This last Friday I found myself in South Africa and is wont to happen I struck a conversion with one of the Zimbabwean expats who live there. Naturally, these talks […]
Apparently, Econet’s network has been giving many people (not everyone but many people) a hard time since morning. This has naturally affected the processing of transactions on EcoCash. Affected customers […]
In 2014, EcoSure was launched replacing the disaster that was EcoLife and ever since it’s launch, EcoSure prices have not changed. Unfortunately owing to the changes in the economy EcoSure […]
You may be one of the few subscribers who woke up to find that their EcoCash mobile wallet was a dollar lighter after they had been registered for EcoSure without […]
Update: We have changed the WhatsApp number to 0717684274 Another one from your friendly neighborhood Techzim Marketplace. The scope of the marketplace has bee extended to Facebook and WhatsApp. To […]
Yesterday I woke up to this SMS message from EcoSure: Your initial premium payment of $1.00 failed. The premium should be paid by 29-Feb-20 to complete your EcoSure Lite registration […]
It seems EcoSure is going the extra step to make sure that when you pass away things are dealt with as a number of Econet subscribers have been randomly getting […]
So my colleague just got a call from a person who said they were calling from Econet. The conversation went like this: Econet Person (EP): Hello, my name is X […]
The Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has today launched a consultative process to come up with a framework for the regulation of value added services. They kicked […]
Who remembers Munyaradzi Gwisai? He was one of the founding members of the opposition political party, Movement for Democratic Change. Gwisai was elected to the legislature becoming one of the […]
Econet spin-off Cassava Smartech announced a new digital learning platform which offers education and learning resources for learners of all age groups – from primary school to post-graduate students. Akello Edutech […]
If you’re a OneMoney subscriber then you’ll probably want the free debit card that comes along with your subscription. It’s an extremely convenient way to transact and something that most […]
When Kwese closed their satellite TV we took a look at the products that Econet had launched and closed over the years. One of the services that we could not […]
So last week Econet told the Sheriff of the High Court to leave their premises peacefully as he was executing an Anton Piller order which had been granted by the […]
If for the past 48 hours or so you have been having trouble logging into the Yomix app then you are not alone. It would appear that Econet is having […]
There are several reasons why you may want to have your own website. You could be thinking of going into some form of e-commerce, selling stuff online or you may […]
Yesterday the High Court of Zimbabwe issued an order for the Sheriff of the High Court and lawyers of Dr Dish (PVT) LTD to search several premises where Econet Wireless […]
Arguably one of the most important sources of foreign currency has been remittances by those in the diaspora. When the economy tanked back in 2003, there was a surge in […]
Over the past few months, Econet has been aggressively moving into a number of different fields; health, transport, and media. The respective launches of Maisha (or Ada), Kwese iflix, Vaya […]
As we have mentioned in an early article, the government has finally abandoned the 1:1 ship. Bond notes, coins, Ecocash, Telecash and bank balances are now known as RTGS dollars. […]
So the new kid on the payments block is City Card, an NFC card that allows passengers to pay for their ride by taping the card against a tolling machine […]
You may be one of the subscribers that received a message from Vaya that read: Do you own a Tractor? Want to make money leasing out your excess capacity? Do […]
The idea is instead of spending money converting it from figures in your account to hard cash (2% tax + EcoCash Agent %) you could just preload the cash into […]
So we recently got an email from someone claiming that he had been the victim of a scam being run by BetMargin50. BetMargin50, as the name suggests, is a betting […]
Cassava SmarTech’s eCommerce subsidiary is hosting a pretty cool competition that will see 10 winners walk away with handsets as if they participate in Ownai’s Valentine’s promo. Fortunately, the news […]
So now that Ugesi Energy is official, you may have some burning questions that were not detailed in the announcements of the initiative. Here are some of the answers to […]
I have to start by stating that I am excited by FBC’s new MyDrive product. It’s a totally new value proposition in the Zimbabwean motor insurance market. The logic behind […]
Everyone wants a piece of the eCommerce cake and now one of the largest retailers in Zim, Spar, is joining in on the action too. After going through their webshop, […]
Have you ever wanted to leave your bag (or whatever you will be carrying) somewhere in town for a while and return later on to collect it? If you are […]