Perth-based Winyama Digital Options has taken out two of the highest gongs on the 2023 Telstra Better of Enterprise Awards, being acknowledged for having a big affect on Indigenous communities throughout the nation.
The Aboriginal-owned geospatial and cloud consultancy firm was introduced because the winner of the Enterprise of the 12 months and Indigenous Excellence classes on the awards in Melbourne on Thursday.
Based by Andrew Dowding in January 2019, Winyama facilitates mapping workshop coaching with Indigenous rangers and native title teams.
The enterprise — chosen from greater than 20,000 nominations of small companies nationwide — can also be a powerful supporter of Aboriginal expertise in search of careers within the expertise sector.
Since launching, the corporate has educated greater than 1000 Indigenous folks Australia-wide in geospatial mapping and information capturing.
Telstra group government Brad Whitcomb described Winyama as a “trailblazing” firm that empowered Indigenous communities within the digital world.
“The crew’s efforts in preserving and defending cultural data via trendy expertise is driving change from the bottom up, not solely via the work the enterprise does, however via the crew’s dedication to educating the subsequent technology of changemakers,” he stated.
“They’re an extremely deserving winner and we stay up for witnessing the evolution and progress of their enterprise as they proceed to undertake necessary work throughout the nation.”
As a part of profitable the Enterprise of the 12 months award, Winyama will probably be promoted on Telstra’s signage and within the broadcast of quite a few sports activities occasions, together with spherical three of the AFL season.
Different WA finalists on the awards included cell bar service The Little Bar Cart, social enterprise Happiness Co, and path consultancy Frequent Floor Trails.
Sustainable skincare model The Bod Society was additionally nominated within the Selling Sustainability class, whereas security gear enterprise Protecting was nominated for Embracing Innovation.
