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By Daniel Itai.

South Africa. (News of The South) – Tech gurus from across the continent will today get to know their fate at the AppsAfrica Innovation Awards which are being held in Cape Town.
The annual Awards attracted over 400 submissions from 52 countries, with solutions launched in African markets by start-ups, established ventures, and corporates.

The awards supported by Tencent and Mobile Monday South Africa (MOMO) provide winners with industry recognition, global publicity, and networking with more than 300 industry peers.
Applications for the 14 categories were assessed and judged by an independent panel of industry experts including media, investors, and leaders from the tech ecosystem. Having assessed all the entries, the judges whittled it down to the following finalists:

AgriTech
Aerobotics for Aeroview InField (South Africa), Dytech (Zambia), El-kanis & Partners for FarmX Mobile App (Nigeria) , Go Africa LLC for Go Africa (USA), Promagric for Clinic Plant (Cameroon)

Blockchain Award
Fliptin for Cert Tin (South Africa), Kriptolink Ltd for Kriptolink – Blockchain (South Africa), Luno (United Kingdom) and RippleNami, Inc. (Kenya)

Best African App
Appy Saúde ( Angola), Carbon (OneFi) for Carbon (Nigeria), Secureview Limited (Nigeria), T&A Developers for Field Geologist and Carry1st Trivia (Cameroon)

Changing Africa Award
BRCK for MOJA (Kenya), Flutterwave (Nigeria), Pargo (South Africa), PesaKit (Kenya) and Snapplify (South Africa)

Disruptive Innovation
KOKO Networks (Kenya), BRCK for MOJA (Kenya), Franc Group for Franc (South Africa), JOBJACK (South Africa) and Pargo (South Africa)

EdTech
BeBlocky, inc. for BeBlocky: Coding For Kids (Ethiopia), eLimu for Sheeko (Kenya), LightSail Education for LightSail Educational E-Reader (South Africa), Moringa School (Kenya) and ShuleSoft (Tanzania)

Enterprise Solution
C-TRADE Securities (Zimbabwe), Flutterwave (Nigeria), Smart Scope (Cameroon), PM Connect (United Kingdom) and Siniam (Kenya)
FinTech
Aspira Kenya (Kenya), Carbon (OneFi) for Carbon (Nigeria), Envisionit e-Pay (South Africa), Karri Payments (South Africa) and NowPay (Egypt)

HealthTech
54gene (Nigeria), Appy Saúde (Angola), Chefaa (Egypt), Helium Health (Nigeria) and Vula Mobile (South Africa)

IoT
Liquid Telecom (Kenya), Mokine (Cameroon), Hope Tech Plus for Sixth Sense (Kenya) and TREP LABS (Nigeria)

mCommerce
FIXCHAP (Tanzania), Lekkify (Nigeria), Jowato.com (Ghana), Nubian Galore (Worldwide) and One Kiosk Africa (Nigeria)
Mobility & Transport
AWA BIKE (Nigeria), Bwala (Kenya), Lori Systems (Kenya), MVXchange (Nigeria) and Msafiri App (Kenya)

Media & Entertainment
AFRIPODS (Kenya), Carry1st (South Africa), PM Connect (U.K), Publiseer (Nigeria) and Spotify for Spotify Lite (Sweden)

Social Impact
Bekia (Egypt), Esoko for Insyt(Ghana), Flare for Rescue by Flare (Kenya), IDEA Digital Education (South Africa) and Moringa School (Kenya)

Category winners will automatically book their ticket to the Africa Tech Summit in Kigali Rwanda next year, where they will join more than 600 tech leaders from across the continent.

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