Safaricom’s Ziidi Money Market Fund has been honored with the Best Fintech and Digital Commerce Innovation Award at the 2026 Global Mobile Awards (GLOMO) in Barcelona.

• The award celebrates Ziidi's role in expanding investment access through mobile technology, making it easier and more secure for Kenyans to save and invest.
• The recognition highlights Safaricom's evolution of its M-PESA ecosystem over its 19 years.
• Huawei was acknowledged as a foundational technology partner in enabling this innovation.

Absa Group has extended its partnership with NTT DATA for another five years to support its financial systems running on the SAP S/4HANA Finance Platform across Africa.

• The agreement focuses on application management services for Absa's group reporting and financial consolidation.
• Key individuals involved include Lauren Wortmann, Managing Director of Application Services at NTT DATA Middle East and Africa, and John Annandale, Absa Managing Executive responsible for Financial Control Functions and Finance CIO.
• This renewal is part of Absa's ongoing finance transformation strategy to build a unified financial platform, improve agility, and enable faster financial close cycles.

Gebeya has partnered with European domain registrar InterNetX to allow African entrepreneurs to purchase domain names using local payment methods, eliminating the need for international credit cards.

• The integration embeds InterNetX's AutoDNS platform into Gebeya's ecosystem, including Jitume AI and Dala Studio.
• Gebeya, which already has over 90,000 users, aims to make domain ownership more accessible across Africa.
• The partnership also includes SSL provisioning and domain management tools, supporting Gebeya's goal of reaching one million users.