, then multiplied by 100. The leader scores 100; everyone else scores a proportional fraction.

normalized = (your value ÷ leader's value) × 100

This stops one component from dominating just because its raw numbers are bigger (Arena points are typically in the hundreds of thousands per top player and the millions per top school; referral points are typically tens or hundreds).

Worked example — two universities. Suppose at season end:

Step 1 — normalize each component.

• Referral: A = 1,800 / 1,800 = 100. B = 1,200 / 1,800 = 66.7.
• Arena: A = 2,400,000 / 3,200,000 = 75. B = 3,200,000 / 3,200,000 = 100.

Step 2 — apply 50/50 weighting.

• Univ A: (50% × 100) + (50% × 75) = 87.5
• Univ B: (50% × 66.7) + (50% × 100) = 83.4

Univ A wins despite Univ B having more raw Arena points — because A's lead in referrals offsets B's lead in Arena. A school's strength as a community matters as much as gameplay skill.

This is the deliberate design choice. School Competition is a community contest, not just an Arena tournament.

Within a winning school: how individual ranking works

When a school finishes 1st, 2nd, or 3rd, the Winner Score formula is applied a second time to rank students against their own schoolmates:

Individual Winner Score = (50% × your normalized referral points among schoolmates) + (50% × your normalized Arena points among schoolmates)

Both components are normalized against the top scorer at your own school — not the global leader. So at every prize-winning school:

• Top student = highest individual Winner Score at that school → takes the largest share at the top Main School (₦80k for the 1st-place winner). At the top Secondary School, the top 3 students each receive ₦50k.
• Next 9 at the top Main School each get ₦50k by descending Winner Score (₦530k total at the top Main School — ten winners in all).

This means doing well at both referrals and Arena is what wins individually — the same way it's what wins for schools.

Prize 5: Secondary School Competition — ₦250,000

For users enrolled in (or recently graduated from) a secondary school.

• Eligibility: 25+ referral points by season end. (Lower than the main competition because secondary students typically have smaller referral networks — we're not asking 16-year-olds to compete with senior professionals.)
• Ranking: Same Winner Score formula as Prize 4.

Distribution — every secondary winner receives ₦50,000:

Prize 6: Campus/NYSC/NSS/NYS Ambassador Pool — ₦300,000

Campus, NYSC (Nigeria), NSS (Ghana), and NYS (Sierra Leone) ambassadors are recognized community leaders we work with directly — campus ambassadors at universities, and service-year ambassadors at NYSC, NSS, and NYS posting locations. They receive a monthly stipend (~$20/month) during the season for their work and represent Tenkobo to their cohorts. They compete in their own end-of-season pool — separate from community members — for the recognition prize.

• Eligibility: 200+ referral points by season end.
• Ranking method: weighted aggregate.

CA Score = 50% × school's Winner Score + 50% × CA's normalized personal referral points

Half the score reflects how the CA's school is doing in the school competition — using the same Winner Score that ranks schools (already a 0–100 value, taken as-is from the school competition leaderboard). Half reflects the CA's personal referral contribution, normalized against the top CA's personal referrals (using the same (your value ÷ leader's value) × 100 formula).

You can see both inputs live in the app: school Winner Scores on Arena Leaderboards → Schools tab; personal referral points on the Referrals leaderboard.

All thresholds, in one place

You can win in multiple categories simultaneously — there is no cap. If you qualify for the school competition AND Arena Global AND Top Community Referrer, you win all three.

When does it all get decided?

At that exact instant, all your scores are frozen. Activity after that — referrals, Arena games, subscriptions — does not change winner determination.

After the snapshot: we audit results manually. A long news post will list qualifying users for each prize. Winners will be asked to email a 2–5 minute video to a contact email to claim. The claim flow is not in-app — it's done over email. We do this off-app deliberately so the in-app experience stays focused on playing and learning, not on prize logistics. The video also lets us verify enrollment / graduation status for school prizes.

What's at stake — and what you can do

The Season 1 prize pool is ≈ ₦1.9 million in total value — that's ₦1.6 million in NGN-denominated prizes plus the $200 USD Arena Global prize (≈ ₦300,000 at current exchange rates).

This pool comes from money that would otherwise have gone to TikTok and Google ads. We're putting it directly into the hands of the students and professionals who built Tenkobo this season.

But we're not done. Our goal is 5,000 users by 31 May. We currently sit at over 800. If every current user brings ~5 friends, we hit 5,000 together. And every milestone we hit compounds the pool for future seasons (₦2M for Season 2, ₦5M Season 3, ₦20M Season 4).

Help us spread the word:

1. Open the Referrals tab and share your code with classmates, study group mates, coworkers preparing for the same certification.
2. Post about Tenkobo on your social media — Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn, WhatsApp Status — and tag @Tenkobo so we can see and amplify the conversation.
3. Mention your favourite feature, your subject of focus, or just: "I'm using Tenkobo to prep for [your exam]. Here's my code."

Every share helps. The community grows fastest when our top referrers, our top Arena players, and our quietest contributors all lead the conversation together.

A thank you

To everyone who's shared Tenkobo this season: this prize pool exists because of you. Whether you finish in the Top 7, win the Bonus Draw, top your school, or never claim a prize, you've laid the foundation for what Tenkobo becomes across Africa.

Now let's get to 5,000 — and unlock Season 2.

Tenkobo is built by Kronerland AS, a Norwegian education technology company with team members in Norway, the UK, Nigeria, and Ghana.

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