Rack Center, VDT Nominated for Titans of Tech Awards

Technology Africa, organisers of the high-octane Titans Of Tech Awards, has unveiled the list of criteria the Judges would use to evaluate nominees to determine the winners  for each category of the keenly contested awards. By releasing the criteria, the first of its kind in the ICT industry, the organisers are demonstrating an uncommon sense of transparency.

Speaking to journalists in Lagos weekend, Executive Secretary of the Titans of Tech Awards Board, Don Pedro Aganbi, noted that  “the key criteria include value of the service or technology in solving recognised technology problems, meeting network requirements, optimising service and performance, and/or enhancing customer service, overall quality of innovation and contribution to ICT advancement, originality and vision, potential contribution towards positive industry growth and service, market success/acceptance and contribution to end-user quality-of-experience and service efficiency.”

Innovation and achievement, integrity and consistency, impact, community Involvement, strategy for growth, professional accomplishment, and local content represent the other criteria that the judges would be paying attention to.
On the nominees, he noted that the three of the nominees for the Pan Africa ICT Company of the year are companies that have global appeal and can stand their own anywhere in the world. They are Business Connexion Group; Computer WareHouse Group Plc, Zinox Group Cham Plc and InterSwitch. One of the most keenly contested categories is the Most Valuable ICT Brand of the year with Computer Warehouse Group Plc, Chams Plc, Zinox Group, Glo, squaring up. While VDT Communications, Mainone Cable, Phase 3 Telecom and IPNX contention for Best Broadband Company of the Year.

In keen battle for the Most Innovative Smartphone Brand of the Year are Infinix, Tecno, Injoo, and Lenovo. MTN, Globacom, Airtel and Etisalat would do battle for the Youth Friendly ICT Company of the year award. And for the ICT Vendor of the year, Coscharis Technologies, Brian Technologies, Omatek and Beta Computers would slug it out.
Cloud Energy Solutions, Simba, Phoenix, Powercell are topping the list of the outstanding Energy Solutions Provider of the Year.
In the ICT Infrastructure Company of the year category MDXi, Helios Tower, HIS, Raeanna Telecom and Westower communications are in the frame.

Sidmach Technologies, Progenics, Cinfores and Programos were nominated for the Best ICT Company for the Educational Sector. Slugging  it out for the Most Innovative Data Center of the are Rack Data, MDXi (A Mainone Company) Medallion Communications and Excelsimo Networks.
AppZone Group, FinTrack Software, Precise Financial System and Programos will slug it out for the Financial Technology Solutions Provider of the year. For the Pan African Software Company of the Year, we have Precise Financial Systems, Sidmach Technologies, Systemspecs, Programos and Fintrack

Aganbi explained that the Titans of Tech Awards was designed to celebrate Hi-Tech most important movers and shakers; the revolutionaries, icons, organisations and institutions that are behind the technological wind of change that has engulfed Nigeria.