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Powertel refutes insolvency, points to strong cashflow & unique advantages
Powertel is saying that it’s not insolvent. In a press release, it is highlighting its significant growth over a period of more than 15 years, referencing investments in telecoms infrastructure, voice services, internet and prepaid electricity aggregation where most of its cashflow seems to be coming from.
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Nettcash continues on the offensive with introduction of DStv payments
In a bid to catch up with competition and lock steady revenue streams, Nettcash has unveiled the DStv payments facility through its mobile app which was recently launched and made available for download on Google Play.
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Nettcash cries foul over mobile money agents, accuses other operators of nudging them out
Nettcash has complained that other mobile money operators are muscling Nettcash out of the agency network and going to the extent of taking over some agents and stripping their signage from the kiosks and premises.
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Our problem is we don’t stand together. We don’t speak together
As a people we don’t seem to see far enough to realise what is hurting the competition now (or just someone we don’t care about) will surely hurt us too eventually. We laugh that classifieds.co.zw is getting hit Econet and Stive while forgetting the same net-neutrality unfairness on us when they smell the blood.
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These are the winners at Zimbabwe’s Mobile & Digital Payments Awards
A whole day of discussions around digital and mobile payments that brought together banks and mobile network operators, was concluded with the Awards Ceremony that recognised the best performing companies and products.
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Econet still uninterested in interoperability (updated)
It seems Econet, banking on its market share and business interests, is still unwilling to enable interoperability in some aspects of their services, particularly hand to hand wallet to wallet interfacing. This is unlike the competitors OneWallet, Telecash and Nettcash.
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Econet’s EcoSure introduces burial society package
Econet has launched the EcoSure Burial Society. It’s a funeral package that facilitates group contributions for funeral policies. EcoSure is riding on the old concept of burial societies where groups of friends, relatives, church members or workmates contribute towards a fund that will assist each member in the event of a funeral.
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tengai.co.zw goes live, offers free signups & free browsing for Econet subscribers
Zimbabwe’s new online classifieds platform, tengai.co.zw has finally gone live. It offers the standard functionality of online classified platforms and users can post listings, for free, in any of the 12 different categories that include mobile and electronics, vehicles, property, jobs and services.
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Mambo Press goes online with virtual shop but…
Mambo has adapted to the power of the internet to move volumes on their publication by launching a virtual shop online via pazimba.com. This is a noble move, but they definitely need to do more if they are to upset and guard against piracy.
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Online funeral coordination platform Funeral.ly launched
funeral.ly is a Zimbabwean online event management platform that allows one to manage a funeral it was recently launched online. It capitalises on the internet to provide a centralized method for disseminating information and coordinating funerals among family members, friends and colleagues
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Nettcash has something new lined up, what else should the money service fix?
Nettcash, the mobile money service, is set to launch a new product that will enhance its list of services and improve its current platform. We are not sure what the new product is, but there are some aspects of its current offering that it should consider improving on.
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What can we expect at Zimbabwe’s 1st Mobile Money & Digital Payments Awards?
The Mobile Money and Digital Payments Conference, an awards ceremony that seeks to recognise and honour outstanding performance and innovation in mobile money and digital payments will be held on the 27th of July in Harare
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Telecash remains defiant in the face of competition
Telecash may have faced a seasonal drawback in the Telecel versus government tiff early this year but they look set to grow stronger with the right formula. Recording 1 million subscribers from launch last year in January, they can easily reach the same user ratios as Ecocash.
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Liquid Telecom assures its staff that unlike Econet, it’s not cutting salaries
Liquid Telecom management has assured its staff that contrary to reports in the media, it will not be reducing the salaries of its staff as is happening at its sister company Econet Wireless Zimbabwe. Liquid Telecom has emphasized its independence in operation, citing reasons such as prudent spending and cost management as reasons for surviving…
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Econet reduces salaries; shows how tough the Zim telecoms environment is
Econet has reduced the salaries of its entire staff by 35%. This has been attributed to a lot of challenges in the local business environment, and the other complications in Zimbabwean telecoms. The operator will have to do a lot to improve its performance and beat all of this.
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What’s the latest on Zimbabwean e-commerce? Check out these 12 e-platforms
If you thought we don’t have any attempts at online trading and commerce in Zimbabwe, think again. Take a look at these 12 platforms that have been around for a while. Some very big companies like Food World have setup online shops with a variety of payments options you could find anywhere across the world.
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Whatever happened to Astro Payit anyway?
The Astro brand is constantly aiming to define its name when it comes to local innovation. The team there has conceptualised some cutting edge solutions in tech, but sadly others have failed to go market. Hre’a a look at Payit and possible reasons it failed.
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Econet Services launches Dial-a-Mudhumeni under the EcoFarmer brand
Econet’s EcoFarmer VAS service has introduced a new platform called Dial-a-Mudhumeni. This offers information from agricultural experts via phone. By dialing 144, farmers can get help on livestock, tobacco and agricultural market information. the service costs 30 cents a minute.