Hipipo Digital Awards Scheduled For December@Mestil Hotel

HiPipo; the organizers of the annual Digital Impact Awards Africa have today released the list of nominees for the 7th edition of the annual Digital Impact Awards Africa (#DIAA2020).

Digital Impact Awards Africa is Africa’s most important gathering of C-Level Executives and senior Digital and IT executives.

The release of the nominations marks the end of a comprehensive entry submission and validation exercise that ran from 19th October to 10th November 2020. The DIAA2020 grand finale is scheduled for 11th December at Mestil Hotel, Kampala.

Digital Impact Awards Africa is a platform that promotes Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion and Cyber Security. The Awards seek to recognize, celebrate and appreciate different individuals and organizations that are spearheading the use of digital mediums to better serve their communities.

There are 36 categories in the 2020 Digital Impact Awards Africa including 17 that recognize best performing digital and financial players from across Africa and 19 categories purely focused on Uganda.

The DIAA2020 edition comes in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented period that has on one hand wreaked socio-economic havoc across the world, but on the other hand further showcased the life- serving and saving capacity of digital-financial services (DFS).

The 36 categories include two special recognitions and these are: Regulatory Financial Inclusion Rails Award, and Women in FinTech Leadership Award.The rest of the categories will include jury assessment
and public voting that will commence on Thursday 19th November until the eve of the
awards.
The awards gala will be the climax of the #IncludeEveryone – Digital and Financial Inclusion
Summit that will happen on the same day.

Uganda Nominees List Includes:
1. AgriTech Innovation Excellence
a) Hamwe
b) Lusuku
c) Jumia Fresh
d) Nakasero Online
2. E-Commerce Innovation Excellence
a) Jumia
b) Nakasero Online
c) Safeboda
d) Lusuku
e) Spare-Wo
3. Payments Innovation Excellence
a) Beyonic
b) Kanzucode
c) Safeboda

d) Ticteq
e) Trade Lance

f) True African

g) Xente

4. Disruptive Innovation
a) JPESA -WhatsApp Money
b) Filetax
c) StarTimes Solar
5. Lending & SACCO Innovation Excellence
a) Buladde
b) Lendinabox
c) Social Lend Africa
d) Mallan Yassako
6. Merchant Payments Innovation Excellence

a) Chapchap
b) Flutterwave UG
c) Xente
7. Content Innovation Excellence

a) Yo Tv
b) Teesa Advisory Services
c) StarTimes On App

a) Pegasus
b) True African

c) Yo Uganda
d) Beyonic

a. Finance Trust Bank
b. Pride Microfinance

c. FINCA Uganda
d. Centenary Bank
e. BRAC Uganda

10. Digital Banking Excellence
a. Absa.
b. Centenary Bank.

c. Stanbic Bank.
d. Standard Chartered Bank

11. Green Energy Innovation Excellence
a. Fenix International – Readypay Solar
b. M-Kopa For Energy
c. StarTimes Solar
12. Digital Customer Experience Excellence(Financial Services, Telecom, IT)

a. Airtel
b. Centenary Bank

c. MTN Uganda
d. Stanbic Bank
e. Standard Chartered Bank

13. Digital Customer Experience Excellence (Utilities and Government Services)
a. KCCA
b. NSSF
c. NWSC
d. URA

14. Best Brand on Social Media (Financial Services, Telecom, IT)
a. Airtel Uganda
b. Centenary Bank
c. DFCU Bank
d. MTN Uganda
e. Stanbic Bank
15. Brand on Social Media Excellence (Consumer Goods)

a. Bell Lager
b. Movit

c. Pepsi

d. Club Pilsner

e. Jumia
f. Café Javas

17. Cards Payments Excellence
a. Absa
b. Centenary Bank
c. DFCU Bank
d. Stanbic Bank
e. Standard Chartered Bank

f. United Bank of Africa

18. Community Banking Excellence
a. BRAC Uganda Bank
b. Centenary Bank
c. Finance Trust Bank
d. FINCA
e. Post Bank Uganda
f. Pride Microfinance Limited

19. Digital Brand of the Year
a. Airtel Uganda
b. Centenary Bank
c. DFCU Bank
d. MTN Uganda
e. Stanbic Bank
f. Standard Chartered Bank

(Special Report By:PEACOCK. R.K.