Safaricom and Huawei win GLOMO for Ziidi wealth platform

A mobile-first investment platform built on M-PESA just snagged the GSMA GLOMO award for Best FinTech and Digital Commerce Innovation at MWC 2026.

Ziidi's GLOMO win

• Safaricom and Huawei jointly took home the award for the Ziidi Wealth Platform.
• Their mobile money collaboration stretches back over a decade in Africa.
• Ziidi launched in 2025 as a money market fund service in Kenya.
• Huawei co-developed the solution and serves as a strategy partner for M-PESA.

Why Ziidi blew up

• Entry threshold sits at just 100 Kenyan shillings, roughly $0.77.
• Full M-PESA integration means instant returns and anytime withdrawals.
• Interest accrues daily and gets credited at midnight for full transparency.
• Traditional funds covered about 300,000 Kenyans while Ziidi hit 4.3 million users.

Trust and compliance backbone

• Huawei's digital infrastructure powers the platform's operations.
• Independent asset managers handle the investment side of things.
• Capital Markets Authority regulations are fully satisfied.
• Low-income and middle-income Kenyans are the primary target audience.

Huawei's broader mobile money reach

• Its mobile money solution serves 590 million users across 40-plus countries.
• Cloud-native distributed architecture delivers 99.999% platform reliability.
• AI-powered operations and intelligent credit scoring are baked in.
• Maurice Ma flagged plans to push toward integrated digital-lifestyle gateways.