FNB Connect, Huawei, Project Isizwe win twice at AfricaCom 2015 Awards

The 2015 AfricaCom show culminated in Cape Town with an awards evening that attracted more entries than ever before.

Scott Bicheno

November 19, 2015

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FNB Connect, Huawei, Project Isizwe win twice at AfricaCom 2015 Awards

The 2015 AfricaCom show culminated in Cape Town with an awards evening that attracted more entries than ever before.

A broad range of operators, vendors and mobile projects were recognised among the winners, with FNB Connect, Huawei and Project Isizwe all winning two awards.

“We congratulate each and every one of the winners on their achievement,” said Gemma White of event organisers Informa Telecoms & Media. “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.”

The awards evening also saw Orange announce the he winners of the 2015 Orange African Social Venture Prize, which recognises innovative projects that are set to stimulate development in Africa. The winners were Egyptian ‘click-funding;’ venture Bassita, Cameroon solar power company upOwa, and Mali-based myAgro, an app designed to help farmers.

Here’s the full list of AfricaCom 2015 Awards 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

About the Author

Scott Bicheno

As the Editorial Director of Telecoms.com, Scott oversees all editorial activity on the site and also manages the Telecoms.com Intelligence arm, which focuses on analysis and bespoke content.
Scott has been covering the mobile phone and broader technology industries for over ten years. Prior to Telecoms.com Scott was the primary smartphone specialist at industry analyst Strategy Analytics’. Before that Scott was a technology journalist, covering the PC and telecoms sectors from a business perspective.
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