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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.
2014 MTN App of the Year Awards reveals winners

"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.

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