Staff of Standard Chartered Bank pose with their plaques at the awards.

Standard Chartered Bank emerged the winner of the Digital Brand of the Year for the second time in as many years in the Digital Impact Awards Africa held in Kampala on Friday.

The commercial bank shrugged of completion form Stanbic Bank and Centenary Bank who came second and third respectively.

“Thank you to the general public, our fans, staff and clients who voted for us in this year’s Digital Impact Awards Africa. It’s your endorsement and support that enabled us bring home these three great awards,” Standard Chartered Bank posted.

Digital Impact Awards Africa is a platform that promotes Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion and Cyber security. The Awards seek to recognize, celebrate and appreciate different individuals and organizations that are spearheading the use of digital mediums to better serve their communities.

Centenary Bank staff pose with their award.

This is the 8th Digital Impact Awards Africa to be held so far in a Kampala as part of this year’s Digital and Financial Inclusion Summit organized by HiPipo and supported by Level One Project, Mojaloop, ModusBox and Crosslake Technologies.

The Digital and Financial Inclusion summit explored the strategic trends and technologies that are shaping the future of Digital, Information Technology and Business with special attention to the safety of customers’ funds and security of platforms in the financial technology industry.

 Winners of the 2021 Digital Impact Awards Africa.

Digital Banking Excellence

1.             Standard Chartered Bank (Gold)

2.            Stanbic Bank (Silver)

Banking Innovation Excellence

3.            CenteOnTheGo | Centenary Bank

Community/MFI Banking Innovation Excellence

4.            Centenary Bank (Gold)

5.            Pride Microfinance (Silver)

FinTech Innovation Excellence

6.            Digital Ticketing for Transport Services by KaCyber Technologies. (Gold)

7.            SafeBoda Business Loans in partnership with Numida. (Silver)

Financial Services Digital Excellence

8.            Stanbic Bank (Gold)

9.            Standard Chartered Bank (Silver)

Consumer Goods Digital Excellence

10.          Movit Products (Gold)

11.           Café Javas (Silver)

Utilities and Government Services Digital Excellence

12.           NWSC (Gold)

13.           URA (Silver)

Technology Services Digital Excellence

14.          MTN Uganda (Gold)

15.           Rocket Health (Silver)