Business News of Monday, 19 September 2016Source: Business in CameroonCameroonian GiftedMom app wins CTO awardPhoto d'archives utilisée à titre d'illustrationCameroonian start-up GiftedMom, developer of the app with the same name, has just received the prize for the best health app from the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), rewarding an innovative initiative integrating ICT in the development of the health sector. This prize was received on 12 September 2016 in Fiji by Dr Agbor Ashu, Health Director at GiftedMom. At the same time, partner health centres have seen the rate of prenatal consultations increase by 35% in 2 years. Nowadays, Alain Nteff confided to the government daily paper, this application is used by 20,000 people in Cameroon. Before this award from the CTO, GiftedMom had already won the prize Anzisha in 2014, the prize for best African social entrepreneur from the MasterCard Foundation in the same year, then the prize for young African companies awarded at the New York Forum Africa (NYFA) in Libreville in 2015.

Source: CameroonWeb September 19, 2016 08:43 UTC