Africa Com Awards - Awards Winners

Awards Winners

The AfricaCom Awards entries were examined by an independent panel of judges. All entries and supporting evidence was collected by Informa and then handed over to the judges for a 2 week assessment process. The judges agreed on the criteria of qualification and marking in the context of these entries, and with advice from Informa, once all entries have been collected. Each judge placed a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place vote in each category. 1st place was worth 4 points, 2nd place was worth 2 points, and 3rd place 1 point. The top 3 shortlisted entries and the winners for each category were decided after a conference call discussion between the judges, the last two shortlisted entries were based on the number of points awarded in the preliminary judging votes.

Congratulations to the AfricaCom Awards 2009 Winners

1. New Entrant of the Year

Recognizes an operator or service provider (mobile, wireless, ISP) launched in 2009, or end of 2008,who in a short time has achieved commercial success.

Winner: Dark Fibre Africa for their Optical Fibre Ducting Infrastructure

2. Best Network Improvement

Recognizes a product offered by a telecommunications solutions vendor, or an initiative taken by an operator, which significantly improved a network, whether by increasing coverage or improving quality or cost-effectiveness.

Winner: Microcom DRC & the WiMAX Network in Democratic Rep. of Congo

3. Best New Service

Recognizes a new service launched by a telecom solutions vendor or an operator/service provider (mobile, wireless, ISP) which offered
significant new prospects for revenue increase and customer satisfaction.

Winner: Comviva with Virtual Phone

4. Best Cost Efficiency Solution for Africa

Recognizes an outstanding new product from a telecom solution vendor, or offering from an operator/service provider (mobile, wireless, ISP), which enables cost-reduction in telecoms services for Africa.

Winner: Helios Towers and their Co-Location/Infrastructure Sharing product

5. Green Telecoms Award

Recognizes an initiative or product which improves telecommunication services in Africa with an environmentally-friendly approach.

Winner: Win Afrique for their use of solar, wind & green energy solutions

6. Best Solution for Rural Services

Recognizes an initiative taken by an operator or a telecommunications solutions vendor, which
significantly improved access to telecommunications in a rural areas.

Winner: MTN Uganda for the GOOGLE SMS/Application Labaratory

7. Best Marketing Campaign

Recognizes an effective marketing campaign, including new brand launch, advertising campaign, or innovative distribution strategy, launched by an operator in 2009.

Winner: Vodacom Mozambique with the Tudobom brand campaign

8. Telecoms Innovation of the Year

Recognizes a new service, strategy, consumer offering or other initiative launched in 2009 showing outstanding results thanks
to an innovative approach.

Winner: Comviva with Virtual Phone

9. Best Pan African Initiative

Recognizes an initiative taken by an organisation or a group of organisations to improve
telecommunications services at a regional or continental level.