Winners of the 2025 National Academic Economics Competition (CANE in Spanish)

Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia) congratulates the fifteen students who won the Manuel Ramírez Gómez’ National Academic Economics Competition (CANE in Spanish), as well as the three participating universities.
Publication Date:
Thursday, 20 November 2025
16:04

On October 23, the awards ceremony for the 15th National Academic Economics Competition (CANE in Spanish) took place. This academic initiative, organized by the Student Council of the School of Economics at Universidad del Rosario, aims to promote academic exchange and enhance economic knowledge among students from across the country.

In the fifteenth edition of the competition, three universities were recognized for their outstanding performance. Thirty-one universities participated in this edition, each represented by a team of five students.

The winning teams of the 2025 CANE were:

First place: Universidad EAFIT 
Samuel Acosta Ochoa
Sara Echeverri Díez
Sandra Patricia Gómez Moncada
Jerónimo Salazar Aguirre
Juan David Zapata Guerra

Second place: Universidad del Rosario 
Sergio Daniel Alzate Valencia
Antonio Gutierrez Arango
Paulina Herrera Duque
Maria Alejandra Motta Romero 
Daniela Alejandra Sánchez Sánchez

Third place: Universidad de Antioquia
Cristian Betancur Trespalacios
Durley Alberto Ocampo Salazar
Karol Juliana Parra Mazo
Miguel Ángel Patiño Adarve
John Santiago Vallejo Fernández

Since 2009, Banco de la República has supported this initiative through the guidance and expertise of its researchers, who have contributed as members of the judging panel. In this edition, Julián Parra, senior economist, participated as an evaluating judge.


Congratulations to the fifteen student winners of the competition!
 

Ganadores CANE 2025