Tonaton.com has been adjudged the Non-Ghanaian Startup of the Year for the second year in a row at the Ghana Startup Awards 2017 held on Thursday at the Movenpick Hotel in Accra.

The Premium Bank Ghana Startup Awards which is in its 2nd year is designed to recognize and reward the works and contributions of startups to the Ghanaian economy and also create a thriving community of startups collaborating and empowering the Startup Ecosystem.

More than 150 startups in Ghana vied for awards in various categories including Media, Agriculture, Health, Education, FinTech and Technology in the second edition of the awards.

Tonaton.com which won in its category last year was nominated alongside a number of multinational startups in the category.

Receiving the awards, Daniel Sarpong Junior, Head of AD Sales for Tonaton Ghana expressed his gratitude for the nomination and thanked the public for their votes and support.

“This award is the result of continued hardwork and our desire for excellence which is part of our values at Tonaton.com. Tonaton.com will continue to work to provide a safe and profitable e-commerce platform to enable Ghanaians to do business with one another and improve their lives”, Daniel Sarpong Jnr noted.

“In recent times Tonaton.com has launched Buy Now, a service which puts together all the best deals on the platform and comes with a delivery service thereby ensuring convenience and the best user experience for consumers. And Buy Now patronage over the past few months shows that our consumers are satisfied with this service’, he adds.