The Mobile App Awards 2026 – 5th Edition is Kenya and East Africa’s leading platform for recognizing mobile apps that deliver exceptional user experience, innovation, and growth—from high-impact SME apps to enterprise and super apps.
The awards serve as a platform to:
Being shortlisted or winning positions your app as a trusted, high-quality digital product. Whether you are an SME scaling up or a large enterprise serving millions, the awards provide independent validation that builds confidence with users, partners, and investors.
The awards recognize more than design. Apps are evaluated on:
User experience & onboarding
Performance & innovation
Content, accessibility & engagement
This ensures both growing startups and mature enterprise apps compete on impact and experience.
Increase Visibility & Brand Awareness
The awards bring together SMEs, corporates, developers, fintechs, telcos, investors, and digital leaders, creating valuable opportunities for networking, learning, and collaboration.
Participating recognizes the people driving innovation—product teams, developers, designers, and founders—boosting morale, employer branding, and digital leadership positioning.
Highlight apps that make a real difference in users’ lives and business outcomes
