2014 MTN App of the Year Awards reveals winners
The annual MTN Business App of the Year awards celebrating local talent and highlighting the innovation of South African developers was held in Johannesburg last night, 17 August 2014, with LIVE Inspect walking away with the App of the Year award.
"The submissions were of exceptional quality making the competition intense. The independent panel of judges really had their work cut out for them in selecting the winners. However, this shows that the mobile developer talent pool in South Africa is increasing every year and the country can compete with the best in the world," says Kanagaratnam Lambotharan, MTN SA Chief Enterprise Business Officer
This team of developers was innovative and certainly catered to market needs and demand when they developed LIVE Inspect. The App is designed to help speed up and improve the accuracy and ease of performing inspections on behalf of insurers.
Other winners
Best iOS App (Consumer) - SuperSport
Best iOS App (Enterprise) - SyncMobile
Best Android App (Consumer) - My Belongings
Best Android App (Enterprise) - LIVE Inspect
Best App use of Microsoft Cloud Services - Vigo
Best App for the Microsoft Platform - Zapper
Best Garage Developer App - Rea Vaya; and
Most Innovative App - Wildlife tracker"Since MTN started its involvement with the awards in 2012, the operator has been excited by the variety of applications and innovations that South African developers are coming up with. The winners have really been a cut above the rest and have shown just what is possible using mobile apps," adds Kanagaratnam Lambotharan.