Nominations for the 2024 Digital Impact Awards Africa are out. Winners to be crowned on 15th November

HiPipo is pleased to unveil the nominees for the 2024 Digital Impact Awards Africa. The release of the nominees follows the completion of both the entries’ submission and verification processes that ran until Saturday 12^th, October, 2024.

The shortlisted nominees have been drawn from hundreds of entries that were submitted by both the potential nominees and the general public. The release of the nominees effectively kicks off the voting process that will run until Friday 15^th November. While all nominees are winners, the overall winner per category will be determined by a combined public-jury vote.

Now in its 11^th consecutive year, this year’s Digital Impact Awards Africa will be held on 15^th November 2024 at Kampala Serena Hotel as part of the annual Digital and Financial Inclusion Summit.

Digital Impact Awards Africa is a platform that promotes Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, and Cyber Security. The Awards recognize and celebrate stakeholders that are spearheading the use of digital mediums to serve communities. They further celebrate digital excellence across the continent; big or small, local or international.

On the other hand, the Digital and Financial Inclusion Summit explores strategic trends and technologies that are shaping the future of Digital, ICTs, and Business. Special attention is paid to the safety of customers’ funds and the security of platforms in the Digital Financial Services ecosystem.

Building on continuous year on year success, the 2024 summit will bring together hundreds of delegates including C-Level executives that are spearheading the scaling, adoption, and usage of digital and financial services across Africa, policymakers, young entrepreneurs, and innovators in the Digital and Financial Inclusion ecosystem. The summit will focus on core topics that impact last mile financial inclusion such as open source software, interoperability, competition, collaborations & partnerships, regulation and licensing regimes among others.

Minus the over 50 speakers from government, multinationals, large enterprises, small and mid-sized enterprises, and start-ups, the summit will also offer a platform for informal businesses (like market vendors, smallholder farmers, sole proprietors, public transporters, e-commerce delivery agents, etc.) to discuss their businesses and how technology is transforming them for the better. 

Both the Digital Impact Awards Africa and Digital and Financial Inclusion Summit are organized by HiPipo, with support from partners.

Here is the Full List of #DIAA2024 Nominations:

Financial Inclusion Excellence.

1. Axiom Zorn Limited
2. FutureLink Technologies
3. Hamwe East Africa
4. Pride Micro Finance
5. Centenary Bank

Digital Banking Excellence.

1. ABSA Bank
2. Centenary Bank
3. Equity Bank
4. Stanbic Bank
5. Standard Chartered Bank

Banking Innovation Excellence.

1. WENDI Digital Wallet by Post Bank
2. FlexiPay by Stanbic Bank
3. CenteWhatsApp Banking
4. Craft Silicon

Community/MFI Banking Innovation Excellence.

1. Centenary Bank
2. Finca
3. Letshego
4. Post Bank – Wendi Mobile Wallet
5. Pride Micro Finance

FinTech Start-up of the Year.

1. Fido
2. Kawu
3. PayTota
4. PesaJet
5. Zimba Technologies

FinTech of the Year.

1. ClinicPesa
2. Flutterwave
3. FutureLink Technologies
4. Jumo
5. Hamwe East Africa

Financial Services Digital Excellence.

1. Airtel Money
2. MTN MoMo
3. Stanbic Bank
4. Standard Chartered
5. Yo Uganda

Consumer Goods and Services Digital Excellence.

1. AgriShare
2. Belle Beauty
3. Faras
4. Jude Color Solutions
5. Movit

Utilities and Government Services Digital Excellence.

1. NSSF
2. NWSC
3. Umeme
4. URA
5. URSB

Technology Services Digital Excellence

1. Airtel Uganda
2. Cente Tech
3. Comviva
4. Ericsson
5. Huawei
6. MTN Uganda

CEO of the Year (DFS).

1. Fabian Kasi – Centenary Bank
2. Gerald Begumisa – Yo Uganda Limited
3. Japhet Aritho – Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda Limited (AMCUL)
4. Richard Yego – MTN MoMo
5. Sanjay Rughani – Standard Chartered Bank
6. Julius Kakeeto – Postbank

Digital Brand of the Year.

1. Airtel Uganda and Airtel Money
2. Centenary Bank and Centenary Group.
3. MTN Uganda and MTN MoMo
4. Stanbic Bank
5. Standard Chartered Bank

Visit www.digital-impact-awards.com to cast your vote, from Saturday 19^th October 2024 to Friday 15^th November 2024 (9:00am), East Africa Standard Time. 

Both the summit and awards are using these 3 official tags; #IncludeEveryone #DIAA2024 #LevelOneProject