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App of the Year Awards categories

Best Consumer Solution

This application should look at opportunities to make the lives of the everyday consumer easier and more convenient.

Best Enterprise Solution

This is a solution specifically focused on businesses or companies. The application should talk to business challenges for example storage, CRM or Internet of Things.

Most Innovative Solution

All first-to-market and groundbreaking solutions belong here! This application is a one-of-a-kind and disruptive in the industry.

Best Gaming Solution

This is an application aimed at the gaming industry, whether it’s mobile, PC or gamification.

Best Health Solution

The health industry is inundated with challenges ranging from limited access to health-care professionals and medication to real-time emergency information needs.

Best Agricultural Solution

This is a solution that focuses on solving the growing agricultural challenges in Africa.

Best Educational Solution

This is a solution that focuses on solving the education challenges in Africa.

Best Financial Solution

Locally developed applications focused specifically on the financial sector.

Best Hackathon Solution

This award is given to the developer that produced the best app as a result of participating in the FNB Hackathon.

Best South African Solution

This is a solution that celebrates the uniqueness of Mzansi. The winning app in this category will be a hyperlocalised solution, targeted atand solving problems that are exclusively South African.

Accenture Reinvention Award

Backing early traction and impact potential, then accelerating the path to scale.

The Best Breakthrough Developer

The Best Breakthrough Developer award celebrates the rising stars of South Africa’s tech ecosystem — the new kids on the block who are already making waves. This category recognises emerging developers who have shown exceptional promise, creativity and technical skill early in their journey. Whether they’re a self-taught garage innovator, a student coder building solutions between classes or a first-time founder turning a bold idea into a powerful prototype, this award honours those who represent the next generation of industry-shaping talent.

Best Consumer Solution

This application should look at opportunities to make the lives of the everyday consumer easier and more convenient.

Most Innovative Solution

All first-to-market and ground-breaking solutions belong here! This application is a one-of –a-kind and disruptive in the industry.

Best Agricultural Solution

This is a solution that focuses on solving the growing agricultural challenges in Africa. With more than 60% of its 1.166 billion people living in rural.

Best Hackathon Solution

This award is given to the new kid on the block, the developer that produced the best app as a result of participating in the MTN Business App Academy.

Best Enterprise Solution

This is a solution specifically focused for businesses or companies. The application should talk to business challenges for example storage.

Best Gaming Solution

This is an application aimed at the gaming industry, whether it’s mobile, pc or gamification. The video game entertainment industry is the largest.

Best Educational Solution

This is a solution that focuses on solving the education challenges in Africa. Education consists of schools, colleges, universities and various private.

Best Breakthrough Developer

The breakthrough Developer award is given to a new up and coming developer, the new kid on the block, the garage developer and strictly not for the.

Best African Solution

The Best African Solution is now opened to all app developers and coders from the continent. To qualify for this category, you have to be living outside

Best Health Solution

The health industry is inundated with challenges ranging from limited access to health-care professionals.

Best Financial Solution

Locally developed applications focused specifically on the financial sector.

Best Campus Cup Solution

We’ve got a brand new category this year! The MTN App of the Year Campus Cup Challenge will be won by a college or university student/team who.