The 6th annual MTN Business App of the Year Awards night took place last week in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The App of the Year Awards is the champion of app development in South Africa; celebrating local home-grown talent, the out-of-the-box thinkers that drive disruption and change.
Standard Bank’s Shyft emerged as the overall winner of this year’s MTN Business App of the Year Awards. As part of the grand prize, it won R200 000 cash and the chance to join MTN Startup Programme.
“I think we all feel incredibly honoured to be here. There’s a massive team that made this whole dream possible, a lot of them aren’t here tonight. This [award] is not just for us, this is for a big group of awesome people that saw the vision, came together and made this [app] a reality,” said Arno von Helden Head Forex Solutions, Standard Bank.
“I want to thank MTN for giving us this platform to show-case something that we feel passionately about. Shyft demonstrates what’s achievable when you put the customer at the center of what you’re trying to solve for. I also want to thank all the other contenders as the caliber of the competition was outstanding.”
Other winners are listed as follows:
- Best Consumer Solution – Order In
- Best Women in STEM Solution – Oru Social and Touch SA (joint winners)
- Best Incubated Solution – Ecoslips
- Best Breakthrough Developer – Zulzi
- Best Financial Solution – Standard Bank Shyft
- Best Agricultural Solution – Tree App
- Best Educational Solution – Awethu Project
- Best Health Solution – WatIf Health Portal
- Best South African App – Hey Jude
- Best Gaming Solution – Super Animals 2
- Most Innovative Solution – InterGreatMe
- Overall winner – Standard Bank Shyft
- People’s Choice – Zulzi
- Best Enterprise Solution – TransUnion 1Check
Each winner in the different categories received a certificate and a flat screen TV. They also get a chance to join the Startup Programme. MTN will follow up with each of them and be screened for it.
