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AfricaCom Awards 2015 winners announced

The winners of the 2015 AfricaCom Awards have been announced. The awards took place on 18 November in Cape Town, and celebrated the ICT and technology industry in Africa.
AfricaCom Awards 2015 winners announced

Three of the big winners on the night were Huawei, Project Isizwe and FNB Connect.

Winners


  • Best Network Improvement - Huawei Technologies for their Lampsite Solution in Kenya
  • Excellence in Customer Experience Management - First National Bank for FNB Connect
  • Breakthrough LTE Development - Huawei Technologies for their eLTE Solution for Kenya
  • Best Cost Efficiency Solution for Africa - PCCW Global - Keeping African international voice traffic in Africa
  • Best Connectivity Solution for Africa - Project Isizwe the city of Tshwane's Free WiFi project
  • VSAT Innovation for Africa - Vodacom DRC for their Rural Coverage System
  • Best Marketing Campaign - Unitel for Kisom
  • Best Mobile Money Service - Ericsson for their Wallet platform
  • Best App for Africa - Project Isizwe for their Tshwane WiFi Voice Mobile App
  • Best Device for Africa - Orange for Orange Klif
  • Most Innovative Service - First National Bank for FNB Connect
  • Best Pan African Initiative - Trace TV and Music - Trace Music Star
  • CEO fof the Year - Millicom Ghana Limited - Mrs Roti Mootman
  • Changing Lives Awards - Liquid Teleocm - Office of the President (Kenya) and Liquid Telecom - free WiFi in Nakuru County

"We congratulate each and everyone of the winners on their achievement. The advances and quality of the African ICT and technology industry is represented in these annual awards, they are indicative of a healthy and thriving sector that is changing lives and enhancing human connectivity and interaction. We all look forward to 2016 where we know for certain, that the quality of campaign that will be considered will be of an even higher standard," says Gemma White at Informa Telecoms & Media, organiser of the event.

Criteria and entry dates for the AfricaCom 2016 season will be announced soon.

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