The Skoll Foundation has announced that Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator has received the 2019 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. Founded by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Jeff Skoll, this prestigious award recognises change agents whose innovations...
South Africa’s first instant restaurant booking app took first place as the Most Innovative Tech Solution in the Food and Beverage Industry at the Cape Town Experiences Magazine Awards 2019. The free mobile app, launched in February last year, allows users...
August 31, 2018 •
General •
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Telecommunications giant MTN on Thursday, August 30 officially launched the third edition of the Women in the information and communication technologies (ICT) Partnership for Change Awards. The premier ICT women’s event saw several accolades awarded to...
August 11, 2018 •
Startups, West Africa •
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Iridescent, a nonprofit empowering underrepresented young people globally to become innovators and leaders, announced that two teams of girls – one from India and Nigeria – won top honors at its 2018 Technovation World Pitch Summit, a tech...
June 14, 2018 •
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Dimension Data today announced that it has won the 2018 Microsoft Modern Workplace Transformation Partner of the Year Award. Additionally, Britehouse, a division of Dimension Data, has won South Africa Partner of the Year. The companies were honoured among a...
June 4, 2018 •
East Africa, Finance •
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Cassava Fintech and Comviva have jointly won the East Africa Com Award in “Fintech Innovation Award” category for EcoCash Merchant Payments powered by mobiquity® Money. The award was presented recently at Radisson Blu Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. This was...
On Saturday 11 November 2017, telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, was awarded three accolades at the Nigeria Technology Innovation & Telecom Awards (NTIT) 2017 organised by the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria...
November 7, 2017 •
General, Southern Africa •
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On Monday 6 November 2017 the ten winners of the AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards 2017 were announced at a pan-African mobile and tech awards party at Shimmy Beach Club in Cape Town, South Africa. Having received over 300 entries, the Awards supported by...
The shortlisted finalists for the Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2017, which celebrates the best in mobile and tech ventures from across Africa, were announced on Wednesday 4 October 2017 in Cape Town, South Africa. The annual Awards, now in their third...
After a record number of votes, 44,500, were cast to determine South Africa’s leading players in Tech & E-commerce, PriceCheck, the hosts of the awards, revealed on Monday, 5 September 2017, the companies who have been shortlisted across the various...
The deadline for entries to the third annual AppsAfrica Awards, which celebrates the best in mobile and tech from across Africa is fast approaching, with nominations closing on September 11th, 2017. From African start-ups to large corporates, AppsAfrica is...
Abe Wakama, CEO of African Innovator Group and publisher of African Innovator Magazine and ITNewsAfrica.com, has been selected to join the Technology Top 100 awards judging panel for 2017. The awards, which will take place at the Johannesburg Country Club...
ISYX Technologies, a business innovation consulting company in the Middle East and Africa, announced that it has won the ‘Emerging Partner of the year’ award at Cisco’s 2-Tier channel partner event held recently in Dubai. ISYX was recognised for its...
June 15, 2017 •
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The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) today announced the top 10 nominees who will be contending for the 2017 Innovation Prize for Africa. The winners will be announced in Accra, Ghana on 18th July 2017 and will see innovators from nine African countries...
App Annie, a mobile app data and insights company, yesterday announced the winners of their inaugural awards program, The Annies, which took place at the company’s premiere industry event, Capptivate, in San Francisco. The winning apps were across six...
On the 4th of June at the ESQR’s Quality Achievements Awards 2017 Convention in London, The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), for the second consecutive year, won the European Society for Quality Research (ESQR) award The Commission, who walked away...
