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The AppsAfrica Innovation Awards, is holding its sixth edition . The sixth AppsAfrica awards seeks to celebrate technology and compelling mobile applications from across Africa, showcasing the continent’s best innovations across 12 categories. The awards are open to corporates, established ventures or start-ups who have launched services in at least one African market. Applications are welcome from technology and mobile ventures with services launched in at least one African market for the following award categories;
Disruptive Innovation Award
Existing business models are being disrupted across the continent using technology and innovation. This award recognises companies who have launched a service or created a product that has completely disrupted or forced innovation into an existing marketplace in Africa.
Health Tech Award
Innovation within health technology continues to transform the way we care for our health; the award celebrates companies that have used technology and innovation to create and implement life changing and life-saving health services in Africa.
 Best African App Award
This award recognises the best of the best across the African app ecosystem. The criteria would include great design, creativity, excellent user interface, usability, originality, innovation and adoption.
Cyber Security Award
This award celebrates companies that have successfully implemented ground-breaking security services protecting data, workloads and systems for individuals and organizations across the continent.
Blockchain Award
This award seeks to recognise a company that has applied or developed blockchain technology for use within the supply chain to increase the speed, efficiency, accuracy, transparency or cost-effectiveness of any sector in Africa. Also, startups with blockchain at the heart of its operation and developing innovative blockchain solutions for mass adoption or an organisation steering the understanding of cryptocurrency.
Media & Entertainment Award
As the mobile media, news and entertainment industry continues to flourish across Africa, this award seeks to recognise the best and most engaging in news and entertainment services across the continent. Examples include music, podcasts, literary, gaming, children’s entertainment, lifestyle, influencers, youtubers, vlogs and video.
Education Award
This award recognises companies and products striving to transform and deliver quality, technology-rich innovative solutions enhancing education across Africa. Entries for m-learning, e-learning, online courses and solutions for teaching and assessment utilising mobile or other technologies are welcomed.
Agric & FoodTech Award
This award recognises the best tech innovations driving agriculture and the future of food across the continent. This includes but is not limited to hardware, software, drones, big data, IoT services, mobile services or any technology supporting farmers, improving yields or supply chains in Africa.
Fintech Award
This award recognises the best fintech innovation including digital currency, bitcoin, mobile money, wallets, P2P, money remittances & transfers, point of sale or funding platforms.
Social Impact Award
This award recognises an inspiring use of any technology that has a positive and transformational social impact for an African community while contributing to the environment, economy, community or social development.
eCommerce Award
This award is dedicated to celebrating the wave of online and mobile commerce initiatives booming across Africa. Entrants might include online platforms, retail brands, portals, apps, classifieds, comparison sites and many more driving eCommerce across Africa.
Mobility Award
This award seeks to recognise the leading mobility ventures using technology such as hardware, software, robotics, drones or innovative mobile services that improve mobility, logistics or supply chains in an African market.
The Awards continue to be a leading barometer of innovation across the continent and provide finalists and winners with industry recognition potentially leading to funding, business partnerships and mentoring and global publicity. Winners are also invited to the 4th Africa Tech Summit Kigali 2021 to join tech leaders, corporates, startups, and investors. Application deadline for the entries is October 20th, 2020, Entries that have made the shortlist will be announced, November 1st, 2020 and the announcement of Winners will take place, November 26th, 2020.Â
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