The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 attracted over 200 entries from 21 countries, across 3 continents.
The Awards are kindly supported by Mobile Monday South Africa, Uber and AppsWorld and celebrate the enormous growth in mobile, technology and entrepreneurship in Africa.
Awards Party
The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards party takes place at UMI in Camps Bay at 7pm on Monday 16th of November. To register please click here.
Directions
From Cape Town CBD drive for Seapoint and Camps Bay. The Umi venue is located upstairs in the Promenade Building overlooking the beach, stair access from street level. Parking is available directly below Umi in Promenade garage. For map please click here.
UBER
Uber are supporting the Appsafrica Awards ensuring all guests get to and from the event safely and in style. All new users can sign up here now with the promotional code: AppsAfrica, in order to receive a free first ride up to R150.
The finalists for the Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 are;
1. Best disruptive innovation
MicroEnsure (UK), Esoko (Ghana), Talking Bookz (Nigeria), Picup – South Africa, Opera’s Sponsored Web Pass – Nigeria
2. Best mobile innovation
Mobu – (Kenya), Chura – (Kenya), bookly – (South Africa), Ninayo – (Tanzania), M-vendr – (UK), ShoOwer – Cameroon
3. Best non data mobile innovation
TTC Mobile – (Uganda and Tanzania), Unotify (Rwanda), Totohealth (Kenya), GeoPoll (US and Kenya), SaferMom (Nigeria)
4. Best African app
Cross Dakar City (Senegal), bookly – (South Africa), Truppr (Nigeria), mPaper (Tanzania) and Tuluntulu (South Africa)
5. Best fintech innovation
Mergims (Rwanda), LipaPlus (Kenya) , SimbaPay (UK) ,VCpay (South Africa) , Mastercard/ Standard Bank MasterPass app (South Africa) and Verifone Mobile Money (Kenya)
6. Best health innovation
MOBicure (Nigeria), GiftedMom (Cameroon), Telemedicine Africa (South Africa), emocha: MDR-TB Partnership (South Africa) and The Medical Concierge Group (Uganda)
7. Best educational innovation
mPaper (Tanzania), Flippy Campus (Ghana/Nigeria), bookly – (South Africa), SYNA (Nigeria) , Xander Apps (South Africa) and Bambisa (South Africa)
8. Social impact award
codeX (South Africa), bookly – (South Africa), 1task1job (Cameroon), UjuziKilimo (Kenya), and Afrikstart (UK).
9. Best entertainment innovation
Bozza Mobile (South Africa), GAMSOLE – Nigeria, MyMusic (Nigeria), Guumzo (Tanzania) and Media24 HYD 3D (South Africa)
10. Women in tech award
Emefa Kpegba (OMobileFunding – Togo), Anike Lawal (Mamalette -Nigeria), Linet Kwamboka (DataScience – Kenya), Zimba Women (Uganda) and Kelechi Anyadiegwu (Zuvaa -USA/Nigeria)
Awards Party
The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 party takes place at UMI in Camps Bay at 7pm on Monday 16th of November. To register please click here.
Directions
From Cape Town CBD drive for Seapoint and Camps Bay. The Umi venue is located upstairs in the Promenade Building overlooking the beach, stair access from street level. Parking is available directly below Umi in Promenade garage.
UBER
Uber are supporting the Appsafrica Awards ensuring all guests get to and from the event safely and in style. All new users can sign up here now with the promotional code: AppsAfrica, in order to receive a free first ride up to R150.
