Digital Innovation – Digital Impact Awards Africa

dawiltord January 31, 2022 Awards, Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

Here it is…the HiPipo 40 Days 40 FinTechs 2021 Report!

Follow this link to download the report. Dear friends & colleagues, I am proud to present to you the HiPipo 40 Days 40 FinTechs 2021 Report. Titled ‘Championing digital innovation & interoperable Instant & Inclusive Payment Systems (IIPS) in Africa’,…

digitalguru October 22, 2014 News

Top 20 Brands on Social Media in Africa: MTN is Number One

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM and KAMPALA, UGANDA – Under the Digital Impact Awards Africa project, Cyberplc Limited is delighted to announce the Top 20 Brands on Social Media in Africa. MTN leads the Africa Social Media Ranking with a score of…

digitalguru October 6, 2014 News

DIAA 2014 Research Report featuring Top 20 Brands on Social Media in Africa

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM and KAMPALA, UGANDA – Cyberplc Limited has announced the release of a research report to help your organisation to maximise the returns to investment in web, mobile and social media. Digital applications include digital financial services such as…

digitalguru September 7, 2014 News

Announcing the Digital Impact Awards Africa 2014 Research Report

We are delighted to announce that we are producing a detailed Digital Impact Awards Africa (DIAA) Research Report in response to various requests by winners, nominees and many other private and public enterprises embracing digital. The report offers comprehensive analysis…

digitalguru August 22, 2014 News

Remarks of Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile Governor, Bank of Uganda at DIGITAL IMPACT AWARDS AFRICA

The Governor, Bank of Uganda – Professor Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile who officiated the first Digital Impact Awards Africa event as Guest of Honour was represented by Mr. Richard Mayebo, Executive Director of Information Technology (IT), Bank of Uganda. In his…

digitalguru August 22, 2014 News

Speech of Executive Director NITA-U Mr James Saaka, at Digital Impact Awards Africa 2014

In his speech at Digital Impact Awards Africa #DIAA, Mr James Saaka Executive Director NITA-U represented by Mr Julius Torach, Director E-Government, Mr Saaka noted that NITA-U is committed to supporting ICT Research and Innovation initiatives to provide a common…

digitalguru August 22, 2014 News

Winners from Very Successful Inaugural Digital Impact Awards Africa Event

Kamplala, August 22, 2014: The inaugural, Digital Impact Awards Africa (DIAA) in partnership with National Information and Technology Authority of Uganda (NITA-U), CyberPlc Limited, HiPipo (U) Limited and Global Networks Limited held a very successful awards event on Thursday 21st…

digitalguru August 15, 2014 News

National Information Security Strategy Dissemination

Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (MOICT) and National Information Technology Authority organised a workshop to disseminate the National Information Security Strategy to different stakeholders. The workshop was attended by representatives from both the public and private sector including banks,…

digitalguru August 15, 2014 News

National Information Security Framework (NISF) Launched to Public

National Information Technology Authority of Uganda (NITA-U) has developed a National Information Security Framework (NISF) whose purpose is to serve as a conceptual structure for guiding information security activities in Uganda. The NISF shall present a common approach for addressing…

digitalguru August 15, 2014 News

NITA-U LAUNCHES THE NATIONAL COMPUTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM.

As a way of setting up a National coordinated approach for handling Information Security incidents, a National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) responsible for receiving, reviewing, and responding to computer security incident reports and activity for both the public and…

digitalguru August 6, 2014 News

Digital Impact Awards Africa to promote Digital Innovations for Financial Inclusion

Kamplala, July 28, 2014: As part of its contribution to national economic growth efforts, Digital Impact Awards Africa (DIAA) will strongly promote digital innovations for financial inclusion. The theme for the inaugural awards event is “Maximizing the Digital Dividend with…

digitalguru July 28, 2014 News

Digital Impact Awards Africa seals Partnership with NITA-Uganda

Kamplala, July 28, 2014: Digital Impact Awards Africa (DIAA) is pleased to announce that The National Information and Technology Authority of Uganda (NITA-U) has come on board as an official partner of the 2014 DIAA to be held on Thursday…

digitalguru July 22, 2014 News

Sheraton Kampala Hotel to host Digital Impact Awards Africa on Thursday 21st August 2014

Kamplala, July 22, 2014: Sheraton Kampala Hotel will host the inaugural Digital Impact Awards Africa event on Thursday 21st August 2014 starting at 6.PM. The awards event will be graced by dignitaries from major public and private sector institutions. Taking…

digitalguru July 19, 2014 News

Social Impact: E-Health, E-Learning, E-Agriculture Research and Award

Kamplala, July 16, 2014: Digital Impact Awards Africa, #DIAA, has announced research and awards domains for social impact sectors of health, education and agriculture. With the inaugural awards event that will be held on 22 August 2014, DIAA aims to:…

digitalguru July 19, 2014 News

Web, Mobile and Cybersecurity Best Practices – Juror Opinions

[config] [config_item title=”Björn Puype” image=”http://www.digital-impact-awards.com/jury/bjorn.png”] Software Developer at Ypto Brussels Area, Belgium – Jury Member [/config_item] [/config] Digital Impact Awards Africa #DIAA will award products and services in the categories such as Best Corporate Website, Best Corporate Cybersecurity Practice…

digitalguru July 19, 2014 News

Public Voting for the Inaugural Digital Impact Awards Africa kicks-off

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.…

digitalguru July 16, 2014 News

The Best Radio Station on Social Media: Nominees

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…

digitalguru July 15, 2014 News

Top 20 African Presidents on Social Media ~ 2014

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…

digitalguru July 13, 2014 News

Nominees for Digital Impact Awards Africa

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…

digitalguru July 6, 2014 News

Awards Categories Elaborated- Digital Impact Awards Africa

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…

digitalguru June 22, 2014 News

Digital Impact Awards Africa to Announce Nominations on 7th July 2014

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…

digitalguru June 5, 2014 News

Digital Impact Awards Africa Announce Jury and Research Panel

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…

digitalguru May 30, 2014 News

Awards Categories – Digital Impact Awards Africa

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…

digitalguru May 25, 2014 News

Launch of First Digital Impact Awards Africa

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…

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 11, 2014 News

Web, Mobile, Social Research – Corporate Online Effectiveness

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…

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…

digitalguru May 6, 2014 Financial Inclusion, News

Digital Financial Services Research – Effective Mobile Money Integration

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.…

digitalguru May 6, 2014 Cybersecurity, News

Cybersecurity Research – Fostering More Secure Corporate Online Presence

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…

digitalguru May 5, 2014 News, Roles

CIO and Technology Proffesionals

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…

digitalguru May 5, 2014 News, Roles

CMO and Marketing Executives

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…

digitalguru May 5, 2014 News, Roles

CEO and Corporate Executives

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…

digitalguru April 24, 2014 News

2012 – NTV Uganda Tops List of Uganda Top 20 Corporate Brands on Social Media

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…

digitalguru April 24, 2014 News

2013: Uganda Top 10 Corporate Brands on Social Media

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…

digitalguru April 21, 2014 Awards, News

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