African ICT Achiever Awards

Ok - I know a lot of you are probably saying “Enough Awards Already!!”, and I promise that this is the last one (for this year, anyways!).  This final award brings the total awards and accolades that incuBeta has achieved this year to 5 in total, on 3 different continents.
I have no problem posting about incuBeta’s successes and awards - given that this blog is our way of communication to the world - but it does get kinda weird when I have to post about a personal success, even when it is linked to the company’s success.

Well here goes nothing:

I am the very proud recipient of the award for “Top Young Entrepreneur in Africa” in the ICT African Achiever Awards, held in Johannesburg this past weekend (to be broadcast on SABC later this week).  ITWeb reported on it today.  I’ll be posting some pics tomorrow on this posts, and hopefully a video snippet after the broadcast.

A letter from the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, was read out at these awards:

“ICT is recognised as a vital tool that can assist with the development of our country and continent. It is a field that can create substantially new forms of employment and entrepreneurship that are much needed in the country and continent.

“In this context, government has been busy putting appropriate measures in place to ensure there is universal access to ICT services at affordable costs aimed at growing the sector,” Mbeki wrote.

He added that government’s efforts for growth and development are focused on achieving higher rates of investment in the economy, increasing the competitiveness of the South African economy, broadening the participation in the economy, improving the capacity of the state to deliver, and contributing to a better world.

“Universal access to ICT services can now have an impact on all these areas, and has already contributed to an environment conducive for small and growing players to thrive in.”

Even though this is a personal award, it is truly testimony to the fabulous bunch of people at incuBeta that I have the pleasure of working with every day, all our clients and partners!  Thanks to everyone who has worked with us over the past few years!

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