[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 […]
On the back of Standard Chartered launching their fully digital banking app – SC Mobile- in Zimbabwe, we sat down with the bank’s Country Head for Retail Banking Valeta Mthimkhulu […]
Econet recently announced they would be revising the prices of their data bundles and true to their tune, they have done so. The new data bundles are more expensive than […]
Lance Mambondiani is one of the most recognizable senior executives within the Zimbabwean banking sector. This is primarily due to his just ended tenure as CEO of Steward Bank. In […]
Last year, we talked about Kurima Mari – a mobile application developed by Welthungerlife that allows farmers to access information and contacts needed to increase production. Judging by the 1000+ […]
The Zimbabwean government isn’t consistent about many issues, but one of the few things they are consistent about is their ability to create websites that malfunction. The online application portal […]
The power crisis that has gripped the country since May has disrupted service provision and business with devastating effect. The ICT sector is no different, and we’ve seen telecommunications service […]
It’s now over a year since cryptocurrency trading platforms, Golix and Styx24 were humbled by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). Golix and Styx24 deadly fate came as a result […]
WhatsApp first released a web version of its popular messaging app back in 2015. But to use it, one needs to have their phone connected to the Internet. As most […]
Cassava Fintech International, the Econet Global owned company is launching a chat app targeted at the African continent next week. We first talked about the app, Sasai several weeks ago […]
Following the massive blackout of services across their network today, Econet has sent out an apology to some of their subscribers. The message sent out by Econet says: We apologise […]
Zimbabwe’s dominant mobile network operator, Econet had a complete blackout today. Subscribers could not make or receive calls, send or receive SMS, access internet services and most importantly, could not […]
Econet has acknowledged the network challenges being faced by consumers since the early hours of today. In a statement issued by the organisation, it seems there is a fault with […]
The Econet Network is facing a catastrophic system failure that has seen a majority of it’s services completely unavailable. So far confirmed services that are down are as follows. Data/Internet […]
Facebook’s WhatsApp Pay seems to have finally crossed regulatory hurdles that were delaying the launch of the service. The service was in beta since early 2018 and it was opened […]
Despite Netone losing out subscribers in the first quarter of this year, OneMoney made a big stride in terms of gaining faithful users. From January to March this year, OneMoney’s […]
NetOne has been trying to incentivise use of their OneMoney platform and their One Top-Up service seems like a pretty good way to do so. One Top-Up gives a 10% […]
NetOne’s Managing Director for the network operators Mobile Financial Services has reportedly resigned. This comes as a surprise as Nkosinathi Ncube was appointed to his role alongside CEO Lazarus Muchenje, […]
Well it didn’t happen as we all desired at the continental soccer stage, perhaps there is some chance for Zimbabwe at the world stage in netball. The national netball team, […]