AfricaCom 2010 Awards winners announced
The third annual AfricaCom Awards was held in the Grand Ballroom at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in South Africa as part of the AfricaCom conference and exhibition. UNICEF's goodwill ambassador and coach of Bafana Bafana, South Africa's national football team, Pitso Mosimane did the official welcoming address.
AfricaCom 2010 Awards winners:
- New Entrant of the Year: Orange Tunisie
- Best Network Improvement: MTN South Africa for Optimal Network Coverage
- Best New Services: Comviva with Mobile Data Platform
- Best Cost Efficiency Solution for Africa: Dark Fibre and The Fibre to the Tower
- Green Telecoms Award: Flexenclosure and E-site
- Best Solution for Rural Services: Orange France Telecom with Village Phone
- Best Marketing Campaign: MTN South Africa and the AYOBA Campaign
- Telecoms Innovation of the Year: Sibesonke and User Generated Content
- Best Pan African Initiative: Gateway Communications with High Quality Connections
- Changing Lives Award: MTN Foundation for Rural Telephone Project 3000
The awards evenings sponsors were MTN, Comviva, Andrew, and Gateway Communications.
For information, go to www.africacomawards.com.