Kamplala, July 16, 2014: Public voting for the inaugural Digital Impact Awards Africa, #DIAA, has today opened. The winners of the different Digital Impact Awards Africa #DIAA categories will be decided by a Jury of Experts and by Public Vote. The inaugural awards event will be held on 22 August 2014. DIAA aims to: discover, […]
Kamplala, July 11, 2014: Digital Impact Awards Africa, #DIAA, has today announced the nominations for “Best Radio Station on Social Media” for the inaugural awards ceremony to be held on 22 August 2014. Radio in Uganda and Africa has over the last three decades been one of the major drivers of livelihoods of the people […]
Just like businesses, political leaders globally must embrace social media as a great tool to deliver and control information, for better and real time governance. 5 months ago, a survey intended to access and rank the top 20 heads of State on Social media was initiated by Digital Impact Awards Africa. All Africa presidents’ social […]
Kamplala, July 7, 2014: Digital Impact Awards Africa, #DIAA, has today announced the nominations for its inaugural awards ceremony to be held on 22 August 2014. Under the theme, Maximizing the Digital Dividend, the awards seek to recognize and appreciate different organizations that are spearheading the use of digital mediums. The nominations list has 14 […]
Maximising the Digital Dividend Kamplala, July 6, 2014: Following the launch of Digital Impact Awards Africa, #DIAA, with the theme Maximizing the Digital Dividend, HiPipo.com and Cyberplc Limited have released the official Awards categories description together with some updates and new category naming. There are 13 Awards categories for Uganda the project host country and […]
Kamplala, June 22, 2014: The nominees for the first Digital Impact Awards Africa will be released on Monday 7th July 2014. This is following the launch of Digital Impact Awards Africa, #DIAA, with the theme “Maximising the Digital Dividend”. HiPipo.com and Cyberplc Limited the companies that initiated the project have extended the nomination entry to […]
Jury Press Release Kamplala, June 4, 2014: Following the launch of Digital Impact Awards Africa, #DIAA, with the theme Maximizing the Digital Dividend, HiPipo.com and Cyberplc Limited have today released the official Awards Jury and Research Panel members list. The Awards Jury and Research Panel comprise experts with extensive knowledge and experience in ICT roles […]
Kamplala, May 30, 2014: Following the launch of Digital Impact Awards Africa, #DIAA, with the theme Maximizing the Digital Dividend, HiPipo.com and Cyberplc Limited have today released the official Awards categories. There are 10 Awards categories for Uganda the project host country and 3 Awards Categories for Africa. The awards categories as listed below cover […]
Launch-Press-Release Kamplala, May 26, 2014: HiPipo.com and Cyberplc Limited have today launched the 1st Digital Impact Awards Africa (DIAA) project. The project aims to: discover, promote, encourage and reward innovation and best practices for mobile, web, social, digital finance and cybersecurity applications, hold a conference to enable key stakeholders to discuss opportunities and challenges of cybersecurity, […]
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Our Research on Websites will focus on corporate web effectiveness analysing how well Uganda, East Africa Community, and Africa’s largest companies by market capitalisation use their websites, mobile and social channels and apps to support their business objectives. We shall draw on researched best practices for effective Web, Mobile and Social presence. As part of […]
Opportunities and Challenges Value continues to migrate online, and digital data have become more pervasive. Why are some properties experiencing more online attacks per hour than they did in a month just a few years ago? In the digital era, one’s identity can quickly be adopted by someone else. How do businesses then preserve their […]
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While mobile money is now available in almost every emerging market, active usage remains low. In fact, only about 30 percent of registered mobile money accounts are actively used, according to the most recent GSMA State of the Industry report. Bridging this crucial gap between registration and active usage will require providers to design products […]
Cybersecurity Web Application Security deals with security of web applications, web sites and other web services. An outburst of information sharing on social as well as business platforms has led to a marked rise in cyber-attacks. Ethically hacking and securing web applications ensures that hackers do not compromise the security mechanisms in place to keep […]
Our Digital Impact Awards Research is designed to Deliver Answers to CIOs and Technology Professionals’ Questions: The CIO oversees management of the diverse demands on business technology and setting digital strategy with business peers and transforming your organization to drive business innovation. The CIO and Technology professionals’ agenda involves adopting new approaches to hunting for […]
Our Digital Impact Awards Research is designed to deliver answers to your toughest digital marketing questions including: How do we increase the value of our digital marketing strategies? How can we leverage social media? What is broken in our conversion cycle? How can we identify new opportunities online? How can we better support and empower […]
Our Digital Impact Awards Research is designed to deliver answers to CEOs and Corporate Executives toughest Digital Corporate Strategy Questions including: Who owns the ‘digital’ function at the company and how can we better align it to business goals? How is the company’s digital platform/performance trending? How is the company using the digital medium to […]
HiPipo 5Star, a Business, Tech and Lifestyle branch of HiPipo.com has conducted a comprehensive survey for Uganda’s Top 20 Corporate brands on Social Media. From this 2012 survey, Nation Television (NTV Uganda) is the leading brand on Social Media gathering a total of 98/100 points, closely followed by MTN Uganda with 88/100. Results of this […]
MTN Uganda was the most popular brand on social-media in Uganda in 2013. According to statistics that were compiled by HiPipo.com and Cyberplc Limited, data was compiled across Facebook, Twitter and other sites to come up with a top 10 list. MTN Uganda was the most popular brand on Facebook with 150K NEW LIKES. It earned […]
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