ABOUT SITA DIGITAL PUBLIC SERVICE AWARDS

The GovTech conference is an annual ICT event on the SITA calendar of events.

It is a strategic forum which attracts more than 2200 delegates from all spheres of Government, IT Industry and civil society who come together on a multi layered platform that enables connecting, learning, sharing and collaborating in order to improve service delivery to the South African Citizen through the provision of ICT solutions and other innovations.

PURPOSE OF THE DIGITAL PUBLIC SERVICE AWARDS

The purpose of the Digital Public Service Awards is to provide a platform to recognise excellence acknowledge government institutions from all spheres of government who have utilised technology to improve the lives of all citizens. In so doing, the Awards process will promote successful solutions and the application of projects that contribute to improved service delivery.

The focus of the Awards will be on the following:

INNOVATION 

IMPACT ON CITIZENS

IMPACT ON SOCIETY IN GENERAL

PUBLIC SERVICE TRANSFORMATION

RECOGNISING & REWARDING PRODUCTS & SOLUTIONS OF ALL SIZE AND CONTRIBUTION

AWARD CATEGORIES

Community Builder Recognition Award.

This award will be awarded to individuals, project teams or initiatives that have made a considerable difference in community through ICT, or use of an ICT tool to make a difference in the community.

Digital Education

This award aims to recognise achievements of schools and educational institutions for their optimum utilization of ICT in education sector. The award will be awarded on the basis of implementation of digital education as an effective tool…

Digital Innovator

This award will recognize outstanding innovation and IT product development in the IT Sector. With this award, the aim is to strengthen the IT innovation skills in the ICT sector across Africa. The winners of this award…

Digital Governance Award.

This Award will be awarded to individuals, project teams or initiatives that have implemented innovative ICT solutions that improves governance and increase the control of corruption in the public service. The solutions …

ICT Large Companies Award

This Award recognises ICT enterprises with a turnover greater than R50million per annum that:

  • Are viable businesses which are making inroads in the…

SMME Recognition Award

This Award recognizes SMME enterprises with a turnover not greater than R10million per annum that are:

  • Viable businesses which are making inroads in the…

Digital Woman

This special award will recognise a woman who is a role model and sustainably shaping digitization through leadership, creativity, entrepreneurship, social-focus and/or innovative discoveries, and who is positively impacting…

Government Technology Leader

This award aims to recognize a Technology leader in government who plays a key role in enabling and harnessing the power of technology to bring elements of the National Development Plan…

Digital Partnerships

This award aims to recognize ICT enterprises that have implemented ICT solutions through partnership models as follows:

  • Demonstrated utilization…

Africa Award

This Award recognises ICT companies across Africa who through the use of ICT have achieved the following:

  • Improved service delivery to…

Nominations closing date: 30 August 2023

NOMINEE ELIGIBILITY

The Digital Public Service Awards will be open to all members of the South African public and the Africa Award is open to the rest of Africa.

CATEGORY DEFINITION

  • Government officials: All Government institutions i.e. national departments, provincial departments and local government.
  • State Owned Companies: All state institutions.
  • NGOs and NPO: All non-governmental and non-profit organisations including cooperatives.
  • General public: Any member of the SA public.
  • Private companies: ICT, non ICT and sole proprietors.
  • Students: Registered students at any of the SA higher education institutions.
  • Learners: Registered learners at any of the SA basic education institutions.

APPLICATION PROCESS

STEP 1

Call for
Entry
Notices

STEP 2

Collection
and
Validation

STEP 3

Closing
date for
entries is
30 August
2023

STEP 4

Adjudication

STEP 5

Finalists

STEP 6

Awards
Ceremony

PRIZES

Prize

Value per Category

1st Prize

R 110 000

2nd Prize

R 55 000

3rd Prize

R 33 000

The first prize per category will be R110 000.00. The winner will in addition receive a certificate and a trophy.
The second and third prizes will be R55 000.00 and R33 000.00 respectively. Each winner (of second and third prize) will also receive a certificate but no trophy.

TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION

  1. The Awards are open to any organisation.
  2. Organisations throughout South Africa and the rest of Africa may enter any category open to them.
  3. All applications need to be supported by relevant documentation.
  4. The Judges reserve the right to cancel any category due to insufficient entries, or for any other reason, and the decision of the judging panel is final. All results will be audited by an external accredited auditing firm approved by SITA. The decision of the judges will be final and binding and no correspondence in this regard will be entered into.
  5. Entrants will be published on the GovTech website and in industry specific publications with the exception of confidential information. The information received by the organisers may be submitted in its entirety to the publisher of any industry specific publication, both digital and printed, for inclusion in the publication and entrants should be mindful of submitting information that might be sensitive or confidential as it will be in the public domain.
  6. Entrants are reminded that the information they submit will be accepted VERBATIM by the publishers and therefore should be checked and approved by all parties prior to submission.
  7. Entrants should be aware that their information will undergo an editing process, necessary to ensure that both entrants and category winners can be accommodated in published material and presentation applications.
  8. All submissions must be submitted online via the GovTech website.
  9. All photographs must be labelled and titled.
  10. Entries must be submitted on or before the final day for submissions.
  11. Winners will be announced at the GovTech event.
  12. SITA reserves the right to cancel or postpone the Awards Gala Banquet or change the venue for any unavoidable reason. All changes will be communicated effectively.
  13. There are NO FEES payable for entry.

CONTACT CUT 2 BLACK MEDIA

Mr Andile Ncube
andile@cut2black.co.za

Ms Mandima Qunta
mandima@cut2black.co.za

Nomination Inquiries
nominations@cut2black.co.za

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