2025 TICON Africa Awards

2025 TICON Africa
Awards

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Honouring ICT Excellence in Africa

At the 2025 TICON Africa Conference, we are proud to recognise and celebrate the brightest minds and most impactful initiatives shaping Africa’s ICT landscape. Our awards aim to spotlight excellence, innovation, leadership, and positive change across various sectors of the digital economy. 

We invite you to nominate individuals, teams, and organisations who have made outstanding contributions to the ICT sector in Africa. The following award categories will be up for grabs this year: 

11 ICT Awards Celebrating Innovation, Leadership & Impact

Individual Rising Talent and Gender Empowerment Awards

ICT Professional of the Year

Honouring an individual who has significantly advanced the ICT profession through leadership, research, or innovation in a member country.

Young ICT Trailblazer (Under 35)

Young ICT Trailblazer
(Under 35)

Awarded to a young professional demonstrating exceptional skill, leadership, and promise in the tech field in a member country.

Women in Tech Excellence Award

Celebrating the achievements of a woman driving change, innovation, and leadership in ICT in a member country.

Public Sector ICT Innovation Award

Recognising a government department or agency using ICT innovatively to improve public service delivery in a member country.

AI & Emerging Tech Innovation Award

Recognising cutting-edge work in Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Blockchain, or other frontier technologies in Africa

Startup of the Year

Awarded to a tech startup (under 3 years old) showing promise through disruptive innovation and early success in a member country.

Social Impact through ICT Award

Highlighting ICT initiatives that have positively impacted communities and advanced digital inclusion.

Excellence in Cybersecurity Award

For organisations or professionals showing outstanding performance and leadership in securing digital infrastructure.

ICT Company of the Year

Recognising a company in a member country demonstrating
exceptional innovation, growth, and impact in the African ICT sector.

Lifetime Achievement in ICT

Honouring a career of distinguished service and contribution to Africa’s ICT landscape from a member country in several countries.

Professional Body of the Year

This award honours the national professional ICT body in a member country that has made the most significant contribution to advancing the mission and objectives of TICON Africa.

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2024 Award Winners

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    Edward van Niekerk's Contributions

    Edward van Niekerk, Head of Department at Belgium Campus ITversity, has made groundbreaking contributions to deaf empowerment through technology. He developed the evolving ICT Sign Language Dictionary, ensuring continued inclusivity as technology advances.  
     
    Edward also introduced the first bachelor’s degree program for deaf students in South Africa, breaking educational barriers and enabling unprecedented access to higher education. His efforts led to the graduation of six BIT students in one year, two of whom have become ICT lecturers, showcasing the long-term impact of his mentorship. 
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    Christopher Lalusha's Contributions

    Christopher Lalusha, Director of Information and Communications Technology at the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) in Zambia, has made remarkable strides in the digital space across multiple African countries. His achievements at NAPSA revolutionised claim and payment processing, earning him the Digital Champion of the Year title.  
     
    As Group CIO of Fidelity Bank Ghana and Equity Group Holdings in Kenya, Christopher drove digital transformation, cybersecurity, and IT governance, leading to Equity Group’s recognition as the top bank in East Africa. His innovations in cloud strategy and open APIs have set a new standard in ICT. 
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    Brian Longwe's Contributions

    Brian Longwe, Co-founder and CEO of Converged Technology Networks, Malawi, has been a pioneer in Africa’s digital infrastructure for over two decades. His work in broadband, fibre networks, and connectivity spans 20 African nations, transforming how millions access the internet.  
     
    Brian has co-founded ISPs across East Africa and established multiple Internet Exchange Points, shaping ICT policies and regulations that enable greater connectivity. His leadership in Public-Private Partnerships and early venture capital projects has cemented his status as a transformative force in Africa’s tech sector. 
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    ICTAZ Zimbabwe

    The Organization seeks to empower society to master emerging technologies as essential tools and catalysts for sustainable development and independently watch-dogging the impact of ICTs on the environment and society for the good of the people and our planet.