DISTREE Africa 2014 will host the ‘Africa Channel Academy: 2014 Awards’ as part of a packed three-day event agenda. Distributors, resellers and retailers operating in African ICT and consumer electronics (CE) channels are invited to nominate their preferred brands across nine product categories:
- PCs: Vendor of the Year
- TABLETS: Vendor of the Year
- PC ACCESSORIES: Vendor of the Year
- Tablet & Phone Accessories: Vendor of the Year
- Storage: Vendor of the Year
- Smartphones & Mobiles: Vendor of the Year
- Home Networking: Vendor of the Year
- Software: Vendor of the Year
- Printing: Vendor of the Year
Eligible African channel partners are invited to submit their confidential nominations online by Tuesday 17th June.
Farouk Hemraj, CEO at DISTREE Events, said: “This data is used to create a shortlist of officially nominated vendors in each category. During the ‘Africa Channel Academy: 2014 Awards’ Gala Dinner, hundreds of African channel partners will use a live electronic voting system to select the overall winners.”
In addition to vendor awards by product category, this year’s ceremony also includes six categories where the nominations are determined by a VIP Channel Jury of regional experts prior to the live vote. The VIP Jury will meet at DISTREE Africa to compile the list of nominated companies for each of the following categories:
- B2B CHANNEL PERFORMANCE: Vendor of the Year
- B2C CHANNEL PERFORMANCE: Vendor of the Year
- NEW ENTRANT: Vendor of the Year
- VOLUME: Distributor of the Year
- SPECIALIST: Distributor of the Year
- DISTREE AFRICA 2014: Best in Show
“We are delighted to host the ‘Africa Channel Academy: 2014 Awards’ as part of the inaugural DISTREE Africa,” added Hemraj. “These are awards that actually mean something and recognise true channel excellence. We encourage all channel partners to have their say during the nomination process.”
An invitation-only event, DISTREE Africa offers pre-qualified African ICT and CE channel partners a compelling combination of one-on-one meetings, conference programme, exhibition, awards, technology showcases and workshop sessions to deliver a comprehensive business development platform.
