DUBAI, November 17: Zain Group recently received three distinguished awards at the prestigious MEA Business Magazine Technology Achievement Awards 2024, approved by the SAMENA Council, as part of a multi-industry recognition awards program aimed at highlighting the significant technological achievements in the ICT industry. during GITEX GLOBAL 2024.
The top prize was awarded in the “Innovative Collaborations and Partnerships” category in recognition of the launch of the ZainTECH and Datanuum strategic go-to-market agreement, a comprehensive customer data enrichment, engagement and retention platform for retailers and healthcare companies. This collaboration aims to provide innovative solutions that enhance customer data growth and retention capabilities for businesses in the Middle East and beyond.
This partnership leverages ZainTECH’s extensive regional expertise in implementing compliant cloud infrastructures with DATANUUM’s industry-leading platform, to address the growing need for data privacy and regulatory compliance in the region. This will appeal to businesses looking for robust solutions to manage data securely while optimizing customer relationships, engagement and marketing spend.
The second prize, in the ‘Financial Technology’ category, saw TAMAM, Zain’s fintech company in Saudi Arabia, recognized for its ‘outstanding industry leadership and growth achievements’. Tamam is revolutionizing the consumer credit landscape in the Kingdom, providing personalized, data-driven financial solutions that meet the evolving needs of Saudi customers.
Tamam offers individuals the opportunity to receive Sharia-compliant loans without physically visiting a bank. The platform’s end-to-end application and award process takes just a few minutes from downloading the application to the loan amount being paid. Loans are provided to Saudi nationals and residents, without salary transfer or guarantor requirements.
The third prize, in the “Data Platforms” category, went to Zain’s group-wide DIZLEE API platform for “Outstanding Products and Services”. As a dynamic API platform and digital monetization ecosystem, DIZLEE offers innovative solutions in entertainment and gaming, direct carrier billing, messaging and digital authentication. By exposing its APIs through the Dizlee platform, Zain removes a significant barrier to developing profitable digital partnerships across the globe, improving time to market for engaging entertainment and gaming services for our customers. Currently, Dizlee has partnership agreements with over 42 global OTT solution providers and offering 213 different digital innovations and processing over 200 million payment transactions, which has generated over $340 million in gross revenue since its inception. launch mid-2018.
The SAMENA Telecommunications Council is a tri-regional, non-profit telecommunications association that embodies a community of regional telecommunications companies, manufacturers, regulators and universities in South Asia and the MENA region focused on issues relevant to operators and provide advocacy. MEA Business is the region’s first augmented reality business publication committed to reporting on positive business developments in the Middle East and Africa, with focus areas including Training & Education, Aviation , travel, energy, hospitality, travel and technology.
These three prestigious accolades underline Zain Group’s ambitions to expand the range and quality of business and consumer services available to its individual, corporate and government clients across the region.