To promote, locate and select digital innovation with high social impact worldwide, WSA leverages a worldwide network of ICT experts in over 180 countries. As part of these efforts, WSA leverages cooperation with other awards that follow the same principles as WSA.

 

NATIONAL CONTESTS

 

To promote, locate and select digital innovation with high social impact worldwide, WSA leverages a worldwide network of ICT experts in over 180 countries. This network ensures the diversity of products in the WSA and is responsible for nominations.

 

The national preselection for the WSA can be in the form of a national contest or direct selection through your WSA national Expert. The nominations to WSA are possible through national contests and national Expert panel selection. All national awards follow the same principles as WSA.

 

 

REGIONAL CONTESTS

Over the years, WSA has developed several regional initiatives to strengthen regional networks and encourage the collaboration between neighbouring countries. To achieve those goals, WSA also forms close cooperations with other regional awards that follow the same principles as WSA.

 

The Manthan Award is an annual award for South Asia given in recognition of exceptional digital content creation. Nominations are accepted from the public and multiple awards are given in many categories.

 

In 2010 the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) spin off from its highly successful Manthan Awards a separate award – the mBillionth Award South Asia – only for recognising excellence in mobile innovations for development.