On the evening of 3 June 2025 we celebrated excellence in tech at the 7th annual Africa Tech Week Awards.
The awards were opened with a keynote address delivered by Hon. Solly Malatsi, Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, who reminded us of the importance of celebrating achievements, especially when it comes to people and businesses advancing technology in South Africa and the wider continent.
The black-tie event took place on the first evening of the 2-day Sentech Africa Tech Week conference hosted by comedian Alan Committee, where guests were treated to dinner and a show. We congratulate the finalists and winners in the organisational and individual categories:
Organisational Awards:
AFRICA TECH: START–UP AWARD Sponsored by Sentech
Winner: LEMI App
Batanidza Technologies
Float Technologies
ROCVEST Systems
Harvest Animation
Cyber Crucible, Inc.
PickMe Africa
Empire Partner Foundation NPC
Philanthrosoft
AFRICA TECH: FINTECH AWARD
Winner: Wonga Online
Paymenow
Irvine Partners on behalf of Future Forex
AFRICA TECH: TECH IMPACT AWARD Sponsored by City of Cape Town
WInner: Old Mutual
Etapath
Right ePharmacy (Pty) LTD
Takenote IT
ICT Works
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
Pula Management
Agile Bridge (Pty) Ltd
AFRICA TECH: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AWARD
Winner: Etapath
The Clicks Group
Netstar
MAST SERVICES (PTY) LTD
Androit Technologies
SprintHive
AFRICA TECH: PUBLIC SECTOR DIGITAL INNOVATOR AWARD
Winner: MMT Inland (Mint Group)
SANRAL
Right ePharmacy (Pty) LTD
Androit Technologies
HLT Advisors (Pty) Ltd T/A Africa International Advisors
AFRICA TECH: TECHNOLOGY COMPANY OF THE YEAR AWARD
Winner: XLink
MMT Inland (Mint Group)
Etapath
PaySolutions
LexisNexis
Nutun Management Services
Agile Bridge (Pty) Ltd
AFRICA TECH: SECURITY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY AWARD
Winner: PaySolutions
Takenote IT
AFRICA TECH: EDTECH AWARD
Winner: WeThinkCode_
Old Mutual
University of Johannesburg
Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria
Omnia Technology Solutions (Pty) Ltd
AFRICA TECH: AI INNOVATION AWARD Sponsored by iME
Winner: LexisNexis
Swordfish Software (Pty) Ltd
SprintHive
Aerobotics
AFRICA TECH: HEALTHTECH AWARD
Winner: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
The Clicks Group
Individual Awards:
AFRICA TECH: WOMEN IN TECH AWARD
Winner: Xoliswa Kakana – ICT Works
Mamela Luthuli – Takenote IT
Dr. Thanusha Govender – XLink
Rita Sibanda – Pula Management
Busisiwe Mbatha – e4
Farzana Ally – Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria
AFRICA TECH: LEADER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Winner: Trishen Moodley – MAST SERVICES (PTY) LTD
Heinrich Cornelissen – PaySolutions
Michael Lazarus – Wonga Online
Ronny Mabokela – University of Johannesburg
Hans Zachar – Nutun Management Services
AFRICA TECH: TECH FOUNDER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Winner: Oscar Molaba – Batanidza Technologies
Dr. Raphael Kamanga – Harvest Animation
Dennis Underwood – Cyber Crucible, Inc.
Adriaan Jacobus Johannes Retief – PickMe Africa
Lerato Bodibe – ROCVEST
Sohail Dhoda – Philanthrosoft
For more information on the Africa Tech Week please email marketing@africatechweek.co.za. To enter the 2026 awards please contact quarnita.jumat@topco.co.za.
Visit our LinkedIn page for more on Africa Tech Week and to congratulate our winners.
