Nominations announced for the Africa Technology Awards: 19th May, 2012

After the landmark ‘Digital Marketing’ summit in Nairobi, the Afri-Tech Group is poised to host its next solution-based summit in Johannesburg – “Technology & Digital” summit. This 3 day summit is set to welcome experts from around the globe from 14th – 16th May, 2012.
The event will be graced by some of the most innovative minds of 21st century – in collaboration with the most acclaimed innovators and strategists in the fields of health, education, science & technology and digital marketing. The summit will be held at the Sandton Convention Center in the heart of Johannesburg’s commercial hub and will be attended by business luminaries, philanthropists, government decision makers, some of the largest investors and some of the ‘sharpest minds from Africa’.
The summit will welcome 70 speakers, 200 exhibitors and over 2000 delegates from 18 African countries and will culminate in the ‘Africa Technology Awards’, which will recognize excellence in African technology.
The much anticipated ‘Africa Technology Awards’ will be awarded to some of the most stellar contributors in the field of Technology. The nominations for these awards have already been announced and are as follows…
Technology Provider of the Year
Safricom Telecommunications www.safricom.co.za/
Econet http://www.econet.co.zw
Eskom http://www.eskom.co.za
Technology Product of the Year
EcoCash http://www.econet.co.zw/ecocash.html
M-Pesa http://www.telecomcircle.com/2010/01/m-pesa/
M-Net Africa mnetafrica.dstv.com/
Best Application in Technology
EcoBank http://www.ecobank.com
Standard Bank http://www.standardbank.co.za/
dangote-group http://dangote-group.com/
Technology Educator of the Year
African Virtual University (AVU), (http://www.avu.org):
SAASTA http://www.saasta.ac.za/
Makerere University mak.ac.ug
Technology Executive Of The Year
Kevin Urama African Technology Policy Studies (Nigeria)
Mokhtar Bououdina – National Centre for Cleaner Technologies Production (NCCTP, Algeria)
Nagmeldin Goutbi ELHASSAN Vice-Chair of the Expert Group on Technology Transfer (SUDAN)
Software Company Of The Year
Opera Software ASA http://opera.com/
SOFTtribe Limited softtribe.com/
Cyber Tracker http://cybertracker.org/
Technology Company Of The Year
UBAGroup http://www.ubagroup.com/
orascomtelecom orascomtelecom.com
MTN group www.mtn.com/
Bernard Sanganza, CEO of the Afri-Tech Group said, ”Afri-Tech Nairobi 2011 was a first of its kind in Nairobi, but the Johannesburg summit has the potential to create life-changing solutions for the benefit of the mankind and in particular for the most amazing continent of Africa”. The Africa Technology awards aim to promote a sense of pro-consumer and healthy competition within the business community on the African continent. The 2012 Afri-Tech Technology & Digital Summit in Johannesburg offers a great opportunity for investors and global business giants because of its extremely solution-oriented approach. Like the Nairobi summit, the Johannesburg summit will also act as a catalyst for innovation, research and the entrepreneurial mindset.
contact Garikai Nhongo (Chief Marketing officer, Afri-Tech Group) at gnhongo@afri-tech.com for speaking / sponsor opportunities.
www.afri-tech.com