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Past Innovation Awards

Past Winners

The Awards have recognized innovative ideas that have since grown into some of the most recognizable tech start-ups in Kenya.

Category Company Product
Agriculture Engoho Kuku Farmer Engoho
Business Process Outsourcing Galena Media M-Foreni
Eduction & Training PDTP Portal Internship Management Portal
Environment Jiji Safi Enterprises Real Time Garbage Monitoring Serives
Financial Services Data Integrated Liminted MobiTill Epesi Smart Public Transport
Gender, Youth & Vulnerable Group Anisan Ndovu Care
Health Care Delivery Pearl Medicare and Equipment Ltd M-tibu Digital Healthcare Platform
Housing and Urbanization One Touch Interactive Mrent
Manufacturing Laf Solutions Enterprises

SP app(smart Professional)

Social Equity ICTA Good Conduct Generation
Tourism Cloud Nine Experiences Cloud9Exp
Water and Sanitation SHOFCO COmmunity Development
Wholesale and REtail Trade Movetech Solutions Ltd Cloudbased POS

Overall winner: Little Ride

Company Product V2030 Pillar
Little Ride Little integrates car transportation within the city onto a technology platform, ensuring convenient, transparent and quick service fulfillment for the customers and driver partners. Environmental Management
Big Data Lab Data Mining & Analytics At big data lab we collect, store, process and analyze data to give historical, real time and predictive analytics for informed decision making County Government
FlexPay Flexpay is an automated layaway platform that enables customers afford essential goods and services from merchants and service providers while paying in piecemeal or flexible installments conveniently via mobile phones. Financial Services
VuruguMapper Mobile App A mobile App for reporting and tracking cases of child abuse at the community level; managing the cases amongst Police, Hospital, and Department of Children Services; and generating reports. Gender, Youth & Vulnerable Groups
Damu Sasa Damu – Sasa is a product of extensive research on the blood donation and delivery service dynamics in Kenya. Presidential Digitalent Cohort
MPost Mpost is a patented innovative product that allows you to enjoy Postal Services on the go at your convenience through your mobile phone – Posta Mkononi. Social Equity & Poverty Reduction

Overall winner: Totohealth for Totohealth in the Health Care Delivery category

Company Product Category
Sukuul Solutions Sukuul e-learning Centre (winner) Education and Training
Ennovate Limited ShulePro (Runner-up) Education and training
Abacus Finance Abacus Fiancial Services
Simple Trace Systems Simple Trace Systems (winner) County Solutions
Strathmore Research and Consultancy Centre (SRCC) County Pro (Runner-up) County Solutions
Sokopepe Farmis - Farmer Records Management Information System Agriculture
New-Edge Technologies Free-cooling solution deployed on Telecom Nodes Environmental Management
Nairobits Trust Leveraging on Technology to Transform Lives Gender, Youth and Vulnerable Groups
Bunifu Technologies Bunifu Antivirus IT Services
Enchanted Landscapes Enchanted landscapes - Online travel guide and website Tourism
Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company Jisomee Mita and Water ATM Water and Sanitation
Machakos County Emergency Services Call Centre System County Initiatives
Kirinyaga County Kirinyaga Automated Revenue Collection & Management System County Initiatives

  Overall winner: Eneza Education for Eneza education platform in the Education and Training category

Overall winner: Totohealth for Totohealth in the Health Care Delivery category

Company Product V2030 Pillar
Boresha Smart series educational software Education and Training
Mobi Changa Changa.co.ke Financial Services
Totohealth Totohealth Health Care Delivery
Kejahunt Kejahunt.co.ke Housing and Urbanisation
Kuhustle Kuhustle.com IT & Telcoms
m-shamba m-shamba Local and International Trade

2014 ICT Innovation Awards Sponsored by IBM and UNDP

Overall winner: Eneza Education for Eneza education platform in the Education and Training category

Company Product V2030 Pillar
The Mediae Company Shamba Shape Up Agriculture
Eneza Education Eneza Education and Training
MCUAC Enterprises (runner up) Sukuul E-Learning Outsource  
Digital Vision Chamasoft Financial Services
The Mediae Company HAKI – the mobile game Gender, Youth and Vulnerable Groups
Kenya Medical Supply Authority (KESMA) and MicroClinic Technologies ZiDi - Automating Quantification and Forecasting of Essential Drugs in Public Facilities in Kenya Health Care Delivery
Nasoft Technologies Ma3Route Housing and Urbanisation
FlashCast Ventures (runner up) Enabling Smart Urban Transit In Nairobi. Housing and Urbanisation

Overall winner: Olivine Technology for ASim in the Wholesale and Retail Trade category

Company Product V2030 Pillar
Youth Agro-Environmental Initiative Yagrein blog Agriculture
Digital Divide Data Impact Sourcing Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO)
Kiasa Techonlgies Kilimo-Online County Focus
Digital Divide Data Deaf Aid Training Programme Education and Training
Web Tribe JamboPay Financial Services
Technobrain M-Secured Solutions Gender Youth and Vulnerable Groups
Iridium interactive TIBU Health Care Delivery
Duma Works Dumaworks.co.ke Social equity and poverty reduction
KenyaBuzz KenyaBuzz RAHA Tourism
Olivine Technology ASiM Wholesale and Retail Trade

Overall winner: Medisoft East Africa for Teleradiology in the Health Care Delivery category

Company Product V2030 Pillar
Green Dreams Tech iCow Agriculture
Digital Divide Data DDD Digital Management Operators (DMOs) Programme Business process Outsourcing
Kuza Biashara SME Capacity Building Service Education and Training
Tusqee Systems (Runner Up) School SMS Education and Training
Digital Horizons Cleanbill Payroll & Accounting Services Financial services
PlusPeople Kenya (runner up) Uhasibu Financial services
Michezo Africa Michezoafrica.com Gender youth and vulnerable groups
Medisoft East Africa Teleradiology Health Care Delivery
The International Clinic (runner up) Findadoctor.co.ke Health Care Delivery
ALIN Maarifa Centres Social equity and poverty reduction
Compulynx (runner up) e-voucher solution Social equity and poverty reduction
MamaMikes Mamamikes.com Wholesale and retail trade
Ringier Kenya (runner up) Rupu.co.ke Wholesale and retail trade
Company Product V2030 Pillar
International Livestock Research Institute Index Based Livestock Insurance Agriculture
uzanunua.com uzanunua.com Business Process Outsourcing/Off-shoring
Horizon Contact Centres Ltd HK_v1 Platform Business Process Outsourcing/Off-shoring
Ushahidi Ushahidi Education and Training
Virtual Essence Ltd MsingiPACK E-learning/E-revision solution for upper primary under 8-4-4 syllabus Education and Training
Mobikash Afrika Limited MobiKash Financial Services
Space Kenya Networks LTD Whive.com :: Social Media Applications Gender, Youth and Vulnerable Groups
Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi Electronic Health Management Information System Health Care Delivery
Anniversary Lab Security Master System Housing and Urbanisation
Mbetsa Innovations Ltd SMS Mobile vehicle car tracking and security system Manufacturing
Websimba Ltd Eat Out Kenya Tourism