MTN Platform Accelerator Awards 4 Startups
By Christabel Oboshie ANNAN, Accra
MTN Platform Accelerator, made up of Chenosis, MoMo and Ayoba, have awarded four innovative startup firms who leveraged numerous digital platforms to expand their businesses to maximize gains.
Ownaradio, a digital broadcasting radio station that focuses on building broadcast access received GH₵20, 000.00 each for winning the Best Momo Solution and Best Chenosis Solution.
Waste Management and Recycling Startup service, Wasteman Ghana received GH₵20,000.00 for winning the Expert Choice award.
Node 8 Hub won the top most Tech Hub award taking home an amount of GH₵50, 000, 00.
The four winners emerged from over a hundred startups who applied to the panel of judges for the awards.
Some 60 startups were engaged and eventually 20 of the MicroApps were live on MTN Ayoba.
The Chief Digital Officer, Dario Bianchi, said the MTN Platform Accelerator programme aims to bring MTN local startups together on how to use Chenosis, a cross-industry API marketplace that enables developers, entrepreneurs and businesses to integrate into the fastest-growing, how to use MoMo and how to develop micro apps on Ayoba.
“This is our third edition. We started with the Ayoba Hacathon couple of years ago, last year we also included MoMo and now this year we decided to call it MTN Platforms and in future we hope to provide even more platform for startups and businesses to grow and shine in Ghana” he said.
Dario Bianchi assured the startups of MTN Ghana’s commitment in working with them to support their businesses.
“We want to work with them because we need their feedback on how to improve our platforms and at the same time we want to make sure they are using our platforms and all the features and tools we have on them, “he stressed.
He expressed the company’s commitment to actively contribute to Ghana’s digital legal system and overall digitalization growth.
This marks the third edition of their initiative, which initially began with Ayoba a couple of years ago. Last year, they expanded by incorporating MoMo, creating the MTN platform.
Bianchi emphasized the importance of fostering the development of more platforms in the coming years to empower businesses in Ghana, allowing them to grow and shine.
He encouraged all local business operators in Africa to take advantage of the MTN Ayoba MoMo Accelerator platform to digitize their products and services to reach more clients and to meet the prevailing fast-paced digital world.
