38 persons, organizations honored at maiden FIN Cashless Award

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.

1. FIN Cashless Company of the Year – MTN Ghana
2. FIN Outstanding Digital Banking Product of the Year – CBG *924# Get Digi With It
3. FIN FinTech Company of the Year – Zeepay
4. FIN Interconnect Clearinghouse of the Year – Afriwave Telecom Ghana
5. FIN Mobile Product of the Year – Ecobank Mobile
6. FIN Mobile Money Innovation of the Year – Vodafone Cash Free Transfer
7. FIN Cashless Platform of the Year – Mobile Money Interoperability
8. FIN Digital Startup of the Year – BezoMoney
9. FIN Digital Company of the Year – Hubtel
10. FIN Security Product of the Year – Majestic Coin – Nigeria
11. FIN Cash Economy Promoter of the Year – GhIPSS
12. FIN Cashless Policy of the Year – Ghana.gov
13. FIN Mobile Device Distributor of the Year – Mobile Zone (Tecno)
14. FIN Digital Investor of the Year – FAMACO
15. FIN Outstanding Customer Service Award – MTN Ghana
16. FIN Leading Institution in Digital Technology – IT Consortium
17. FIN Cashless Product Consumer of the Year – Ghana Revenue Authority
18. FIN Cashless Payments Regulator of the Year – Bank of Ghana
19. FIN Digital Industry Regulator of the Year – National Communications Authority
20. FIN Cashless Bank of the Year – First Bank
21. FIN Technology Infrastructure Backbone Company – K-NET
22. FIN IoT Infrastructure Champion – K-NET

PERSONALITIES  

23. FIN Outstanding eCommerce Personality – Alex Bram, CEO, Hubtel
24. FIN Special Award for DTT Personality of the Year – Richard Hlomador, CEO – KNET
25. FIN Cashless Entrepreneur of the Year – Moses Kanduri – CEO, AlexPay
26. FIN Outstanding CEO of the Year – Patricia Obo-Nai – CEO – Vodafone Ghana
27. FIN Exceptional Leadership Award – Selorm Adadevoh – MTN Ghana CEO
28. FIN Leadership in Digital Finance Policy Rollout – Ken Ofori-Atta, Finance Minister
29. FIN Digital Personality of the Year – Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Minister of Communications and Digitalization
30. FIN Digital Personality of the Year – Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami – Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Nigeria

31. FIN Outstanding IT Personality – Romeo Bugyei, CEO, IT Consortium
32. FIN Digital Marketing Personality – Gad Ocran, CEO, EazzySocial
33. FIN ICT Reporter of the Year – Sameul Dowuona, Editor, TechGH24
34. FIN African Business Magnate Man of the Year – Kelvin Emmanuel Fiifi Ampah – CEO, KJP Group
35. FIN African Most Strategic Marketing Media Personality – Dr. Fadda Dickson Narh – MD, Despite Media Group
36. FIN Most Outstanding Corporate Female Personality of the Year – Abena Osei-Poku, MD, Abasa Ghana
37. FIN Special Award for National Digital Transformation Backbone Staff – Augustine Blay, Chief of Staff, Office of the Vice President
38. FIN Mobile Device Personality of the Year – Maxwell Techie, CEO – Mobile Zone
39. FIN Innovative FinTech Leader – Mahmood Ahmadu – CEO, Innovate1 Pay
40. FIN Most Outstanding Woman in Business Leadership – Bae Mensah Tayui, CEO, Cybele Group
41. FIN Exemplary Leadership of the Year – Benonita Bismarck – CEO, Ghana Shippers Authority
42. FIN Cashless Africa Personality of the Year – Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President, Ghana.