With over 150 submissions coming in from across 14 countries, the awards looks to build on the success of last year’s WAMAS. 2017 has produced a vast array of entries from exciting new technologies and services, from startups to established ventures driving progress in West Africa.
The WAMAS are supported by BBM, Mobile West Africa (MWA), AppsAfrica.com, Wimbart PR, Dress Me Outlet, Kasi Insights and many other industry-leading organisations and publications.
A prestigious judging panel featuring experts from AppsTech, Disrupt Africa, TechLoy, Women In Tech Africa, CcHub and many others, worked together to down-select from the many worthy entries and create the shortlist.
The shortlisted finalists by category are as follows:
JORG Technologies, MyAds Global, PayWithCapture, ScholarX, Sliide Airtime.
BrowseDotCom, BuyOverChat Technologies, Dress Me Outlet, Jiji.ng, OLX.
Bincom ICT Solution, Flutterwave, GoodWealth, Mahindra Comviva, Piggybank Nigeria.
Alassaut.com, iConcepts, Opportunity Space, Optiweb Communications, Solutech.edu.sn.
Eskimi, MallforAfrica, Optiweb Communications, Sliide Airtime, VAS2Nets Technologies.
Bloom Interactive, Cloomify, Tecno Mobile, The Guardian, Unilever.
Dimagi, Human Network International, Mahindra Comviva, MOBicure, MTN Nigeria.
BattaBox, Bloom Interactive, Media Navigation, Optiweb Communications, The Guardian.
Faith Adesemowo, Omobola Johnson, Rebecca Enonchong, Ugo Okoye, Vytautas Paukstys.
Andrew Airelobhegbe (ogaVenue), Corbyn Munnik (Sliide Airtime), Iyin Aboyeji (Flutterwave), Lum-Neh Angela (Opportunity Space), Odionye Confidence (Beat Traffik).
All shortlisted companies will be celebrated and the winners announced during an awards gala party on the evening of 18 May at Rooftop Lagos, with over 150 mobile industry executives, international media, investors, prestigious judges and sponsors.
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