Our Partners
Built on Africa's best mapping and local data.
Zana partners with open mapping data providers today, and leading payment networks as we bring secure in-app payments to the directory next.
Data & Discovery
Built on open African mapping data.
Every provider in the directory starts from open, community-maintained map data, kept current as businesses claim and correct their own listings.
Mapping Data
OpenStreetMap & Overture Maps
Zana's directory is seeded from OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps, two open, community-built datasets covering local businesses across every African country we operate in. Business owners can claim and correct their own listing at any time — see OpenStreetMap's copyright and license.
Coming Next: Payments
Powered by Africa's payment rails, soon.
Today, Zana is free to browse and every contact happens directly between you and the provider — no payments pass through the platform. These are the partners we're building with to bring secure in-app payments and escrow to the directory next.
Planned Partner
On-Ramp & Off-Ramp Partner
The payment layer for when in-app payments launch.
Kotani Pay will be Zana's core payment infrastructure provider, letting customers pay for a booked service and providers receive payouts, all via mobile money. Kotani Pay already processes millions of dollars in African mobile money transactions across MTN, M-Pesa, and Airtel networks.
Networks
MTN · M-Pesa · Airtel
Coverage
20+ countries
Settlement
Real-time
Planned: Escrow Layer
Blockchain Infrastructure
The smart contract engine behind Zana's future escrow.
Zana has a deployed Soroban smart contract on the Stellar blockchain that can programmatically hold and release payments. Once in-app payments launch, Stellar will provide the settlement layer that makes trustless escrow possible — funds lock when a service is booked and release automatically when the work is confirmed done.
Network
Stellar Mainnet
Contract
Soroban / Rust
Settlement
Seconds
Mobile Money Networks
Will work with the networks you already use.
MTN Mobile Money
East and West Africa's largest mobile money network. Available in Uganda, Rwanda, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and more.
Coverage
Uganda · Rwanda · Ghana · Ivory Coast · Cameroon
M-Pesa
Africa's original mobile money platform. The gold standard for digital payments across East Africa.
Coverage
Kenya · Tanzania · DRC · Mozambique
Airtel Money
Pan-African mobile money reaching rural and urban users across 14 African markets.
Coverage
Nigeria · Uganda · Zambia · Madagascar
