DFTNEWS Magazine

Recognising African companies using AI to transform financial services, credit access, payments and insurance across the continent.

Celebrating AI innovations improving diagnostics, patient care, disease monitoring and healthcare access across Africa.

Winner

MG

Moses G Kuria

M-TIBA

Winner

DM

Dr.Fred Mutisya

Health AI Research and Innovation

Winner

AA

Ayodeji Alaran

PBR Life Sciences

Winner

DG

Dr.Josephine Gitahi

Thalia Psychotherapy

DO

Dr.Polly Okello

Medbook

Honouring AI solutions empowering African farmers with data-driven insights, crop intelligence and market access tools.

Recognising AI platforms advancing learning outcomes, digital skills and educational access for African students and institutions.

Celebrating AI deployments improving government efficiency, public service delivery and civic digital transformation.

Honouring AI tools democratising access to legal services, research and justice across African jurisdictions.

Recognising AI solutions optimising freight, last-mile delivery and supply chain visibility across the continent.

Celebrating AI platforms driving clean energy access, climate intelligence and environmental sustainability in Africa.

Honouring AI innovations powering smarter retail, personalised shopping and digital commerce for African businesses.

Recognising AI systems improving quality, efficiency and waste reduction in African manufacturing and industrial operations.

Celebrating AI platforms bringing transparency, data intelligence and efficiency to African property markets.

Honouring AI tools empowering African storytellers, marketers and creative professionals.

Recognising AI innovations personalising travel, optimising hospitality operations and supporting African tourism growth.

Celebrating AI solutions transforming urban mobility, freight logistics and transport intelligence across Africa.

Honouring AI platforms delivering multilingual, intelligent customer engagement for African brands and enterprises.

Recognising AI systems protecting African digital infrastructure, identities and financial transactions.

Celebrating AI platforms matching talent, automating HR operations and shaping the future of work in Africa.

Honouring AI innovations improving exploration, safety and efficiency in African extractive industries.

Recognising the researchers, labs and infrastructure builders advancing foundational AI capabilities for and from Africa.

Celebrating AI solutions addressing Africa's most urgent humanitarian challenges in food security, health and displacement.

Honouring the African individual who has demonstrated the most transformative vision and impact in advancing AI across the continent.

Recognising the African AI founder who has built the most impactful company or product from the ground up.

Celebrating African women making outstanding contributions to AI research, entrepreneurship, policy and community building.

Honouring African innovators under 30 who are building, researching or applying AI to solve real-world problems.

Recognising rising African AI talent demonstrating exceptional early-career potential and impact.

Celebrating the African executive who has most effectively driven AI adoption and transformation within their organisation.

Honouring the African engineer or technical expert whose work is advancing the frontier of AI capabilities on the continent.

Recognising the most innovative early-stage African AI company demonstrating strong product-market fit and continental impact.

Honouring an African AI company that has successfully scaled its operations, customers and impact beyond its founding market.

Celebrating the African AI company that has made the greatest overall contribution to advancing AI innovation on the continent.

Recognising large African enterprises that have most effectively embedded AI across their operations for meaningful business impact.

Honouring small and medium-sized African enterprises that have leveraged AI tools to transform their operations and competitiveness.

Celebrating the African corporation that has undergone the most comprehensive and impactful AI-driven business transformation.

Recognising the African AI startup that has achieved the most impressive growth trajectory in customers, revenue or impact.

Honouring the African AI company with the most innovative, sustainable and replicable business model for the continent.