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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The 2nd NEF-AWANI ICT Awards is set to raise the bar
KUALA LUMPUR, 31 October 2011
The Malaysian Association of Bumiputera ICT Industry & Entrepreneurs (NEF) and Astro
AWANI (Astro Channel 501) will once again work together to bring The 2nd NEF-AWANI ICT
Awards.
With the award ceremony scheduled for Feb 11, 2012, television viewers will not only get to see
and hear the opinions from the nominees, they will also be able to see how the nominees
impress the judges in a Pitching Session. The Award ceremony will be telecast LIVE.
"The 2nd NEF-Awani ICT Awards is set to be slightly different than the previous year, with the
addition of some new elements to the format. Among them, the finalists will now have to
impress the judges in a Pitching Session", said NEF President, Ashran Dato' Ghazi. "In this
session, the top five selected nominees will have to go all out to secure a place in the top three
nominees for each category", Ashran added.
"With the idea of engaging the viewers in mind, various interesting processes culminating in the
award show, will be showcased on Astro AWANI", said Astro AWANI's General Manager,
Rozina Aziz. "AWANI viewers will now get to see events behind the scenes and this will make
the process more transparent", Rozina added. Among the programmes that will be showing the
different processes are Agenda AWANI, Sudut Pandang, U-Wartawan, Meja Bulat and the
various news bulletins.
stories on entrepreneurship and business strategies, they make up a big percentage of
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The NEF-AWANI ICT Awards is a unique strategic and smart partnership. According to Rozina,
both Astro AWANI and NEF bring in their strengths for the benefit of the ICT and media
that provides a platform for healthy competition and
strategic collaboration, Astro AWANI, being a news & information channel, provides a platform
for ICT players to tell their stories and viewers can l
The NEF-AWANI ICT Awards provides recognition to successful homegrown Bumiputera ICT
companies. Like last year's inaugural event, in addition to the awards in the Bumiputera
category there will also be the inclusive "People's Choice" category for various outstanding ICT
services.
The 2nd NEF-AWANI ICT Awards will continue to have the following awards under the ICT
category:
1. Best Software
2. Best Animation/Games
3. Best New Media Application/Content
4. Most Innovative Company
5. Best Start-up Company
6. Best Mobile Content/Application
7. Best Young Technopreneur
For the inclusive category where nominees are selected based on the impact
they have ves, this year, the nomination will no longer be restricted to local brands
or companies. Hence, to create more competition, the category will now be opened to all
international brands and companies as well as international voters. The awards under the
category are:
1. Favourite E-Government Solution
2. Favorite Online Banking
3. Favorite E-Services
4. Favorite Entertainment Portal/Blog
5. Favorite E-Community
6. Favorite Telecommunication Company

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7. Favorite Social Networking Platform
8. Favorite ICT Device Brand
The voting process will be done on the NEF-AWANI ICT Awards Facebook page. The selection
of the winners of ICT Awards will be based on 25 percent from public votes while the remaining
75 percent will be from the jury. However, the winners of the category will be
100% from the public votes.
-Awani ICT Awards is a great platform for companies to gain recognition and exposure
from the industry for their hard work -founder of Animonsta Studios
Sdn Bhd, winner of Best Start-up Company for NEF-Awani ICT Awards 2010.
For more information about the awards, please logon to www.nef.org.my or join us on facebook
at www.facebook.com/NEFAwaniICTAwards.
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About NEF
Malaysian Association of Bumiputera ICT Industry & Entrepreneurs (NEF) is an association
committed towards improving the quality of technopreneurship. It was formed in 1997 as a
support system & self help group for technopreneurs. As time goes on, it has evolved into an
organization that is now recognized by the Government of Malaysia as the leading organization
representing Bumiputera Technopreneurs in Malaysia.
ding, Market Access, Technopreneur Development and
Creative & Innovation. Leveling itself further, NEF partnered Astro AWANI in 2010 to bring, for
the first ever, The NEF-AWANI ICT Awards 2010, a platform to give Bumiputera
Technopreneurs just the boost they needed to get exposure.
For further clarification, please contact:
Muhammad Ferdaus Johar, Executive Director, NEF. 03-7722 2706, 019-351 3979,
ferdaus@nef.org.my

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About Astro AWANI
Astro AWANI (Astro Ch news and information channel in
Bahasa Malaysia. Agenda AWANI goes on air LIVE Mondays to Thursdays at 8:15 pm. Sudut
Pandang is aired LIVE at 10:00 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays. Meja Bulat is at 8:15 pm on
Fridays and U-Wartawan is transmitted LIVE at 10:00 p.m. on Fridays.
For further clarification, please contact:
Rozina Aziz, General Manager, Astro AWANI at 012-206 7228