CIO 100 Awards categories explained

The CIO100 Symposium and Awards is a 2-day high energy celebration of IT excellence, the event is set to be held in Naivasha, Kenya on November 10th-11th, 2016. The event, hosted by CIO East Africa, is in its 6th year and is expected to attract more than 1000 CIOs and IT executives from all over the world and specifically East Africa.

The awards are given out to winners of different categories, last year’s categories included; the CIO of the Year, CIO Leadership Award, Country Awards, PlusOne Awards and Special Awards.

“This year, we will retain previous year’s categories but add an interesting twist to the CIO 100 list of companies. We will categorise the top 100 into four clusters, key distinction being the project implementation in regards to systems in place and tangible measurable results,” says Samuel Gicharu, CEO, Insight Wells Research, who will be working with CIO East Africa Magazine on this year’s CIO100 Symposium and Awards.

The CIO 100 2016, top 100 categories will be as follows:

Last year, there were 120 companies nominated and 100 of which made the year’s CIO100 list. The short list included companies from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda covering all the major verticals including Government, Education, Health, Financial Services, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Utilities, Transport and Logistics.

At last year’s CIO100 Symposium and Awards, it was a double win for Britam as the company took home the two most coveted awards. The company was voted the Overall Winner among 100 companies during the 5th edition of the Awards, jointly organized by CIO East Africa publication and accounting firm PwC.  Britam’s Chief Information Officer (CIO), Jack Maina, was voted the CIO of the Year 2015.

Gicharu went on to speak on what it would take for companies to walk away with an award this year, saying that:

“The answer is simple. Has your organisation used IT innovatively? Then you could be the one we are looking for.” Concluded Gicharu.