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- 27 Feb 2024
IFC Unveils 100 Women Start-ups to Receive Growth Support Through She Wins Africa
IFC has announced the names of 100 women-led startup owners selected to participate in the She Wins Africa program, an IFC-led initiative that aims to accelerate access to capital for women-led…
- 2 Aug 2012
Backpack Farm Wins Africa Rural Connect Prize
Africa Rural Connect, an online project of the National Peace Corps Association, has announced the winners of its 2012 Young Farmers Idea Contest. The online competition, which ran through the end of…
- 14 Nov 2014
Airtel Africa Wins Double Awards At AfricaCom
Bharti Airtel Africa, a leading telecommunications service provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, reinforced its continued contribution to the pan-African telecoms landscape…
- 3 Dec 2012
Africa Check Wins African News Innovation Challenge
Africa Check - a brand new fact-checking website devised by the AFP Foundation has been named one of the winners of the inaugural African News Innovation Challenge – an internationally-backed contest…
- 8 Dec 2025
UBA Wins Africa’s Bank of the Year for Third Time in Five Years
Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has once again, reaffirmed its leadership as one of the continent’s most innovative and resilient financial institutions, as the bank has, for…
- 17 Mar 2014
MITSUMI Distribution Wins Africa Distributor of the Year Award at the ‘EMEA Channel Academy: 2014 Awards’
MITSUMI Distribution, one of the largest technology and consumer electronics distributors in Africa, won the Africa Distributor of the year award at the EMEA Channel Academy 2014 Awards, which took…
- 29 Sept 2024
Chain Reactions Africa Wins ‘Edge Outstanding PR Agency of the Year’ at Marketing Edge Awards 2024
Chain Reactions Africa (CRA), one of Africa’s leading Public Relations and Integrated Communications Consultancies, has further consolidated its market leadership position as one of Africa’s best…
- 27 May 2016
NCC Wins Africa Regulator of the Year Award
For being the leading light in telecommunication regulations in Africa, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently got the African Regulator Award for 2015. The Africa Information…
- 6 Oct 2021
Tek Experts Wins Africa’s Leading IT Support Service Provider
Technology support company Tek Experts has been awarded Africa’s Leading IT Support Service Provider of the year 2021. The African Brand Leadership Merit Awards are organized by the African Brand…
- 29 Nov 2020
BAT CIO for West & Central Africa Wins Award
Olakunle Ogedengbe, the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for British American Tobacco in West and Central Africa, emerged the winner in the Platinum Category, as CIO of the Year (Consumer Goods and…
- 28 Sept 2015
SimbaPay Wins DEMO Africa 2015, Heads to Silicon Valley
At DEMO Africa 2015, SimbaPay showcased a new service which enables Africans living abroad to seamlessly open bank accounts in Africa using its app and was on last Friday announced as the winner of…
- 20 Sept 2016
Elumelu Wins Africa Investor ‘Person of the Year’ Award in New York
Mr. Tony Elumelu, chairman of Heirs Holdings, yesterday, while receiving the ‘Person of the Year’ award at the Africa Investor CEO Institutional Investment Summit hosted alongside the UN General…
- 26 May 2016
fets Wins Africa's Trusted Mobile Payment Technology Company Award
Funds & Electronic Transfer Solutions (fets), one of the leading licensed mobile money operators, established by The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has won the 2016 Africa’s most trusted Mobile…
- 4 Nov 2019
Burna Boy Wins ‘Best Africa Act’ Award at 2019 MTV EMA’s
Burna Boy a serial hitmaker has emerged winner of the Best Africa Act award at the 2019 MTV EMA’s. Burna who was nominated alongside fellow Nigerian, Teni the Entertainer , South Africa's Prince…
- 4 Oct 2017
Internet Solutions Wins Best West Africa IT Infrastructure Service Provider
Internet Solutions Nigeria Ltd. (ISN), a leading Systems Integrator & Connectivity Provider, has added another award to its collection as it wins the West Africa’s Best IT Infrastructure Service…
- 11 Jun 2024
Layer3 Celebrates Dual Wins @ 2024 Africa’s Beacon of ICT Merit and Leadership Awards
Layer3, IT solutions provider in Nigeria, proudly announces its triumph at the prestigious Africa’s Beacon of ICT Merit and Leadership Awards 2024. Layer3 was honored as the "Cloud Provider of the…
- 26 Jul 2017
JSP Wins West Africa Creative PR Agency Award
The niche and premium positioning of JSP Communications, a leading Nigerian Public Relations agency, has been applauded with the award of the most creative PR agency in West Africa. JSP, which…
- 27 May 2014
Nigeria, South Africa Entries Win Ericsson’s App Awards, 2014
Ericsson has announced the winners of the 2014 Ericsson Application Awards at a ceremony held at the Ericsson Studio in Kista, Sweden. The Student category was won by Team WorkMode from South Africa…
- 24 Nov 2008
Zain wins Pan Africa Operator Award
Telecommunications gaint, Zain has won the ‘Pan African Mobile Operator of the Year’ at the just concluded Nigeria Information Technology and Telecom Awards (Nitta 2008) for providing…
- 5 Feb 2026
Incentives alone won’t win over Africa’s next billion fintech users — Kuda MFB MD
African fintechs hoping to sign up the continent’s next billion users will need to rethink the industry’s long-running growth playbook, according to Musty Mustapha, Managing Director of Kuda…
- 7 Oct 2019
MainOne Wins at Datacloud Africa Leadership Awards 2019
MainOne, West Africa’s leading connectivity and data centre solutions provider and its subsidiary company, MDXi, came out tops at the 2019 edition of Datacloud Africa Leadership Summit and Awards…
- 8 Dec 2025
Nigeria Dominates 2025 TikTok Sub-Saharan Africa Awards with Six Wins
Nigerian creators have emerged dominant at the 2025 TikTok Awards for Sub-Saharan Africa, winning six of the ten categories at the ceremony held in Johannesburg, South Africa. TikTok Sub-Saharan…
- 19 Feb 2014
Nigeria Wins 3 Spots in Google’s Africa Connected Competition
Nigeria outshined Kenya, South Africa winning three spots in Google’s Africa Connected competition as announced on Wednesday. The competition was launched in August 2013, calling entrepreneurs,…
- 13 Nov 2016
Channels, IbakaTV, Others Win at YouTube Africa Creator Awards
Google at the weekend hosted the YouTube Sub-Saharan Africa Creator Awards, to celebrate the incredible creativity and talent on YouTube from across the continent. At the award, Channels Television,…
- 23 Jun 2008
Dankyi-Koranteng Wins the Apprentice Africa
It has ended and the winner is Isaac Kwabena Dankyi-Koranteng, the Ghanaian business gladiator who bestrode the Apprentice Africa house like a colossus. Dankyi-Koranteng floored 18 contestants from…
- 4 Jun 2023
Nigerian Startup, NearPays Wins Big @GITEX Africa in Morocco
Nearpays Technology Limited, a Nigerian startup has emerged best in the Fintech and Blockchain category of the Supernova Challenge at GITEX Africa, Morocco. Nearpays was awarded a cash prize of…
- 15 Feb 2010
Zambia’s Lukando Wins Face of Africa 2010
On Saturday February 6, in a stylish haute couture showcase 22-year-old Lukando Nalungwe from Zambia joined an exclusive group of winners when she was named the eighth and newest M-Net Face of…
- 27 Jun 2016
Africa Celebrates as Black Coffee & Falz Win Big at 'BET Awards' 2016
BET Africa (DStv channel 129) has revealed that legendary South African artist Black Coffee has become the first South African artist to win Best International Act: Africa at the BET Awards, while…
- 7 Apr 2024
ALX Wins Prestigious Tech Unite Africa Award for Excellence
ALX Africa, a leading tech innovation accelerator, has been awarded with the prestigious Tech Unite Africa Award for Excellence in Online Learning Platform of the Year. The award, presented by Tech…
- 6 Jun 2023
IFC Launches Program to Empower Women-led Startups in sub–Saharan Africa
To support women entrepreneurs across sub–Saharan Africa, IFC launched She WINS Africa, a program designed to unlock the potential of hundreds of women-owned startups by offering them advice,…