Safaricom Wins Best Digital Technology Award at CIPS Africa
Safaricom wins CIPS Africa 2025 award for its AI-powered supply market analysis, cutting procurement analysis time from a month to 10 minutes...
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Safaricom has won the Best Use of Digital Technology award at the CIPS Africa Excellence in Procurement and Supply Awards 2025 for its innovative AI-powered Supply Market Analysis initiative.
- This technology has drastically cut market analysis time from nearly a month to just 10 minutes.
- Safaricom received the award for its Artificial Intelligence-powered Supply Market Analysis solution.
- Dr. Peter Ndegwa, CEO of Safaricom PLC, stated the award brings them closer to becoming Africa’s leading purpose-led technology company by 2030.
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