The Young Achievers Tech Awards (YATA), is a new brand which focuses on recognizing youths who are outstanding in the technology Industry nationwide. Primarily it is looking at Technological Projects, Products and Services that are emerging, have been a success or made a positive impact to the Society.
This inaugural event will be officially opened by the minister of ICT Postal and Courier Services Hon Supa Mandiwanzira and expected to be graced by other reputable dignitaries to witness the official opening.
Speaking to the brains behind, YATA, Toneo Rutsito said that by recognizing these achievers we are putting them in the lime light to trigger interest and publicity of what we have as a nation and more importantly connecting these techprenuers to their next possible deal or partner.
“We have not done much to recognize our young techies who are immensely contributing to the tech eco-system in Zimbabwe, if we are to export talent, we will have to start somewhere and i hope these national awards will present a platform to expose our most promising techies to new opportunities in Zimbabwe.” .
Many youths achieve a lot but do not get the desired recognition therefore, these are the first and crucial steps in acknowledging players and expose their creativity to industry for their next big projects.
To help select the best of Zimbabwe`s tech players there is a registration process that is now open on www.yata.co.zw whereby one needs to submit their brief profile, portfolio, references, actual project, product or service.
The official Twitter handle for YATA awards is @yatazw and the Facebook page is also now live here. Unfortunately due to a pressing deadline, all sumssions must be done by 25th of November 2015.
A panel of adjudicators that are hands on and closer to the industry will select and identify the most outstanding players in the industry for the nominees and final winners list.
There are sponsors in every category that will present their prize money, Awards and YATA trophies to the selected finest young Techies of the day. The 19 awards are inclusive of;
1.Most Promising Start-Up
2.Most Innovative Start-Up
3.Tech Entrepreneur of The Year
4.Best App Developer (Male&Female)
5.Best Online Web/Blog
6.Best Web Designer
7.Best Web Developer
8.Best Graphic Designer
9.Best Inventor (Software and Hardware)
10.Best Animator
11.Best Social Media Influence On Twitter
12.Most Popular Social Media Facebook
13.Best Online Video Content
14.Sustainable Science Projects
15.Most Influencial Twitter Account
16.Best E-commerce Website
17.Outstanding Ethical Hacker
18.Best Cartoon Animation
19.Lifetime Achievement Award
- Technomag Zimbabwe