Some 38 tech industry captains, business leaders and organizations were honored at the maiden FIN Cashless Awards held at the plush Movempick Ambassador Hotel in Accra.
The awardees comprised of 21 personalities and 19 organizations from mainly Ghana and Nigeria. Some won one, others won two and a few won three awards.
The awards event climaxed the maiden African Cashless Payments Systems (ACPS) Conference in Ghana, where several industry players discussed how to use digitalization and cashless payments to drive intra-continental trade within the context of the AfCFTA (Africa Continental Free Trade Area).
It was organized by the Foreign Investment Network (FIN) to facilitate the creation of seamless bridges between the cashless platforms across the continent in order to leapfrog the hurdles in the way of trade on the continent.
The organizations honored include K-NET, MTN Ghana, Vodafone Ghana, Afriwave, Zeepay, Hubtel, IT Consortium, Mobile Zone, CBG, Ecobank, Ghana Revenue Authority, Bank of Ghana, Ghana Interbank Payments and Settlements Systems, National Communications Authority and others.
The personalities included Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Communications and Digitalization Minister Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, Vice President’s Executive Secretary, Augustine Blay, Mobile Zone CEO, Maxwell Techie, Hubtel CEO, Alex Bram, K-NET CEO, Richard Hlomador, Vodafone Ghana CEO, Patricia Obo-Nai, MTN Ghana CEO, Selorm Adadevoh and yours truly Samuel Dowuona, TechGH24 Editor.
Below is a full list of awardees for the night.
- FIN Cashless Company of the Year – MTN Ghana
- FIN Outstanding Digital Banking Product of the Year – CBG *924# Get Digi With It
- FIN FinTech Company of the Year – Zeepay
- FIN Interconnect Clearinghouse of the Year – Afriwave Telecom Ghana
- FIN Mobile Product of the Year – Ecobank Mobile
- FIN Mobile Money Innovation of the Year – Vodafone Cash Free Transfer
- FIN Cashless Platform of the Year – Mobile Money Interoperability
- FIN Digital Startup of the Year – BezoMoney
- FIN Digital Company of the Year – Hubtel
- FIN Security Product of the Year – Majestic Coin – Nigeria
- FIN Cash Economy Promoter of the Year – GhIPSS
- FIN Cashless Policy of the Year – Ghana.gov
- FIN Mobile Device Distributor of the Year – Mobile Zone (Tecno)
- FIN Digital Investor of the Year – FAMACO
- FIN Outstanding Customer Service Award – MTN Ghana
- FIN Leading Institution in Digital Technology – IT Consortium
- FIN Cashless Product Consumer of the Year – Ghana Revenue Authority
- FIN Cashless Payments Regulator of the Year – Bank of Ghana
- FIN Digital Industry Regulator of the Year – National Communications Authority
- FIN Cashless Bank of the Year – First Bank
- FIN Technology Infrastructure Backbone Company – K-NET
- FIN IoT Infrastructure Champion – K-NET
PERSONALITIES
- FIN Outstanding eCommerce Personality – Alex Bram, CEO, Hubtel
- FIN Special Award for DTT Personality of the Year – Richard Hlomador, CEO – KNET
- FIN Cashless Entrepreneur of the Year – Moses Kanduri – CEO, AlexPay
- FIN Outstanding CEO of the Year – Patricia Obo-Nai – CEO – Vodafone Ghana
- FIN Exceptional Leadership Award – Selorm Adadevoh – MTN Ghana CEO
- FIN Leadership in Digital Finance Policy Rollout – Ken Ofori-Atta, Finance Minister
- FIN Digital Personality of the Year – Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Minister of Communications and Digitalization
- FIN Digital Personality of the Year – Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami – Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Nigeria
- FIN Outstanding IT Personality – Romeo Bugyei, CEO, IT Consortium
- FIN Digital Marketing Personality – Gad Ocran, CEO, EazzySocial
- FIN ICT Reporter of the Year – Sameul Dowuona, Editor, TechGH24
- FIN African Business Magnate Man of the Year – Kelvin Emmanuel Fiifi Ampah – CEO, KJP Group
- FIN African Most Strategic Marketing Media Personality – Dr. Fadda Dickson Narh – MD, Despite Media Group
- FIN Most Outstanding Corporate Female Personality of the Year – Abena Osei-Poku, MD, Abasa Ghana
- FIN Special Award for National Digital Transformation Backbone Staff – Augustine Blay, Chief of Staff, Office of the Vice President
- FIN Mobile Device Personality of the Year – Maxwell Techie, CEO – Mobile Zone
- FIN Innovative FinTech Leader – Mahmood Ahmadu – CEO, Innovate1 Pay
- FIN Most Outstanding Woman in Business Leadership – Bae Mensah Tayui, CEO, Cybele Group
- FIN Exemplary Leadership of the Year – Benonita Bismarck – CEO, Ghana Shippers Authority
- FIN Cashless Africa Personality of the Year – Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President, Ghana.
