Winners have emerged at the 2018 Africa Digital Awards (ADA), organized by the ICTWatch Network , which held in Lagos.
Digital Encode won two awards: Most Outstanding and the Most Innovative Cybersecurity Company of the Year 2018.
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) was awarded the ‘Most Outstanding Government Agency of the Year’.
NIGCOMSAT Limited and Abimbola Alale (MD/CEO of NIGCOMSAT) respectively received; Most Outstanding Government Agency and ICT Woman of the Year.
Medallion Communications won two awards. The two awards are ‘Information Communications Technology Enterprenuer of the Year 2018’, which goes to the Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr. Ikechukwu Nnamani and the ‘Information Communications Technology ClearingHouse of the Year 2018’, which goes to Medallion Communications Limited.
Receiving the awards on behalf of Medallion Communications Limited at the event that was done concurrently with the 2018 Nigeria ICT Impact CEO Forum at the Oriental Hotel, Mr. Nnamani said he is excited to be recognised for the efforts Medallion has made to contribute to the growth of the Nigerian telecom industry.
The awards, which he said are dedicated to the staff of Medallion for their resilience and innovative prowess in growing the company to where it is, will spur him and other staff to do more, saying to whom much is given, much is expected.
According to Tayo Adewusi, the award Coordinator, the awards is an outcome of a meticulous assessment by an Independent Screening Committee (ISC) of ADA, where the awardees were nominated.
Medallion Communications maintains over 83 service providers connected to its Lagos infrastructure including Mobile Service Providers, LTE Operators, Fixed Line Operators, Metro Fiber Service Providers, Long Distance service providers, VAS Providers, ISPs, OTT Operators, and major critical national infrastructure like the Nigerian Internet Exchange as well as the Nigerian Internet Registration Agency (Nira) – the managers of the .ng domain name for Nigeria.
