We discussed that Econet’s recent outage was caused by multiple power failures at their network operations centre. Here is their full statement on what happened. We sincerely regret the challenges […]
We have watched as Econet has gone from mostly reliable to what they are today. I think we can all agree that Econet’s service quality has been tanking for some […]
When we discussed Old Mutual joining the domestic USD remittance race, someone called it the ‘fintech and remittance gold rush.’ It really is a gold rush. Today, we are talking […]
You probably have spent most of the day toggling your phone’s airplane mode or restarting it to get it to work. Well, you are not alone. Econet is facing some […]
The collapse of the Zimdollar has led to some interesting phenomena in Zimbabwe. The population prefers the US dollar but cannot bring themselves to bank said USD. This means when […]
It appears fintech is where it’s at these days. It makes sense, the smartphone really changed the game, allowing millions billions to access the internet. Financial institutions had to adapt […]
InnBucks remains one of the most compelling fintech products to come out of Zimbabwe in the past few years, maybe ever. They have a large branch network and those branches […]
At its core, banking is the same across the world. What started as a gold custodian service evolved into what it is today. The core may be similar across the […]
We have written about FlexID a number of times here on Techzim. The Zimbabwean-founded blockchain startup is working on a Self Sovereign Identity (SSID) platform. For the geek, it is […]
You may have seen the video by now. You know the one where City Parking officials (or hired workers in City Council work suits) get into a fight with people […]
Zimbabwe has steadily been dollarising. Now, dollarisation came with the disuse of electronic channels. That’s because of the mistrust that the general population has for official banking channels. We cannot […]
There have been numerous reports of Econet’s Data services missing in action in a majority of the parts of the country. Econet has not issued a statement yet but its […]
ZUPCO made a comeback in 2019 and it came in with a bang. A new fleet of buses and some of the lowest fares on the market. Also with the […]
It is funny how often we, ordinary people, can clearly see the downsides to some of the decisions our highly educated leaders make. Some of the decisions they make are […]
You are looking for a USSD code for something and you can’t quite remember what it is? You are confused about which one is for checking your balance and which […]
The one thing that really grinds my gears, and I imagine yours too, in Zimbabwe is the nonchalance with which you will be told, ‘the system is down.’ Usually, there […]
Back when Uhuru Innovative Solutions first announced its WhatsApp Wallet there were a few concerns. No one could argue against the idea – remittances via the already popular WhatsApp platform. […]
Zimswitch has announced new limits for person-to-person transactions. This limit is now ZW$150 000 per transaction up from ZW$100 000 with the monthly limit now set at ZW$600 000. These […]
What no one can dispute is that Africa is underdeveloped. Zimbabwe, for example, needs US$40 billion for infrastructure development currently and has a tiny fraction of that on hand. Where […]
Zimbabwe is just a place that poses its own unique set of challenges especially when it comes to payments. We are either barred from using certain platforms because of sanctions […]
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority released the sector report for Q2 2022. No one living in Zimbabwe will be surprised that even the large companies in this sector are […]
Do you remember the old days where the set of people you would ever know were those geographically close to you? Yes, you could have pen pals from across the […]
I wish insurance and pension talk was as fun as MK11 tournaments are. It may not be fun but we still have to have the conversation. Over 60% of Zimbabwe’s […]
One of the main innovations that made the smartphone what it is today is the app store. With that move phones were no longer limited in functionality to what the […]
Econet made a bit of a quiet rollout of their eSim service and Econet being Econet they are the first to bring this tech to Zimbabwe. And as it is […]
There is no shortage of domestic remittance options in Zimbabwe. By remittance we are of course talking about the transfer of USD within Zimbabwe. Every one wants in on this […]
It’s hard out here. We could all do with every deal we can get and Access Forex is offering a sweet one right now. They are running a promotion where […]
For the longest time, the more up-to-date members of the Techzim community have been asking when we will get VoLTE and eSims. Well, we can still keep wishing for the […]
You have money in EcoCash or OneMoney and you want to pay for your Telone Account? Enter your Telone account number, the amount to pay for and your EcoCash number […]
You have heard the news, you can now pay straight from your OneMoney mobile money wallet via Point of Sale. This means wherever you find a POS machine you don’t […]