2018 AfricaCom Awards Winners

AfricaCom
AfricaCom Awards 2018
15 November 2018
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AfricaCom (Cape Town)
press release

The AfricaCom Awards show, supported by Founding Awards Sponsor, PCCW Global, was a colourful and festive Mardi Gras themed event last night.

Held in Cape Town during AfricaCom, guests celebrated and acknowledged those trailblazers who are leading digital inclusion, connectivity and digital development on the African Continent.

"AfricaCom continues to grow and with it the Awards," commented Tom Cuthell, Event Director of AfricaCom. "I would like to thank everyone involved, our judging panel who rigorously vetted the entries, sponsors and partners for their ongoing support and all the companies who continue to show how dedicated they are to ensuring that Africa advances into the digital ecosphere."

Here are the AfricaCom Awards stars for 2018:

Best Network Improvement - Liquid Telecom - Completion of the Cape to Cairo fibre route

Delivering Excellence in Customer Experience - Huawei Technologies - Customer Experience Management (CEM) for Ghana

Fintech Innovation Award - Econet Wireless (Cassava Fintech) and Mahindra Comviva - EcoCash Merchant Payments powered by mobiquity Money

Most Innovative use of AI Technology - Huawei Technologies - Huawei PowerStar

Most Innovative Service – Orange - Rural Electrification

Changing Lives Award - Ericsson and  Wot-if? Trust - eHUB Diepsloot South Africa

Best Sustainable Power Solution - Huawei Technologies - Huawei PowerCube 1000

IoT Product / Service of the year - Yego Innovision Limited - Yegomoto

Digital Entertainment Solution - Kwesé iflix - Best Innovation in Digital Entertainment

Also, winners on the night of two very special peer-voted awards were: Abdikarim Mohamed Eid - CEO, Telesom who was acknowledged as the AfricaCom CXO of the Year and, Priya Thakoor - Chief Digital Officer, Coca-Cola South Africa who was recognised for outstanding achievements in driving 'Digital Africa' forward and walked away with the award for the AfricaCom Enterprise CXO of the Year.

Cuthell concluded by saying: "Congratulations to all of the award winners.  The bar has been set high and we all look forward to seeing what next year holds."

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