
Ally of the Year
This award is for professionals who are not Black and have shown a commitment to championing Black professionals within the tech sector.
Ada Tagoe – Professional Services Delivery Lead, Google Cloud, Google

App of the Year
This award recognises the best applications that have made an impact within the last year.
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BTA Gaming Award
This award recognises those who are making an impact and are championing diversity within the gaming sector.
Stephanie Ijoma – Founder, NNESAGA

Developer of the Year
This award is for professionals within the tech sector with Developer roles.
Developer of the Year – Catherine Kediemetse Mokgothu, Java Engineer, American Express
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Diversity Champion
This award is for those who are actively helping improve and increase the level of diversity within the tech industry.
Tolulope Oke – Global ID&E Customer Engagement, Amazon Web Services
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Employee of the Year
This award is open to anyone working for a business who is not a director or shareholder.
A business is only as good as its employees and this award recognises employees who are making an outstanding contribution within their workplace.
Lesley Jonas-Nartley – Senior Managing Consultant, IBM
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Employer of the Year
Those entering this award will need to demonstrate how they are driving diversity within the tech industry at their organisation.
Multiverse
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Entrepreneur of the Year
This award celebrates an individual who has given everything to guiding their business to success within the last year.
Flavilla Fongang – CEO, 3 Colours Rule & GTA Black Women In Tech

Fintech of the Year
This award recognises innovators who have made an outstanding contribution to financial technology.
Sarah Wernér – Co-founder & CEO, Husmus

Honorary Woman of the Year
To celebrate International Woman’s Day, this will be an honorary award recognising the outstanding achievement of a Black woman working in the tech industry.
Sharmadean Reid MBE – Founder, The Stack World

Innovation Champion
This award celebrates those individuals going above and beyond to drive innovation within the tech sector.
Pamela Aculey – CEO and Founder, Just Like Me Books

Inspirational Woman of the Year
Natalie Ojevah – Eagle Labs Diversity and Inclusion Lead, VP, Barclays
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Lifetime Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement award is an award granted to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the technology profession.
Tom Ilube – CEO, Crossword CyberSecurity
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Rising Star
This award recognises young professionals under the age of 30 who demonstrate passion,
innovation and commitment to energising and driving progress in the technology sector.
Elizabeth Obisesan – Software engineer, Microsoft
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Social Good Award
This award is open to those who are successfully applying tech to a social cause.
Obed Yeboah – Founder and CEO, Shapeways.io
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