Judges announced for BCX Digital Innovation Awards 2020The BCX Digital Innovation Awards 2020 have extended entry closure until 16 October 2020 while announcing the panel of judges for the awards. Alistair Mokoena, country director at Google South Africa The BCX Digital Innovation Awards honours and celebrates South African organisations that are innovating and changing the course of their industries “We are looking for the best innovators South Africa has to offer. All of our judges are well respected within the technology industry and each has extensive experience in the technology industry. Their experience instrumental in identifying the top innovators,” says Jonas Bogoshi, CEO of BCX. “This year’s BCX Digital Innovation Awards is not just a competition; it is a call to action for us to work together in building a better world.” “South Africa is beset with challenges both at an economic and social level. The role of technology in addressing these challenges cannot be overemphasised”, says Alistair Mokoena, Country Director for Google South Africa. “This is why the BCX Digital Innovation Awards is so important. We look forward to hailing those innovators that have managed to apply digital technology to solving our society’s problems and thereby unleashing it’s potential.” JudgesThe panel of judges include:
Jaco Gerrits, CEO of RoadSave believes that digital innovation can be used as a force for good. “I look forward to seeing a high level of creativity and importantly, how well innovations align to market needs. I’m curious to see how the ideation process differ between corporates and SME’s, how assumptions are tested, and feedback used to determine marketplace viability. I’d like to congratulate BCX on this initiative and wish the contestants the best of luck.” "I am looking forward to being a judge at the BCX Digital Innovation Awards 2020. Having been on the other end for the last few years, building a technology business of our own, this is a great opportunity to see some of the top innovation in South Africa first-hand," says Benji Meltzer, co-founder and CTO of Aerobotics. The winners of this year’s BCX Digital Innovation Awards will be announced at the Sunday Times Top 100 Companies Awards event in November. To enter the 2020 Digital Innovation Awards, go to https://www.bcx.co.za/digitalinnovationawards/ |