Are You a Mobile Innovator in West Africa, Enter for the West Africa Mobile Awards (WAMAS) 2016

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Mobile innovators have just this week(26th February 2016) left to submit their entries for the West Africa Mobile Awards 2016, with winners to be announced at an awards gala on April 21st in Lagos, Nigeria.

Response to the West Africa Mobile Awards (WAMAS) has been excellent and entrepreneurs, start-ups, and established ventures driving mobile industry progress in West Africa are encouraged to submit entries for the 10 categories before the deadline of Friday, February 26th. The WAMAS are the first truly West African technology awards dedicated to recognising the leading mobile and tech innovators across the region.

Applications are being accepted across a variety of mobile industry categories including eCommerce, mobile money, entertainment, mobile app, and brand development. The awards are free to enter and open to all.

The WAMAS have gathered support from a host of industry influencers in the region.

Winners will be revealed on April 21st.

See full details on how to enter for the awards.WAMAS 2016 Website 

 

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Omeruo Ndukaku Kenneth is an Innovation Management expert,the CEO of Emerging Media,a new media company.He is a member of ISPIM - International Society for Professional Innovation Management and the US-Africa chamber of Commerce.He is the Founder of TechTrends Nigeria Blog,Nigeria Innovation Summit and the African Innovation Academy.Kenneth is a highly sought-after Internet Marketing Consultant who has through his seminars, articles, training and consulting, helped many organizations, Individuals, Businesses maximize the Internet for business purposes.Kenneth has also being featured as a guest on the TV show TODAY ON STV Nigeria and on Bloomberg Africa TV.He is the author of the best –selling Internet Book: How To Create Unlimited Internet Wealth.

He is a syndicated columnist with the following Newspapers in Nigeria: Daily Independent, Financial Standard, PUNCH, BusinessDay, and Sun.Kenneth organises the EduNet Conference for Universities in Nigeria. Kenneth is a member of Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria( ISPON ) Roundtable For Capacity Development in Nigeria,member pre-selection committee for Nigeria at the UN World Summit Awards,a Panelist for Youth Enterprise With Innovation in Nigeria(YouWIN)-a Federal government initiative created by the ministry of finance,supported by ministries of Communications Technology,Youth Development,Worldbank and DFID.

A 2013 Judge at the Google Cloud Developers Challenge for Sub Saharan Africa.He has been a contributing editor of Nigeria Communications Week,Africa Telecom and IT Business Magazine,ICT Today magazine,M2 magazine.Kenneth has been invited to the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation Forum, Oracle Open World Conference USA, Oracle Cloud World Dubai, and GITEX Dubai.

He now lives in New York with his family and presently working on an Open Innovation project for Nigeria.
You can contact Kenneth through email: [email protected]

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