DOHA: Ooredoo received 29 awards at the 2015 International Business Awards (IBA), also known as “the Stevies”, as the company continues to seamlessly integrate business innovation and the development of market-leading product offerings with a strong community-focused approach.
The Group received three Gold Stevie Awards including ‘Most Innovative Company of the Year (Middle East and Africa)’ recognising Ooredoo’s progressive and visionary leadership in communications and digital services in emerging markets with more than 114 million customers worldwide. The company’s innovations include the latest network developments and newest applications and services that are transforming people’s lives across the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia. Two additional Gold awards gave recognition to the great success of Ooredoo’s Mozaic Go app, a cutting-edge entertainment app.
Dr Nasser Marafih, Group CEO, Ooredoo, said, “We are absolutely delighted about this year’s results. Leveraging the potential of innovation in mobile technology to empower and enrich lives is at the forefront of Ooredoo’s strategy. The Stevie award wins demonstrate the success and impact of Ooredoo’s wide-ranging initiatives, developed and sustained throughout the year”.
Ranked No. 1, Ooredoo also received the Grand Stevie Award which is determined by points system based on the total numbers of awards won. It is the second year in a row that Ooredoo is included in the Top Ten amongst all other organisations honoured in the 2015 IBAs. Based on the strong belief that mobile technology is an important enabler to bring about social and economic progress, Ooredoo continues to support several projects aimed at stimulating human growth and contributing to the sustainable development of the communities it operates in.
An additional eight Silver Stevie Awards and 17 Bronze Stevie Awards further recognised Ooredoo’s outreach work and the successful impact of many of these initiatives, including two Silver Stevies for CSR Programme of the Year in two regions, namely the ‘Asiacell Programme for Refugees and Displaced People’ (Middle East & Africa) and ‘Myanmar Connect Women’ (Asia, Australia and New Zealand). Other Silver Stevies include ‘Company of the Year – Telecoms’, ‘Brand Experience of Year – Marketing Campaign, Consumer’ for the Messi Campaign, ‘Best New Product of Service of the Year’ for IdeaBox, ‘Best Interface Design (Website)’ for Ooredoo Fans Do Wonders for, and ‘Motivational Video’ for both the Paris Saint-Germain Academy and the Simply Do Wonders – The Winners Meet Messi videos.
Ooredoo also received 17 Bronze Stevie Awards including ‘Executive of the Year’ going to Dr Nasser Marafih, Group CEO, and ‘Chairman of the Year’ recognising the work of Sheikh Abdulla bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Thani.
The Peninsula
