Organisations excelling in the Public Sector, Banking, FinTech, Telecoms, ICT, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Health, and all other sectors involved in digitisation were honoured with awards at the 2022 Ghana Information Technology & Telecom Award (GITTA) at the end of a night of glamour and celebrations on Friday, October 21.
GITTA, now in its 12th year over the years has become the cornerstone event that promotes and celebrates Governments, IT Operators, ISPs, Infrastructure providers, Fintechs, Banks, and other stakeholders to share the progress of their successful ICT innovations, aiming to further enhance the Ghanaian community as part of the Government’s vision on a robust digital economy.
The award organised by Instinct Wave was created as a strategic platform to recognize, reward, and showcase the pioneering ICT initiatives driving the Ghanaian private and public sector innovation with a vision of setting a benchmark for the sub-region's wave of development in ICT.
Last Friday, another successful edition of the awards ceremony was held at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra.
Delivering a welcome address to kick off the awards night, the CEO of Instinct wave, Mr. Akin Naphtal stressed that GITTA remains committed to promoting and celebrating governments, institutions, digital operators, and infrastructure providers among others.
“GITTA was created as a strategic platform to recognize, reward, and showcase the pioneering ICT initiatives driving the Ghanaian private and public sectors with a vision of setting a benchmark to the sub-regions wave of development in ICT.
“The prestigious annual ICT gala awards night has inspired and promoted further development, growth, and innovation of the country’s ICT industry as a regional leader,” he indicated.
Mr. Akin Naphtal also emphasised that through the platform, his outfit will continue to honour industry players driving change and development through digitalisation.
A special Guest for the event, the Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Communication and Digitalisation, Ms. Ama Pomaa-Boateng applauded Instinct Wave for growing the awards ceremony.
The Deputy Minister while praising the organisers also charged winners on the night to strive to achieve more in their fields in the digital economy for the benefit of the country.
While honouring winners of 2022 GITTA, Instinct Wave simultaneously at the event awarded winners of the 2022 Africa Digital Economy awards.
On the night, the Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Hon. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful was named Digital Leader of the Year, an award she has now won back-to-back.
In the telecom space, MTN Ghana and AirtelTigo led the way in the awards.
The several awards won by MTN include; Network team of the year, Telecom Executive Team of the Year, and Customer Service Team of the Year.
While the company’s Chief Executive Officer Mr. Selorm Adadevoh picked the CEO of the Year award, the MTN Ghana Foundation was also honoured with the CSR in leadership award.
In the banking sector, ABSA bank and Prudential bank were named Innovative ATM enabler of the year and Emerging digital bank of the year awards respectively.
On the night, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority, the Cyber Security Authority, and the National Communications Authority also won big after they were recognised with various top awards.
Below is the list of winners:
2022 Ghana Information Technology and Telecom Awards winners:
- Excellence in Promoting Financial Inclusion - GhanaPay by GhIPSS
- Innovative Blockchain Provider of the Year - Binance
- Datacenter provider of the year - MainOne
- Marketing Campaign of the Year - (To Gu Me So Promo). AirtelTigo
- Technology Driven Public Sector Agency of the Year - DVLA
- Enterprise Solutions Provider of the Year - Comsys Ghana
- Excellence In Customer Services (B2B) - Comsys Ghana
- Cyber Security Regulator of the Year – Cyber Security Authority
- ISP of Year - Comsys Ghana
- Cyber Security Consulting Company of the Year - Cyberteq Falcon
- Metro Fiber Provider of the Year - Csquared Ghana
- Telecom Infrastructure Provider of the Year - ATC
- Tower Team of the Year – ATC Tower Team
- Digital Bank of the Year - Standard Chartered
- Mobile Banking App of the Year (SC Mobile) - Standard Chartered
- Innovative ATM Enabler of the Year – Absa Bank
- Emerging Digital Bank of the Year – Prudential Bank
- Software Provider of the Year - NeraSol Ghana
- Innovative Product (Telecom) – Fuse Voice Bundle [AirteTigo]
- Cyber Forensic Technology Solutions Provider of the Year - e-Crime Bureau
- Excellence In Cyber Security Capacity Building - e-Crime Bureau
- Innovative Asset Management Solutions Provider of the Year – Maatec systems
- Wholesale infrastructure provider of the Year - CSquared
- Excellence in Communication Regulation - NCA
- Digital-Payments Product of the Year (Tingg) - Cellulant Ghana
- Emerging Backbone Service Provider of the Year - Broadspectrum
- Mobile Money Leadership Award – MTN MoMo
- Excellence in Customer Experience - MTN
- Network Team of the Year - MTN
- CSR Leadership Award – MTN Foundation
- Telecom Executive Team of the Year – MTN Executive Team
- Customer Experience Team of the Year – MTN
- IT Professional of the Year - Samuel Ofori-Gyampoh [COONeraSol Ghana]
- Digital Influencer of the Year - Alex Offei Lartey [Head, Digital Marketing and Product Development, AirtelTigo]
- Special Recognition for Promoting Digital Products - Yao Wordih [Manager, Digital Products, Standard Chartered Bank]
- CEO of the Year - Selorm Adadevoh [CEO, MTN Ghana]
- Digital Leader of the Year - Hon. Ursla Owusu-Ekuful [Minister, The Ministry of Communication and Digitalization]
- IT Professional of the Year - Samuel Ofori-Gyampoh [COO, NeraSol Ghana]
- Emerging Backbone Service Provider of the Year - Spectrum Fibre
- Interconnect Clearing Provider of the Year – Afriwave Telecom
2022 Africa Digital Economy awards winners:
- West Africa Most Connect Datacenter - Medallion Datacentre
- Technology Person of the Year- Lanre Kolade [CEO, CSquared]
- Largest Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Provider of the year (Nigeria) - FiberOne
- Emerging Digital Solutions Provider of the Year - Blunap Digital
- Global Communications Infrastructure Provider of the Year – HIS
- Telecom Leadership Award - Sam Darwish, Chairman, CEO and Director, HIS
- Datacentre Personality of the Year - Dr Krishnan Ranganath, [CTO Africa Datacentre]
- IPTV/OTT Platform and Content Distribution Service Provider - TV Anywhere
- Datacentre Icon Award - Ikechukwu Nnamani, CEO Medallion Data Centres
- Fintech Company of the Year - Cellulant
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