The AfricaCom Awards entries are examined by an independent panel of judges.  All entries and supporting evidence are collected by Informa and then handed over to the judges for a 2 week assessment process.  The judges agree 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 places 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 are decided after a conference call discussion between the judges, the last two shortlisted entries are based on the number of points awarded in the preliminary judging votes.

AfricaCom Awards 2010 Winners

• New Entrant of the Year -  Orange Tunisia for achieving commercial success in a short period of time since launch.
  
• Best Network Improvement -  MTN South Africa for their Optimal Network Coverage.
  
• Best New Service -  Comviva for their Mobile Data Platform
  
• Best Cost Efficiency Solution for Africa -  Dark Fibre Africa (PTY) Lrd for The Fibre to the Tower
  
• Green Telecoms Award -  Flexenclosure for E-site being primarily run on renewable energy
  
• Best Solution for Rural Services -  Orange France Telecom for Village Phone
  
• Best Marketing Campaign -  MTN South Africa for AYOBA
  
• Telecoms Innovation of the Year -  Sibesonke Ltd for User Generated Content
  
• Best Pan African Initiative -  Gateway Communications for High Quality Connections 
  
• Changing Lives Award -  MTN Foundation for the Rural Telephone Project 3000
  
  
  

AfricaCom Awards 2009 Winners

• New Entrant of the Year - Dark Fibre Africa for their Optical Fibre Ducting Infrastructure
• Best Network Improvement - Microcom DRC & the WiMAX Network in Democratic Rep. of Congo
• Best New Service - Comviva with Virtual Phone
• Best Cost Efficiency Solution for Africa - Helios Towers and their Co-Location/Infrastructure Sharing product
• Green Telecoms Award - Win Afrique for their use of solar, wind & green energy solutions
• Best Solution for Rural Services - MTN Uganda for the GOOGLE SMS/Application Labaratory
• Best Marketing Campaign - Vodacom Mozambique with the Tudobom brand campaign
• Telecoms Innovation of the Year - Comviva with Virtual Phone
• Best Pan African Initiative - Seacom with the East African submarine cables 
• Changing Lives Award - Emtel Mauritius for connecting the people of Agalega Islands to the world
  
  

AfricaCom Awards 2008 Winners

• New Entrant of the Year - Warid Telecom Uganda Limited
• Best Network Quality Initiative - Cell C
• Most Innovative New Service - Ericsson
• Best Solution for Rural Services - Safaricom Ltd
• Best Marketing Campaign - Zain
• Customer Service Provider of the Year - Warid Telecom Uganda Limited
• Best Enterprise Solution In Africa - Wana Entreprises
• Best Pan African Initiative - Zain
• Changing Lives Award - Safaricom Ltd
  

The closing date for entries to the AfricaCom Awards 2011 is 2 September 2011.

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