TA telecom still in the running for Red Herring Top 100 Europe Award

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Selected from a pool of hundreds of innovative companies, TA telecom is the only African tech company shortlisted as a finalist for Red Herring's Top 100 Europe award - a prestigious list honouring the year's most promising private technology ventures from the European business region.

The Red Herring editorial team selects and evaluates nominees on 20 main quantitative and qualitative criteria including disruptive impact, market footprint, proof of concept, financial performance, technology innovation, social value, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries.

"There are many great companies producing really innovative and amazing products in Europe. We had a very difficult time narrowing the pool and selecting the finalists. TA telecom shows great promise and therefore deserves to be among the finalists," says Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring.

A number of 314 companies are shortlisted as finalists for the 2015 edition of the Red Herring 100 Europe award. Most companies are based in Europe with 53 based in the UK only.

The finalists are selected based upon their technological innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition, and financial health.

TA telecom harnesses the power of big data and analytics, generating 1.5 billion push alerts annually and processing more than 840 million charging transactions on its mobile content platforms.

The finalists will present their winning strategies at the Red Herring Europe Forum in Amsterdam, April 13-15. The Top 100 winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony on the evening of April 15 at the event.