Secretary for Information, Nick Mangwana issued a statement concerning remarks by former legislator and Economist, Eddie Cross about the introduction of a new currency next month. In the statement, government […]
Zimbabwe’s second largest mobile money platform by subscriber numbers, OneMoney has been on a growth path. The service which is operated by NetOne is gaining some good traction. In the […]
Renowned Economist, Eddie Cross revealed that Zimbabwe is going to have a new currency next month. Mr Cross revealed this as he was urging the government to increase money supply […]
Our prediction that the irrational ban on cash-in and cash-out for mobile transactions would make things worse has just been confirmed. The price of cash on the streets has just […]
Telecel recently increased its tarrifs on social media and data bundle and it didn’t stop there. On Sunday, it went on to increase it’s prices for Megaboost bundles, which you […]
Kutsvaga kweashaya, kutsvaga uta nemugate. That’s a Shona proverb which translates to “The frantic search of someone who has lost something and has no hope of finding it, s/he will […]
According to ZBC, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has reportedly issued a directive instructing EcoCash and other mobile money providers to stop facilitating cash-in and cash-out transactions. BREAKING: The @ReserveBankZIM […]
Lazarus Muchenje -NetOne’s CEO- recently sat down with Trevor Ncube and gave a pretty insightful interview touching on many aspects of telecommunications, and mobile money. Speaking of mobile money the […]
Electric Car news for 2 days in a row! Blame it on the almost non-existent fuel supply and stratospheric fuel prices that’s cultivating the idea of alternatives to these scarce […]
Standard Chartered Bank did something no other local bank has done before. They released a fully digital banking application that takes a lot of functions outside of the physical bank […]
ZUPCO is promoting a cashless society through encouraging it’s customers to use tap cards for paying their fares instead of cash. A tap card is card that one can use […]
I’ve wanted to share more about my experience at Techzim for the longest time but always seemed to be too busy experiencing and not spending time documenting. Happy to finally […]
With NetOne giving subscribers the option to switch off out of bundle browsing (though it was 3 years overdue) it instantly hit me that even Econet stands to learn something […]
Yesterday we talked about a WhatsApp service you can use as a business directory. Well, today, we’ve come back with yet another WhatsApp based service called Mobié that allows you […]
Barely 3 weeks ago we wrote about ZB Bank promising to launch a WhatsApp banking platform. Well, now it has finally launched it. https://twitter.com/ZB_Bank/status/1169522728954736645?s=09 Send “Hi” to ZB Bank’s WhatsApp […]
Since April this year, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has licensed at least 20 other Bureau de Changes and as the central bank puts it “members of the public are […]
Netone has just repacked it’s popular Khuluma 24/7 Bundles. Before today, Netone offered 4 kinds of Khuluma bundles but now it offers 3. Check out what you now pay and […]
It’s official, Bureau De Changes are latest profit centres for Mobile Network Operators (MNO). Why? Netone is the newest MNO to launch a Bureau De Change service after Econet did […]
[Image Source: FUN website] We’ve talked about F*ckup Nights (FUN) Harare before and the event is back yet again, this Friday. Fuckup Nights (FUN) Harare is part of a global […]
As you soon as you unbox your phone or get your phone from a Ximex guy, you are well-advised to download the following apps. Mobile money apps (EcoCash, Netone and […]
Yesterday Cassava Smartech’s EcoCash launched a digital Bureau de Change. The recently launched Sasai application is also playing in that space, they have announced a diaspora remittance service today. Sasai […]
Steward Bank’s iSave page contains some false information. The page suggests that if you open an iSave account there will be “no monthly fees”. Whilst this may have been true […]
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says that it’s troubled by agents selling cash (through charging higher charges) and its working on a solution to curb this practice. According to […]
It’s pretty strange that Elevate decided that their next FIFA 19 eSports Tournament should be held at the Zimbabwe Agricultural show but we still welcome the announcement with open arms. […]
“WhatsApp is the internet of Zimbabwe”, we have said this a thousand times here on Techzim. Companies which come up with a solution/service/product that have a WhatsApp touchpoint have a […]
The increased use of plastic money (debit and credit cards) driven by the current cash challenges has propelled the volume of transactions processed through Point of Sale devices (POS) to […]