WINNERS OF THE SECOND EDITION OF THE FIRE AWARDS

The 2013 FIRE Programme Award has rewarded four (4) outstanding projects under the following categories:

Category: Innovation on Access Provision

Project 1: Nikohapa Customer Engagement Platform

Organisation: NIKOHAPA VENTURES Ltd

Project 2: E-Pharmacy Net: An adapted Mail-Order Pharmacy for the Sub-Saharan African Developing Countries

Organisation: HSoft (Health care and Soft Africa) Africa, Ltd

Category: E- Development

Project 3: Empowering African Women and Girls through the use of informative and interactive online resources

Organisation: MAKE EVERY WOMAN COUNT (MEWC)

Project 4: VENAME Platform for the promotion, management and sale of African cc TLDs through mobile payment

Organisation: CINETCORE

The FIRE Programme Awards acknowledge the remarkable contributions ICT innovators have made to their communities by addressing social and development challenges using the Internet.

As per the norm, the FIRE programme Awards is granted to initiatives already completed or in their final implementation phase and that are aligned with the three funding categories:

·         Innovation on Access Provision

·         E-Development

·         Freedom of _expression_

In addition to selecting an awardee per category, we have a Community Choice Award category for the best social media campaign (the project with the highest number of votes from the community). This year the community Choice Award for the project with the best social media campaign was not allocated.

This year, the FIRE 2013 Award did not recognise an initiative promoting Freedom of _expression_. They will both be back in 2014.

The four (4) awardees will receive a cash prize of US$ 3000 and a travel grant to attend the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) taking place in Bali (Indonesia) from the 22nd until the 25th of October 2013.

The 2013 Awardees will be given a great opportunity to showcase their project, make professional contacts and participate in discussions about the future of the Internet.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2013 FIRE AWARDEES!

For more information please visit: www.fireafrica.org and http://www.afrinic.net/multimedia/email/fire/email_oct_2013/fire.html

For videos on each project please click here.

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