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C5 Announces the Winners of its Annual Shield in the Cloud Anti-Corruption Innovation ChallengeC5 Capital, the specialist venture capital firm focused on cyber security, data analytics and cloud computing, is pleased to announce the winners of its annual, global anti-corruption innovation challenge, Shield in the Cloud. Now in its second year, the Shield in the Cloud competition is run by C5 Capital's philanthropic arm the Cloud Leadership Centre and was created to bring together and recognise the best and brightest minds working to innovate the fight against corruption. There are three anti-corruption innovation categories:
There are also two Special Recognition awards, for Bold Leadership and Most Impactful Program. This year's winners are:
He said: "I was delighted to see the sterling examples of the Government of Estonia, the Governance Lab at NYU, as well as 4iQ and look forward to seeing how the Cloud Leadership Centre works with emerging markets in the future." Andre Pienaar, C5 Founder, commented: "Congratulations to all the winners of this year's challenge. It is extremely important that we not only recognise organisations such as these - that are using innovation and technology to combat corruption - for the good work they do, but also that we show policy and decision makers exactly what is possible, and what is already being done." Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, Chairman of the Cloud Leadership Centre, commented: "Shield in the Cloud provides an outstanding forum in which to gather world leaders in the field of countering corruption to consider the future of how we overcome this critical challenge facing global society. Honouring these extraordinary awardees offers us a privileged insight into what together we could achieve, scaling their brilliant ideas and initiatives and following their lead." The Cloud Leadership Centre thanks its sponsors, SAP (News - Alert) NS2, The Longaberger Family Foundation and C5 Capital. - ENDS - About C5 Capital C5 Capital Limited (C5) is a specialist venture capital firm, focused on Innovative Technologies in Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing. Headquartered in London, C5 also has offices in Washington, Munich, Luxembourg and Bahrain. For more information, visit: www.c5capital.com. About Cloud Leadership Centre The Cloud Leadership Centre (CLC) is the philanthropic arm of C5. Its mission is to support digital transformation for positive change.
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