The Reserve Bank this afternoon issued a statement that made Zimswitch the national payment switch. This means that EcoCash will be relegated to just being wallet and will have to […]
Econet seems to have worked out all the issues they were experiencing. Last night there was a nationwide blackout of voice and data services. Econet had last night said that […]
Times are hard in Zimbabwe and people are trying to hustle by any means necessary. The gullible shall be taken advantage of by the sly and cunning. Zimbabweans have become […]
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has seen the introduction of restrictions in movement, gatherings, introduction of quarantines and closures of educational establishments among other measures implemented to contain the virus in […]
It’s a normal day for an Econet subscriber, you get ten plus promotional text messages about the fifty services under the Econet/Cassava umbrella. Just like how the text messages from […]
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) and mobile money platforms were the targets of the Ministry of Information’s ire on Friday night with the baffling announcement of a ban on both platforms. […]
NetOne and MyCash have followed up Econet’s response to the announcement made by Information Secretary Nick Mangwana last night. NetOne Dear Valued Customer, We would like to advise that OneMoney […]
Police stations across the country will now make use of POS machines that will be used for admission of guilt fines – a move that the ZRP believes will reduced […]
With recent news of Government’s attempt to ban EcoCash and all mobile money platforms, I got to thinking. How many times has the government and financial authorities shifted the goalposts […]
It’s clear working from home is going to be a thing and the question now is which service provider do you go for with the best service. Best is not […]
A month ago, ZIMBOCASH (ZASH) listed their cryptocurrency on Bithumb Global. In our article on the listing, one of the questions we raised was where people getting the crypto would […]
Zimbabwe is a curious country and sadly mostly for wrong reasons especially on the economic front. Things are so complex that there is almost a need for a manual to […]
Well the government re-introduced the interbank foreign currency market early last year. The biggest problem with the market was that it was not a free market but it was influenced […]
Minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor, John Mangudya keep insisting that Zimbabwe has de-dollarised and they get emotional (almost) when anyone suggests that we have […]
Another day another interesting regulatory measure by the Financial Intelligence Unit ( by extension the RBZ). This time the target being money changers operating on WhatsApp groups. Here’s the FIUs […]
Dr Dish – remember them- recently got a verdict on their attempt to raid Econet’s premises to present as evidence in a dispute between the two company. This dispute has […]
The latest POTRAZ report is out and OneMoney grew exponentially in the first quarter of 2020. 18.4% growth means NetOne’s mobile money service now has 555 225 subscribers. This time […]
For almost half a decade, the Telecoms Sector Report by POTRAZ has reflected poorly on Telecel’s performance. The report for the first quarter of 2020 is out and you guessed […]
The Pioneers of the Internet may have had early imaginings of what their contributions would do to change global communication. They couldn’t however have imagined the scope and scale their […]
Zimbabwe’s central bank has made it hard for me to write of them in any positive light in a very long time. In recent weeks they have issued unilateral decisions […]
A number of people have been running into challenges trying to buy electricity tokens this morning and last night. It seems the challenge is on ZEDTCs part as Paynow have […]
It’s been a scandalous month for the Reserve Bank and mobile money service providers with EcoCash at the centre of the Central Bank’s dart board. Background… The economy has been […]
The Zimbabwe ministry of finance and central bank have been promising more bank notes for some time now. Currently the only notes in circulation (besides the sometimes legal, sometimes illegal […]
Some 10 years ago I wrote an opinion article in the Banks & Banking Survey (The Independent) titled ‘The case for a transparent, inter-operable and viral retail payment network‘. The […]
There’s been a lot of talk about the new law which will force mobile money interoperability but maybe more important is the fact that the government has revealed that it […]
VAYA Express, through VAYA Express Medical Deliveries, is now offering free delivery of medical supplies to assist Zimbabweans in need of critical medicines and drugs during the restrictions imposed due […]
Telecel rarely makes the news cycle for positive reasons these days and today is no different. It’s being reported that some of Telecel’s workforce got their salaries cut to just […]
If you were looking for cheap mobile data in Zimbabwe, where would you go? Are you sure your current data provider of choice is the very best or is it […]