WorldRemit, a leading online international money transfer company has seen a 20% increase in transactions sent to cash pick up locations in Zimbabwe in the first two weeks of October […]
Comexposed’s Converge conference this year was quite eventful (as expected) but one of the things that grabbed my attention was the 3D Animation in Zimbabwe talk By Pious Nyenyewa, an […]
Econet will be unbundling Cassava which was essentially the companies Fintech (financial technology) wing. This move will essentially make Cassava one of the biggest companies in Zimbabwe overnight as the […]
Card cloning has slowly become a phenomenon for most of 2018. The cyber-crimes are on a rise and because the public was never prepared to actually safeguard themselves criminals are […]
With the current dire economic situation, many Zimbabweans are being bankrolled by their friends and relatives in the diaspora to get by. Apart from the remittance, another way the diaspora […]
Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube came up with 8 exemptions to lighten the burden of the controversial 2% tax that was introduced during the monetary policy statement presentation. The following exemptions […]
Local startup Intelli Africa Solutions (IAS) is offering FREE Conversational Chat Bots to Zimbabwean Corporates, SMEs and Government Bodies. Intelli Africa Solutions has also enabled its automated bot (IntelliBot) to […]
New Zimbabwe Minister of Finance Professor Mthuli Ncube has embarked on a listening and consulting roadshow with stakeholders, starting with a private meeting with captains of industry. Today, he met […]
FBC is introducing a POS machine targeting SMEs, which makes them the third bank to have a similar device (CABS and Steward Bank debuted their own devices last year). We […]
Last week, Yoco raised R248 ($16.4) million in a round of investor funding for their POS solution targeting Small to Medium Enterprises. This is a significant amount for Series B […]
A few years back, I witnessed my uncle taking medication for his Tuberculosis, The pills were so many, I was disturbed. Long after my uncle was gone, as I was […]
Stanbic bank has effectively stopped the Swipe-into-EcoCash service until further notice. The service which enables bank customers to move their funds from their bank account into their Ecocash mobile phone […]
A lot of people have been asking us about means with which they can buy online. This article is for you. For all those who would like to make online […]
EcoSure recently secured a short-term insurers licence from the regulator of Zim’s insurance industry IPEC (Insurance and Pensions Commission). The licence was issued last week and Econet Insurance is not […]
Talk about stellar results. Yesterday, the Econet group released the financial results for the year ended 28 February 2018. We were impressed to find that profits after tax were up […]
Browsing through Econet’s Financial Results for the past year makes for an interesting read. You come across interesting developments that are not necessarily publicised and it may be very easy […]
Econet’s Financial Results for 2017 are out and it seems 2017 was a good year for them. Their Profit After Tax rose from $36.2m to $132.3 million; a quite-surprising growth […]
So remember the I7S earbuds from Cafago we featured last week? Well now you can get them for a jaw dropping $11.99 instead of the previously mentioned $19. That is […]
An Econet customer was defrauded $3346 from his Steward Bank and CBZ bank accounts after an Econet agent replaced the customer’s sim without his knowledge and permission. The Econet agent […]
The uptake of Point of Sale machines has exceeded the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s expectations because of a 20 percent increase of POS devices in circulation. POS machines increased from […]
In Shona there is a famous proverb: Kudzidza hakuperi. While it is often translated as “Learning never stops”, which is a statement, I often think of it as more of an imperative: […]
Have you ever waited for 2 weeks to hear a response of whether your loan application has been approved or declined? Only for the application to be declined. That sucks, […]
There is a claim out there that about 2 in 3 people secretly yearn to own and run their own business. The best way I know to start your own […]
According to the Herald, a survey conducted across some major supermarkets in Harare revealed that customers are having trouble with the ‘swipe into EcoCash’ service. An unnamed Pick n’ Pay official also […]
Startupbootcamp Cape Town has confirmed it’s hosting a Fasttrack in Harare on the 28th of February. Startupbootcamp Cape Town is a leading accelerator focused on startups in blockchain, supply chain, […]
In September last year I went to Botswana with some colleagues. We went via road. We did not have any cash on us except some hard currency we would use […]
I still remember the first time I tried to learn programming. I was a University accounting student with a passion for everything ICT and I had finally decided to learn […]
Recently, I got a tip from a Standard Chartered Bank user who pointed out that Swipe Into EcoCash was not working for them and actually hadn’t been for a while. […]
So, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe in collaboration with TiB Insurance Brokers and Steward Bank recently introduced a car insurance product, iDriveSure – another insurance service by Econet after EcoSure, the funeral […]