Mauritian minister of IT and telecommunications Deelchand Jeeha and Senegalese company Manobi are the overall winners of the African ICT Achievers Awards.
In addition to being the overall individual winner, Jeeha won the Top Minister with an ICT Portfolio award for his key role in Mauritius`s technology boom.
Manobi, the overall winner in the organisational category, was also named Africa`s most innovative company.
Manobi developed a multi-channel service platform able to provide value-added services through any telecommunications or Internet infrastructure.
The full list of winners:
o Youth Innovation: Ernest Morolong (Explore Connections)
o Top ICT Educator: Victor Phiri (Toronto Primary School, Limpopo)
o Top Private Sector CIO: Vic Lumby (Old Mutual)
o Top Public Sector CIO: Vusi Magagula (Sita)/Deon Haasbroek (Department of Labour)
o Top Minister in Africa with an ICT Portfolio: Deelchand Jeeha (minister of IT and telecommunications, Mauritius)
o Top Black Individual: Maanda Manyatshe (SA Post Office)
o Top Black Woman: Sarmashni Naidu (Sage Computer Technologies)
o Most Innovative Company: Manobi
o Civil Society: Kwa-Dukuza Resource Centre
o Top ICT Workplace Provider: e.com institute
o Most Progressive ICT Company: SA Post Office
o Top Government Department: Ministry of Health Seychelles/Centre for e-Innovation Western Cape
o Top Black ICT Company: Mthombo IT Services
o Top Black ICT SMME: Nambiti Technologies
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