MobileMoneyAfrica today announced the winners of the 6th Kalahari awards, which was presented this evening at the 6th Remittance and MobileMoneyExpo in Lagos, Nigeria. The winners were announced in a ceremony hosted by Tv host , Stephen Ipalibo-Lawson at the Lagos Oriental hotel, Nigeria.
The Kalahari Awards honor organizations that have made significant contributions to the digital financial services sector and are poised to make considerable market impact in the future. The Awards are dedicated to acknowledging creativity, commitment and excellence in the mobile financial services across Africa.
“We congratulate all the award winners today and it is our sincere hope that the honor will inspire better innovation in 2016 and beyond,” said Emmanuel Okoegwale, principal associate, MobileMoneyAfrica. “MobileMoneyAfrica is proud to be celebrating the 6th Kalahari awards, which celebrates innovative leaders in e-commerce, payments, remittances and mobile financial services.”
The winners of the Kalahari award 2016 :
- Pro-poor financial innovation – GRAMEEN FOUNDATION, UGANDA
- Best low cost remittance service – AZIMO
- Best micro finance enabler platform – REDCLOUD TECHNOLOGIES
- Best mobile utilities payment provider -FETS
- Best Remittance enabler platform – MFS AFRICA
- Best mobilemoney innovation – MAHINDRACOMVIVA & ECOCASH
- Remittance personality of the year – JAY VIX, TRANSFAST
- Financial inclusion product of the year, global -TRANSFERTO
- Best remittance agency network – XPRESSMONEY
- Best mobile-centric remittance service – HELLO PAISA
- Best remittance service – TRANSFAST
- Best Bank-centric remittance service – FIDELITY BANK GHANA
- BEST MobileMoney / Card combination, Nigeria – CHAMS MOBILE
- Best e-commerce payment solution – TRANSPAY
- Best technology enabler platform – TAGATTITUDE
- Financial inclusion product of the Year, Nigeria – GTBANK & ETISALAT FOR GTSAVERS.
- Best payment partnership 2016 (Special recognition) – PAGA + UBER
