By Standard Digital Reporter
NAIROBI, KENYA: CIO East Africa in collaboration with the Rwanda Development Board and the Rwanda Ministry of Youth and ICT will be hosting the CIO100 2013 Symposium and Awards 2013.
This is the only competition in East Africa that awards excellence in the execution of IT projects and recognizes the organizations and the people behind those projects. The competition, themed “Value creation through innovation” is expected to attract over 300 participants across East Africa, and will climax with the Awards gala which will be held in Kigali, Rwanda at the Serana Hotel, from the 10th – 12th July 2013; to honor the top 100 organisations within the region.
According to Harry Hare, Director, CIO East Africa, this year’s survey attracted over 350 companies that intend to make entries for various IT innovations. “This competition is the largest ICT competition awards in Africa and is set to feature the most successful companies in IT innovation from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda. The award provides a networking platform for IT buyers and recognizes industry leaders,” he added.
Hare further noted that a regional panel of judges has been selected for the judging process which will commence later this week.
Hosted in other countries such as the US, Canada, Sweden, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam and Hungary, the CIO100 Annual Awards is a truly global recognition. It is an acknowledged mark of excellence in enterprise IT. According to a survey by CIO East Africa magazine as per the previous year’s award ceremonies, CIO 100 Annual Awards is among the top 10 most influential corporate events in Africa.
CIO100 Awards is an acknowledged mark of enterprise IT excellence. It’s a celebration of 100 organizations (and the people within them) that are using information technology in innovative ways to deliver business value, whether by creating competitive advantage, optimizing business processes, enabling growth or improving relationships with customers .
“We would like to acknowledge and appreciate Oracle Corporation, Cyberoam, Compulynx Limited, Koseke Limited, African eDevelopment Resource center, Mitsumi Distributors for coming onboard as Sponsors in this year’s CIO100 Annual Awards Competition,” said Hare.
Previous winners
Previous awards saw KENET emerge the overall winner through their project that seeks to provide Internet connectivity to educational institutions.
The first runner up at the awards was Eat Out Kenya which was recognised for their project that has seen many restaurants having an online presence where diners can browse through menus and make restaurant bookings.
Nakumatt Holdings scooped the second runners up award. Started in July 2005, Nakumatt's winning project was titled "IT enabled miscellaneous products and services".
The project offers services such as: electronic airtime distribution and dispensing from Tills; Utility bill collection for services such as Safaricom's Post Paid and Nairobi Water; Cash back (bank withdrawal) at tills for Equity Customers.
