Tecno and Zalego have awarded 13 applications in Kenya’s Afmobi challenge which has been running in Kenya, Nigeria and Ethiopia.
iDakatari, which enables medical staff to schedule and organise patient appointments, was the top app followed by Tour Africa, an app that acts as a guide to major African cities.
In third position was an app targeting farmers in Kenya, JMavuno, helping them to compare prices offered by competitors for their produce enabling farmers to sell at the most competitive prices.
The top three winners received cash prices of between KSh100,000 and KSh200,000 (US$1,170 to US$2,350) on top of a Tecno Android handset the other 10 finalists also received.
The other awarded apps showed great innovation concentrating on the telecommunications, news and games segments.
African Flags, an app developed by Paul Chege to give the history behind flags, capitals, their sizes and currencies was also featured.
Two games apps made it to the list including a mobile game depicting Kenya’s entry into Somalia developed by Bhakitah Tech solution and an app that helps basketball players to keep in touch with the Kenyan league.
Under the news segments Newsblast, which enables users to receive real time content updates from online news services by Joshua Mankone, and Breaking News, a news app aggregating breaking news in the field of sports, science, politics, technology and business, were recognised.
Betxudoku, a Sudoku mobile puzzle developed by Jonathan Kibet, was position 11 while an app built to help list places and which relied heavily on the yellow pages was position seven.
Zalego founder Eric Mutuku said the firm would put more emphasis on training that equips developers with additional primary skills.
Zalego specializes in the developing and testing of mobile applications.
