Entries are now open for the fourth annual AppsAfrica Innovation Awards which celebrate the best in mobile and tech from across Africa, showcasing the continent’s most innovative ventures. The awards provide winners with industry […]
Senditoo allows Zimbos in the diaspora to send airtime to their friends or relatives back home. In the first three months of 2017, over 5000 top-ups averaging $10 were sent […]
Zimbabwe’s largest mobile money services provider, Ecocash has set its site on the sub dollar economy. They have now scrapped off transaction fees for all below dollar transactions when paying […]
As digital transformation continues to shift the way we think, live and do business, Fintech in Africa remains one of the fastest growing and innovating industries, capturing the imagination of […]
Zimbabwe’s most popular cryptocurrency exchange had an eventful month in May. From planning their ICO to having to contend with the RBZs ban of Crypto and then dealing with customers […]
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 […]
Econet revenues increased to $831,6 million for the year ended February 2018. This reflected an increase of ($209.9 million) 34% relative to the last comparable period. The increase was propped […]
Cryptocurrencies are quite confusing, to be honest. It seems very few people fully understand cryptos and those who do are usually unable to fully explain how the digital currencies work […]
Coming off the RBZ’s recent directive instructing financial institutions to refrain from dealing with Cryptos, Golix, Zimbabwe’s first and biggest cryptocurrency exchange is soldiering on and has announced that they have […]
Some years ago I founded an EdTech (educational technology) startup. We had solutions for primary and secondary schools. The solution may have been not so good or maybe it was […]
Disrupt Africa released the Agrinnovating for Africa: Exploring the African Agri-Tech Startup Ecosystem Report 2018 and now they have released a press release detailing how the Agri-Tech space has been going […]
Liquid Telecoms has introduced the LiquidNEXT program which will aim to support startups and developers. The program is also in partnership with Innovation Village Kampala, a Launchpad accelerator. The money […]
Dealmatrix, an Austrian web platform that specialises in scouting, matching and workflow management for the venture system, has invited startups from all over the world to apply for the Global […]
Poor and expensive products are making Zimbabwe uncompetitive on the international markets and as a result, foreign currency generation capability has dwindled. However, Zimbabwe has been overly reliant on tobacco […]
South-Asia’s largest Blockchain conference – World Satoshi Summit on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, issued a statement stating that it has successfully inked a strategic partnership with NASSCOM, the apex body […]
Image credit – travelandleisure.com This year will mark the 3rd edition of Africa Tech Summit London. The Africa Tech Summit is a convention aimed at bringing together great companies and […]
Mobile money transfer is now the preferred medium to conduct transactions amid cash shortages. The benefits that are afforded by using mobile money transfers platforms are now being weighed against […]
Visa is bringing the Everywhere Initiative, to the region of Sub Saharan Africa. The program is meant to support innovative startups that can offer business solutions that fit into Visa’s ecosystem of […]
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, […]
What business are we into? This is an important question every business should keep asking themselves and in answering it they should not assume the easy, lazy and obvious. That […]