Tuesday 15 October 2013

Announcement of AfricaCom Awards 2013 – Official Shortlist

Announcement of AfricaCom Awards 2013 – Official Shortlist

We are delighted to announce the AfricaCom Awards 2013 shortlist following a really exciting campaign this year. With entries received from all across Africa – the expert panel of judges have done a fantastic job.
Congratulations to all those shortlisted!!
The short-listed nominees are:
Africa Com Awards 2013 – Official Shortlist
Best Network Improvement 
Seacom – SEACOM’s African Ring
Orange – Internet for All
Tigo Tanzania – Network Improvement
Sky Vision – Project Mauritius
Huawei Technologies – Huawei FMC Solution
Best Quality User Experience
Orange – My Orange
Deloitte Digital – Data Visualisation
Orange – My Orange Facebook
Orange – Internet Everywhere
Roamtech Solutions Ltd – Music Service
Ericsson – Ericsson Multiscreen Self-care
Citrix – T3100 Adaptive Traffic Manager
Best Cost Efficiency Solution for Africa
World Telecoms Lab – WTL’s 2nd Generation VoIP
Liquid Telecom – Liquid Telecom – the longest fibre links in Africa
Conduct Telecommunications – Open access, dark fibre infrastructure in the last mile
Astellia and Econet Wireless – Revenue Assurance
Peer App – Ultraband
TKM Maestro Limited
Rural Telecoms Award
Orange – Mobile Agricultural Info (Labaroun Kassoua)
Econet Solar International – HPS Home Power Station
Helios Towers Africa – Shared Telecoms Infrastructure
Safaricom limited – VUMA online
Vodacom Business Nigeria- Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Solutions
SkyVision – Project Rodrigues
Best Connectivity Solution for Africa
Orange – ACE Cable
Poynting Antennas (Pty) Ltd – Subterranean Cellular Base Station
Conduct Telecommunications – Open access, dark fibre infrastructure in the last mile
Bluwan – Bluwan’s BroadFusion access solution and the Access in Africa project
Liquid Telecom – Liquid’s fibre network
Seacom – Remote Peering
Best Marketing Campaign
OgilvyOne Africa – Marketing Campaign for Airtel Nigeria – Padi Na Good Thing O! – Half Dollar
Orange – Orange African Cup of Nations 2013
Liquid Telecom – ‘I Am’
MTN – Welcome to the World
Best Mobile Marketing Campaign
Orange – E-Recharge & Win -Botswana
OgilvyOne Africa – Mobile Marketing Campaign for Airtel Kenya – FREE Your Smartphone
Mobitainment – The Excella’nt Competition
Best Digital Music Initiative 
OgilvyOne Africa – Online marketing campaign for Airtel FRNDZ Unlimited Offer
Mahindra Comviva – Digital Music Library
Spice VAS Africa Pte Ltd – MOD360
Roamtech Solutions Ltd – Bonyeza 699
Best Mobile Money Service
Mahindra Comviva – Ecocash
Orange Niger – Mobile Ticketing
Safaricom Limited – M-Shwari
Orange – Orange Money Visa Service
ORANGE – Orange Money International Transfer
Mer Group Telecom Division – Mobile FinaGate
Best App for Africa 
Prezence – Bid or Buy
SatPack Travel- Africa: Live App
Orange – My Orange
Opera Software – Opera Mini
Prezence – Real Time Wine
ydangle apps (Pty) Ltd – Flick
Most Innovative Service  
Intersec – Loyalty Management Suite 5.0
Arabsat – Satellite communication services
TXT Ghana Ltd – Job 1917
Deloitte Digital – Data Visualiser
ORANGE – My Orange Facebook
Safaricom Limited – Cashless Payment Solution
MTN Swaziland – MTN XtraTime
Orange – Mobile Yellow Pages (User Generated Content Directory)
PCCW Global -PCCW Global Products & Services
Best Pan African Initiative  
Tata Communications – Africa Connectivity and Collaboration Expansion
Orange – International Airtime Hub
Orange – Orange Regional Money Transfer
SkyVision – SkyVision South Africa
Seacom – SEACOM’s IP Network
PCCW Global -Landlocked But Not Locked Out
Industry Personality of the Year 
Safaricom Limited – Betty Mwangi-Thuo
WIOCC – Chris Wood
Liquid Telecom – Nic Rudnick
Changing Lives Award
Orange – Mobile Agricultural Info (Labaroun Kassouwa)
Open Idea – Four products: Quality of Service Monitoring, Remote Medical Diagnostics
Orange – EDUCI
MTN Swaziland – MTN Schools’ Connectivity Project
YooMee Africa AG – Broadband internet access for students and faculty, University of Douala, Cameroon
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