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 […]
One of the great things about the internet is how it gives ordinary, not-connected and not-rich individuals like us access to customers for our home businesses and side hustles. Now, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
825, an Old Mutual subsidiary is running an incubator under the theme Value Creation Challenge and applications are open for entrepreneurs and startups. The deadline for applications is on the […]
Image Credit: Google for Startups I’m not normally a fan of any discrimination even when it benefits historically disadvantaged groups. However, after years of talking to black startup founders in […]
Remember a time when a number of cryptocurrency startups in Zimbabwe were banished from existence? And it was by the RBZ. Okay to be fair some of them were not […]
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. […]
There are bands that have names like Afrika Revenge, U2 etc. Then there are bands that go with the lead singer’s name e.g. Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited. This […]
We are spending more of our lives online than ever before. Working, socializing, gaming, entertainment all happens online now. The pandemic accelerated this switch and we find ourselves uncomfortable being […]
Value preservation is the name of the game if you want to exist in Zimbabwe. With the local currency being a meme coin at this point, losing value faster than […]
If you’re an urban dwelling millennial like most of our readers are, chances are you don’t own a house. This is a global phenomenon, millennials are poorer than the generation […]
The team over at Tech Hub Harare has announced that it will be hosting a webinar that will be attended by the Angel Investors Network of Zimbabwe this Wednesday starting […]