Business News of Thursday, 6 December 2018

Source: todaygh.com

29 companies and individuals honoured at first Ghana e-Commerce Awards night

Some winners at the ecommerce award night Some winners at the ecommerce award night

29 companies and individuals have been honoured at the maiden Ghana E-Commerce Awards night which was held in Accra last Friday.

The awards night which was organised by OML Africa to reward excellence in electronic commerce (e-Commerce) brought together hundreds of e-space industry players, patrons, families and friends at the plush Alisa Hotel.

Guests at the maiden Ghana E-Commerce Awards night were treated to good foods/drinks, music and poetry recitals.

At the end of the four hours show, Mr Albert Biga and his company- ZOOBASHOP bagged in four awards.

Mr Biga won an award each from the Honourary and the competitive categories. He picked the Best Male eCommerce Entrepreneur and Best eCommerce Entrepreneur of the Year. Whiles his company won: Best Ghanaian-Owned eCommerce Company, and Best Online Retail Shop of the Year.

Others who also went home smiling were: Mr Albert Antwi Bosiako was honoured for Outstanding Contribution to Fighting Cyber Fraud, Professor Nii Narku Quaynor – Lifetime Achievement Award in Development of the Internet, MELCOMONLINE -Best Multi-Channel Retailer of the Year and many others.

Below is the full list of winners

Best Delivery Service/Company –eCommerce - DHL

Best eCommerce Payment Company/Fintech –FLUTTERWAVE TECHNOLOGIES

Best Female eCommerce Entrepreneur – ESTHER ASANTE, MD, Organic Trade

Investments

Best Innovation in eCommerce Payments-FLUTTERWAVE TECHNOLOGIES

Best In-Store Initiative- AFRICAKART

Best Mobile eCommerce Experience- ARAMEX

Best New Online Retailer-ORGANIC TRADE INVESTMENTS

Best Online Betting Company of the Year-BETWAY

Best Omni-Channel Customer Service Experience –AFRICAKART

Best Online Food Delivery Platform- PIZAREA

Best Online Hotel Booking Platform- ALISA HOTEL

Best Online Retail Marketing-PIZAREA

Best eCommerce Innovation-MALLGHANA

Best Online Retail Shop of the Year-ZOOBASHOP

Best Online Real Estate Platform-TONATON

Best Social Media Campaign-TRAVEL WINGS

Best Site Optimization and Design-JUMIA

Best Small Independent Retailer of the Year-MARKETEXPRESS

Best Bitcoin Company of the Year-GHANADOTCOM

Best Multi-Channel Retailer of the Year-MELCOMONLINE

Best Male eCommerce Entrepreneur of the Year-ALBERT BIGA

HONOURARY AWARDS

Best eCommerce Entrepreneur-ALBERT BIGA

Best Ghanaian-Owned eCommerce Company-ZOOBASHOP

Outstanding Contribution to Fighting Cyber Fraud-ALBERT ANTWI BOSIAKO

Outstanding Contribution to Fighting Cyber Fraud (Corporate Division) – SPEARHEAD NETWORKS

Outstanding Contribution to the Digitized Agriculture-ESOKO

Best Online Superstore of the Year-MELCOMONLINE

Lifetime Achievement Award

Lifetime Achievement Award in Development of the Internet-PROFESSOR NII NARKU QUAYNOR