The AfricaCom Awards, a major global technology and telecoms industry’s most respected awards, has announced the current shortlist of nominees. Top honours will be revealed on Wednesday November 13, 2019 at The Lookout in the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town. The Awards are an extension of AfricaCom, the largest Africa-focused technology, telecoms and media event. It will take place in Cape Town, South Africa from November 12 to 14, 2019.
Here are the nominees in the various categories:
Connecting the Continent Award:
- Angola Cables
- Cambridge Broadband Networks (CNBL)
- Liquid Telecom
- Orange
- Parallel Wireless
- PCCW Global
- Upstream Systems
Delivering Excellence in Customer Experience
- Alepo Technologies Inc.
- Ericsson & MTN Group
- MTN & Huawei
- MTN South Africa & Huawei
- Orange
Everything as a service – Best Cloud or Application Solution
- Mavenir
- PCCW Global
- Orange
- Verimatrix
Changing Lives Award
- Erissson South Africa in partnership with Wot-If? Trust
- iShamba Limited
- ISOCEL Telecom
- KaiOS Technologies
- Liquid Telecom
- Orange
Best Digital Entertainment Innovation
- Orange
- Telecoming
Security Product or Service of the Year
- Orange
- Upstream Systems
Best Network Management Software
- Ericsson
- Mavenir
- MTN & Huawei
- Orange – Huawei
- PCCW Global
Best Connected Consumer Device
- Huawei Technologies
- Orange (Smart Wifi)
- Orange (SANZA)
Best Innovation for Enterprise
- Comviva Technologies Ltd
- LMT
- MTN South Africa & Huawei
- MTN Uganda & Huawei
- SqwidNet
Most Innovative Service -The Business of Tomorrow
- BRCK
- Cassava Smartech and Comviva Technologies Ltd
- KaiOS Technologies
- Safaricom & Huawei
- Tramigo
- World Telecom Labs and iPlans
CXO of the Year
- Anthoinet Ohene-Amoah, CEO, GetHer In Digital
- Antonio Nunes, CEO, Angola Cables
- Charles Molapisi, CTO, MTN Group
- Gerard Lokossou, CEO, Orange DRC
- Richmond Nagbe Tobii, Managing Director, LIBTELCO
- Stephane Duproz, CEO, Africa Data Centres
- Yonny Firedman, co-Founder and CEO, Menta Music
Enterprise CxO of the Year
- Ainojie (Alex) Irune, COO, Oando Energy Resources
- Busiswa Lutshaba, Director, Blu Space Communications SA
- Irene Kiwia, Founder and CEO, Twaa
- Kasango Dickens, CEO, Pison Public Relations
- Niklas Ekdahl, CEO, Connected Video at Multichoice
- Rebatho Madiba, Acting CIO, Transnet
- Tijan Chorr, Founder and CEO, LagaAfrik
- Warren Hero, CDO, Webber Wentzel
Supported by awards sponsor, PCCW Global, the awards will be held on November 13, 2019 at The Lookout in Granger Bay, Cape Town.
AfricaCom 2019 is expected to bring together 15,000 attendees, 450 speakers and 500 exhibitors showcasing technologies and solutions covering everything from 5G, AI, IoT, Fintech, Blockchain and beyond, with a host of new content and exciting developments.
AfricaCom is part of the Connecting Africa series of events that expose delegates, the media and the tech savvy, to the latest advancements and opportunities in technology and the digital ecosystem. Taking place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), AfricaCom is now in its 22nd year. The conference programme covers the most strategic issues affecting companies in Africa’s digital market – services, efficiency, profitability, customer experience, partnerships, policy and more – and features several co-located events: AfricaTech, 5G Africa, Video Exchange Africa, The AI Summit Cape Town and IoT World Africa and more.
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