Nominees unveiled for maiden Africa Technovate Awards scheduled for April 2 at UPSA

Nominees for the maiden edition of the Africa Technovate Awards have been unveiled with Africa’s big names in technology ready to do friendly battles for the coveted honours on Saturday, April 2 at the auditorium of the University of Professional Studies, Accra.

In total, there are 51 nominations in 17 categories. The numbers include 48 corporates organizations, educational institutions, and three individuals who are nominated for the Lifetime Achievement Awards. Each category has three nominations each. The award process is being audited and validated by Deloitte & Touche.

The awards scheme is designed to appreciate African technology companies who have blazed the trail for several years and budding young innovative and creative tech companies charting a path for Africa in a fast digitally transforming world.

The categories include:

1. Sector Awards: Outstanding Edtech Institution of the Year, FinTech Company of the Year, e-Health Company of the Year, Digital Agric-Business of the Year, Tech Insurance Company of the Year.
2. Regional Awards: Digital Innovation and Creativity Award, Digital Business Transformation Award, Tech Startup Company of the Year, Young Tech Startup Company of the Year, Blossoming Tech Company of the Year, Mature Tech Company of the Year, Ambitious Tech Company of the Year.
3. Africa Awards: Outstanding Digital Entrepreneur of the Decade, Live Time Achievers Award, Quality Standards Award, Digital Excellence Award, and Long-Standing Service Engagement Award.

The final category winners will be announced during the exclusive live ceremony at the UPSA auditorium on Saturday 2^nd April 2022.

With a focus on going the extra mile to deliver innovative ways of solving problems in the technological spaces, companies making the judges cuts include:

Outstanding EdTech Institution of the Year

1. Academic City University College
2. AITI
3. Ashesi University

Fintech Company of the year

1. Kippa
2. Hubtel
3. M-Kopa

e-Health Company of the Year

1. Africa ICT Right
2. AmaGhana Online
3. NHIS

Digital Agric-Business of the Year

1. Puno
2. Smart Farmer
3. Esoko

Tech Insurance Company of the Year

1. BIMA
2. Prudential Insurance
3. Phoenix Insurance

Digital Innovation and Creativity of the Award

1. Chatbots Africa
2. Treepz Ghana
3. Hanergy Global Ghana Limited

Digital Business Transformation Award

1. Enterprise Computing
2. Jijigh
3. Tonaton

Tech Startup Company of the Year

1. Msoft Ghana Limited
2. PayBox
3. Turntabl

Young Tech Startup of the Year Award

1. Puno
2. Kippa
3. Gambia Tech Project

Blossoming Tech Company of the Year

1. Omni Strategies
2. SOKO Aerial
3. mNotify Company

Mature Tech Company of the Year

1. Adapt IT
2. SoftTribe
3. Isolutions Associates

Ambitious Tech Company of the Year

1. American Tower Corporation
2. Adapt IT
3. DreamOval

Outstanding Digital Entrepreneur of the Decade

1. SoftTribe
2. M-Kopa
3. Hubtel

Live Time Achievers Award

1. Nii Narku Quaynor – Ghana Dot Com
2. Herman Chinery-Hess – SoftTribe
3. Kofi Dadzie – Rancard

Quality Standards Awards

1. AIT
2. Ghana Standard Authority (GSA)
3. Research ICT Africa

Digital Excellence Award

1. Hanergy Global Ghana Ltd.
2. TXT Ghana
3. Ghana Dot Com

Long Standing Service Engagement Award

1. Delbond Teknologies. Limited (Dtek)
2. Rancard Solutions
3. SoftTribe