AfricaCom Awards 2018 shortlist

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The annual AfricaCom Awards shortlist was released on 31 October. With an overwhelming number of excellent entries, the selection process has been even more challenging than previous years.

According to Tom Cuthell, portfolio director at KNect365, organiser of AfricaCom and the AfricaCom Awards: The AfricaCom Awards grow in stature each year as a direct result of the quality of the works that are submitted for consideration. The ever-evolving digital ecosphere has led to some exceptional innovation in the sector, which in turn has advanced Africa's own digital revolution. It gives us great pleasure as organisers of AfricaCom and the Awards, to acknowledge those who are truly connecting the continent.

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The nominees - in no particular order are:

Best Network Improvement

Liquid Telecom Completion of the Cape to Cairo fibre route

Parallel Wireless Enabling cost-effective 2G/3G/4G to bridge the digital divide in Africa

Orange MOSA C

Ericsson & MTN Rwanda The Best Performing Networks with MTN Rwanda

Huawei Technologies Africa 1st Lampsite Pro network

Mauritius Telecom Single RAN Implementation

Delivering Excellence in Customer Experience

Huawei Technologies Customer Experience Management (CEM) for Ghana

Keyrus & Dassault Systemes OmniFlow

Nokia and MTN CEM MTN Nigeria Deploys Nokia's Software to Deliver a Superior Subscriber Experience

Orange One Customer One Offer

Secure-D powered by Upstream Secure-D

Mahindra Comviva iPACS Unified CRM and Sales and Distribution products and the MobiLytix Campaign Management and Digital Care

Fintech Innovation Award

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

Famoco Famoco QR Payment Gateway

Most Innovative use of AI Technology

Huawei Technologies Huawei PowerStar

ETIYA ETIYA Customer Service Management

Ericsson and Orange Botswana MATE Automation rule for Topological Correlation for Orange Botswana

Simfony Immediate IoT Infrastructure

Most Innovative Service

Orange Rural Electrification

Ericsson Ericsson Weather Data- Casting Rainfall

Huawei Technologies Huawei's WTTx Solution

Mauritius Telecom with Huawei The Next Generation 4K IPTV Service

Orange M-VACCIN

Orange Orange School

BRCK Moja WiFi

Changing Lives Award

Ericsson and Wot-if? Trust eHUB Diepsloot South Africa

MTN & HUAWEI RuralStar Connecting the Unconnected

Econet Wireless (Cassava Fintech) and Mahindra Comviva EcoCash powered by mobiquity Money

Liquid Telecom Pan-African Innovation Partnership Programme

Famoco Famoco digital wallets to transform Development Aid in Emerging Markets

Spreadtrum Communications (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd. SC7731E

Orange Orange School

MTN Uganda, Intelsat and ITSO - Mobile Reach Solar 3G

IoT Product Service of the Year

Yego Innovision Limited Yegomoto

SqwidNet IoT Product or Service of the Year

Orange Smart Metering

Orange X-Agri

UROS UROS Smart Water Cycle

Tata Communications Tata Communications MOVE

Best Innovation in Digital Entertainment Solution

Kwes iflix Best Innovation in Digital Entertainment

Kwes Play Limited Kwes Play (Roku Powered)

Mauritius Telecom & Huawei The Next Generation 4K IPTV Service

Telecoming Zaplium

Other Awards that form part of the 2018 line-up include:

AfricaCom Enterprise CXO of the Year Awards - public vote that recognises the outstanding achievements of CEOs, CTOs, CIOs, CDOs and others in driving innovation within the African enterprise space.

The AfricaCom CXO of the Year Award recognises the outstanding achievements of CEOs, CTOs, CIOs, CDOs and others in driving development across telecommunications and technology in Digital Africa'.

Orange Social Venture Prize

The AfricaCom Awards will also see the Orange Social Venture Prize awarded to a winning innovative project based on ICT which improves the living conditions of people in Africa and the Middle East in fields such as education, healthcare, farming, mobile payments or sustainable development.

Supported by Founding Awards Sponsor, PCCW Global, the awards will be held on 14 November at The Lookout in Granger Bay, Cape Town. Mardi Gras' is the theme for this year's celebrations (it is also AfricaCom's 21st birthday), so guests are invited to dress accordingly to add to the festive occasion. Those registered delegates and visitors not participating in the Awards, can still take advantage of the festive spirit by attending the free after party.

AfricaCom 2018 will bring together 14 000 attendees, 450 speakers and 400 exhibitors showcasing technologies and solutions covering everything from 5G, AI, IoT, Fintech, Blockchain and beyond, with a host of new content and exciting developments.

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