Conferences – Digital Impact Awards Africa | Maximising the Digital Dividend

deejaynick20 August 10, 2026 Awards, Conferences, Cybersecurity, Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Lifestyle, Mobile Devices, News

HiPipo Opens Nominations for the 13th Annual Digital Impact Awards Africa — #DIAA2026

Nominations open globally from 10 August to 18 September 2026, inviting the public and organisations to recognise outstanding digital innovation and impact across Africa. HiPipo has officially opened nominations for the 13th Annual Digital Impact Awards Africa (#DIAA2026), inviting individuals,…

deejaynick20 July 26, 2023 Awards, Conferences, Cybersecurity, Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Join the Celebration of a Decade of Digital Excellence: Submit your Nomination for the 2023 Digital Impact Awards Africa Now

Kampala, Uganda. In 2014, HiPipo unveiled the Digital Impact Awards Africa (DIAA), a prestigious platform dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the epitome of African innovation in digital technology, financial inclusion, and cybersecurity advancement. From its inception, the Digital Impact Awards…

deejaynick20 June 2, 2023 Awards, Conferences, Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Easy Ticket’s digital ticketing services are making life easy for event organisers. #40Days40FinTechs Season 4 Day 26

Almost every day, there is a concert, show, or festival happening somewhere in Uganda. The majority of the partygoers mention access to tickets as a major pain point for attending these shows. For others, it is fraud involved in ticket…

deejaynick20 October 26, 2022 Awards, Conferences, Cybersecurity, Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

Here are the nominees for the 2022 Digital Impact Awards Africa

Following the conclusion of the entries’ submission and verification process, HiPipo is pleased to unveil the nominees of the 2022 Digital Impact Awards Africa. Digital Impact Awards Africa is a platform that promotes Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion and Cyber Security.…

deejaynick20 March 3, 2022 Conferences, Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

HiPipo & IDEATION CORNER ANNOUNCE WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATION, & CONCLUSION OF INAUGURAL WOMEN IN FINTECH INCUBATOR

As part of our continuous efforts to not only improve the quality and variety of digital financial services, with a special emphasis on those that cater for the unbanked and underserved, but also to ensure that the delivery of these…

deejaynick20 December 18, 2020 Awards, Conferences, Cybersecurity, Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

We want Interoperable Financial Solutions, Users tell FinTechs.

Our Reporter. Financial Technology stakeholders have witnessed a lot of positives in 2020 even amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and its unprecedented effects on people and economies globally. But that doesn’t remove the fact that this has been a rough and…

deejaynick20 December 14, 2020 Awards, Conferences, Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Women Traders decry Delayed Payments, Limited Training on E-commerce.

Our Reporter. Women Traders from across Kampala City have asked Financial Technology Stakeholders, and E-commerce players to focus on both Real Time payments and Traders’ Training as these two are the main impediments to online transactions embrace. While appearing on…

deejaynick20 November 17, 2020 Africa, Awards, Conferences, Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#IncludeEveryone: Nominees for the 2020 Digital Impact Awards Africa – #DIAA2020 released.

#DIAA2020 #IncludeEveryone #LevelOneProject 17/11/2020 For Immediate Release. HiPipo; the organizers of the annual Digital Impact Awards Africa have today released the list of nominees for the 7th edition of the annual Digital Impact Awards Africa (#DIAA2020). Digital Impact Awards Africa…

deejaynick20 October 19, 2020 Awards, Conferences, Cybersecurity, Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#IncludeEveryOne: Entries’ Submission for the 2020 Digital Impact Awards Africa – #DIAA2020 kick off.

For Immediate Release. HiPipo; the organizers of the annual Digital Impact Awards Africa have started receiving entries for the 2020 Digital Impact Awards Africa (#DIAA2020). Digital Impact Awards Africa is Africa’s most important gathering of C-Level Executives, and senior Digital…

deejaynick20 August 17, 2020 Africa, Conferences, Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Latest Events, Mobile Devices, News, Special Events, Uganda

Registration for Women in FinTech Hackathon kicks-off.

For Immediate Release. 17th, August, 2020: As part of its on-going Financial Inclusion efforts in Uganda and across Africa, HiPipo has today unveiled the Women in FinTech hackathon and summit. Slated for 12th to 17th, September, the Women in FinTech…

deejaynick20 July 21, 2020 Conferences, Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Latest Events, Mobile Devices, News

E-commerce platforms urged to ensure real time settlements.

Our Reporter. Electronic commerce platforms have been urged to settle financial obligations they have with partner businesses on the same day to enable them have sufficient cash flows to keep them afloat. Speaking during the fintech Landscape exhibition at Sheraton…

deejaynick20 July 20, 2020 Conferences, Cybersecurity, Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News, Special Events

Customer centricity is key in promoting digital financial inclusion.

Our Reporter. Financial technology companies (fintechs) have been urged to ensure customer centricity in the development of digital financial products, as it will be key in enhancing financial inclusion. Speaking during the two-day fintech landscape exhibition to mark the end…

digitalguru October 1, 2019 Awards, Conferences, Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News, Research

Bill Gates Bestowed with Africa’s Financial Inclusion Medal Of Honor – at #DIAA2019 #IncludeEveryone

HiPipo, through its Include Everyone program is delighted to celebrate global business leader Bill Gates with a Digital Impact Awards Africa honor, the ‘Africa’s Financial Inclusion Medal of Honor.’ The Africa Financial Inclusion Medal of Honor is awarded to an…

digitalguru June 11, 2019 Awards, Conferences, News

#DIAA2019: Digital Impact Awards Africa is back. Submit Your Entry before end of June!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. HiPipo; the organizer of the annual Digital Impact Awards Africa has today 9th June started receiving entries for the #DIAA2019 event slated for 20th September at the Kampala Serena Hotel. Under the theme ‘Include Everyone, Digital Impact…

dawiltord August 30, 2018 Awards, Conferences, Financial Inclusion, News

Kenya’s Bill Gates – Kamal Budhabhatti to deliver Keynote at the 5th Digital Impact Awards Africa.

Kampala, Uganda, (30, August 2018) Digital Impact Awards Africa is fast streamlining production and consumption of Digital Financial Services across the continent. Today, the DIAA advisory board announced that Mr. Kamal Budhabhatti; a noble entrepreneur who Forbes refers to…

digitalguru September 2, 2017 Awards, Conferences, Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

Payments Solutions for the Poor – #DIAA2017

While mobile financial services are now available in many emerging markets in Africa, active usage as a factor of sustainable financial inclusion still desires to be improved by bridging the crucial gap between registration (account opening) and active usage. This…

digitalguru August 23, 2017 Awards, Conferences, News

Prof. Maggie Kigozi to receive DIAA Investment Leadership Award.

Kampala, Uganda; Former Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) Executive Director, also senior consultant at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Prof. Maggie Kigozi will receive the 2017 Digital Impact Awards Africa (DIAA) Investment Leadership Award. The prestigious Award will be…

digitalguru May 17, 2014 Conferences, Digital Inclusion, News

E-Services

Opportunities and Challenges The e-service challenges remain such as low penetration of ICT; Fraud on the internet space, Privacy due the emergence of various types of spyware and security holes. How do we optimize the e-services delivery while addressing the…

digitalguru May 6, 2014 Conferences, Cybersecurity, News

CyberSecurity

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,…

digitalguru May 6, 2014 Conferences, Digital Inclusion, News

Big Data

Opportunities and Challenges We can live with many of the uncertainties of big data for now, with the hope that its benefits will outweigh its harms, but we shouldn’t blind ourselves to the possible irreversibility of changes—whether good or bad—to…

digitalguru May 6, 2014 Conferences, Digital Inclusion, News

Cloud Computing

Opportunities and Challenges The ongoing development and growth of cloud and its vast benefits are limited by challenges and inconsistencies that exist in its current state. Concerns about the data security and the efficiency and effectiveness of cloud services are…

digitalguru May 6, 2014 Conferences, Financial Inclusion, News

Digital Financial Services

Opportunities and Challenges Digital Financial ServicesDefining the relationship between mobile money and ecommerce including the mobile international transfer and remittance market with web tools. New services within MFS beyond the mobile wallet. TOPIC SPEAKERS [config] [config_item title=”Speaker One” image=”http://www.digital-impact-awards.com/jury/speakers.jpg”] Become…

digitalguru May 6, 2014 Conferences, Digital Inclusion, News

Web, Mobile, Social

Opportunities and Challenges Though we do get excited about inventive interfaces, it’s not all bright and shiny apps. From extending the reach of legacy apps to cashing in on mCommerce, we should deliver web, mobile and social solutions that are…

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