Zim’s ICT Achievers Award nominations open

The Zim ICT Ministry will this year host the second annual ICT Achievers awards. The awards reward Zimbabweans and Zimbabwean businesses whose involvement in Zimbabwe’s ICT industry has been outstanding. The date of the event is 3 December 2011.

According to TechZim, Over the past week, the ICT Ministry has been calling for nominations of the ICT Achievers of the year through the local print press. While last year’s awards only had 7 categories, the categories have been increased to 15 this year.

Here’s a list of ICT Achievers Award categories:

1. Top ICT project of the year (private sector)
2. Top ICT project of the year (public sector)
3. Top NGO promoter of ICT
4. ICT businessman of the year
5. ICT businesswoman of the year
6. ICT company of the year
7. Web developer of the year (individual or company)
8. Public sector website of the year
9. ICT journalist of the year
10. Young ICT innovator of the year
11. ICT educator of the year (individual or company)
12. Top ICT company on corporate and social responsibility
13. ICT rural school of the year
14. ICT personality of the year
15. Top ICT user minister

To nominate, one needs to download forms from two websites noted in the adverts;www.ictachieversawards.org.zw and www.ictministry.gov.zw. One can also visit the ICT Ministry offices in Harare, Bank Chambers building on the 7^th floor, along Samora Machel, to get the forms, fill them and submit physically. Nominations close on 15 November.

Staff Writer