Fintech’s have been a huge deal on the African continent as they try to solve problems such as financial inclusion. In the last 12-18 month’s investment in fintech’s on the […]
Shumba Money is a local fintech company that’s looking for a Bureau De Change Officer who will work Harare. Job Description • Handling all foreign exchange transactions, cash, cheques, and […]
Last year saw increased investment by local and international investors in African Fintech ventures with a total of $284.6 million invested in 2018, making Fintech the most invested sector. Levelling […]
Payitup is a payments startup in Zimbabwe that seeks to aggregate various payments services on a web and mobile application. They are still not sharing much around the specific services […]
Cellulant, a leading digital payments provider that reaches 40 million people across 11 African countries has been named among the Top 50 emerging Fintech companies in the world in this […]
Web Designer, Developer and Android Developer its time to get your curriculum vitaes in order to apply for jobs at Shumba Money. Shumba Money is a local fintech company that […]
Pan African bank, Ecobank has just called startups with Fintech solutions to apply for the Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2018. The competition is in its second year and last year over […]
If you’re in need of some financial services or just wondering how many fintech companies are operating in Zimbabwe, here is a list of them. Please let us know if […]
The South African fintech startup that slashed the costs for Zimbabweans living in SA to send money home when it launched two years ago has expanded its money transfer service […]
If you’re in Zimbabwe you know how crazy the past several months have been financially. Essentially, not enough cash to withdraw from the banks; A new currency called Bond Notes […]
One of Africa’s regional fintech startups, Zoona, announced that it has raised US$15 million in a new round of funding.
Zimbawbean financial services concern FBC Holdings has increased POS terminals in the market and plans continued fintech investment in the wake of the country’s cash crisis.
Banks are going to have a ‘Uber’ moment said Anthony Jenkins after leaving Barclays as CEO in 2015. Jenkins’ message is an instructive characterization of the rise of fintechs which […]
The Zimswitch Payments Conference 2024, with its theme ‘Thriving and Shaping the Future in an Era of Continuous Change,’ brought together key players in the financial and tech industries to […]
Zimswitch is set to host its annual payment conference next week, from the 21st to the 24th of July. The Zimswitch Payments Conference, as it is simply called, is all […]
As Zimswitch celebrates 30 years in business, let us let them tell us about their journey so far: Zimswitch, a company founded in 1994 has over the years registered exponential growth […]
I was reading around and came across an interesting report by TM Forum titled – Telco revenue growth: time for operators to place new bets. It is quite an interesting […]
ZB Financial Holdings unveiled their Innovation Hub today. I know, I know, you hear Innovation Hub and you think ‘co-working space in fancy dress’ but ZB does seem to have […]
We’re almost there good people, John Panonetsa Mangudya’s tenure as governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is almost up. Mangudya is set to leave his post at the end […]
It has been five years since EcoCash was spun off to be its own company, complete with a separate stock exchange listing. It was spun off but control remained with […]
Serious question here – how come Zimbabwean startups do not pull in as much funding as their African counterparts? Is that even a fair question to ask? Let’s talk about […]
Here is the situation Zimbabwe finds itself in – it just cannot find ways to generate revenue. The only way the government makes anything is by extorting it out of […]
Earlier this year we talked about Jamboo, a digital bank that wants to target the underserved African diaspora. They want to offer basic banking services and also allow diasporans to […]
In 2022, we interviewed a local startup aiming to provide mortgages to individuals in the informal sector. Recently, we reconnected with them to inquire about their progress and current endeavours. […]
As someone who has lived in Zimbabwe my whole life, I am not fully aware of the needs of the African diaspora living in the UK and Europe. So, when […]
The Zim Developers Community is calling on speakers who are interested in sharing their knowledge at a conference to be held later in the year. ZimDevs hosted a, dare I say, […]
Earlier this year Google opened applications for this 2023’s Black Founders Cohort. We talked about it here. Google for Startups Black Founders Fund exists to help black founders get funding. […]
The Postal & Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) in cooperation with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is currently developing the Digital Innovation Profile (DIP) for Zimbabwe. That’s likely gibberish […]
Recently, Old Mutual Zimbabwe launched a fintech business, Old Mutual Digital Services. On the evening of 23 May 2023, this new business launched its flagship product and brand, O’mari (pronounced […]