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Clickatell was included in the list of Cool Vendors in Mobile and Wireless 2009 report by Gartner, and selected as a nominee for the 2009 World Technology Award.[15] In the same year, the company won five Mobile Star Awards, given by the readers of MobileVillage's newsletter Go Mobile.[16]
The company's founder and CEO Pieter de Villiers was chosen among "40 under 40" top young leaders of telecom industry in 2010 by the Global Telecoms Business magazine.[17] The news tracker company Lead411 gave one of its 2011 Hottest Companies in Silicon Valley awards to Clickatell as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the Silicon Valley area.[18] At the 2011 Mobile Star Awards, the company was awarded in two categories.[19]
The San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal awarded Clickatell in 2012 for making a positive impact on society, citing the example of how Clickatell is used by emergency alert services like MapAlerter and Universal Alert in rescue efforts including incident and damage assessment, mobilization of rescue workers, transmission of emergency instructions, and managing evacuations.[20][21]
For its contribution to the digital financial services sector in Nigeria through the virtual top up (VTU) solution, Clickatell received the Kalahari Mobile Money award, which celebrates creativity, commitment and excellence in the mobile financial services across Africa and is given by an independent panel of expert judges.[22