Zipcash money transfer service expanding into West Africa
Zimpost’s money transfer services, Zipcash, which was launched in October last year, will be setting up operations in West Africa with arrangements in Nigeria being finalised. This was mentioned by...
View ArticleTelecash agents and merchants total increases to over 3000
Telecel has just announced that its mobile money service Telecash has increased the number of its agents and merchants to more than 3000. This is close to double the number of agents that they had when...
View ArticleDeveloper creates EcoCash app for earlier Android versions
A couple of months ago Econet Wireless launched an Android app for their EcoCash mobile money service. This release came in the heels of another local developer’s attempts at solving the tedious USSD...
View ArticleTel One phone bills payable through Telecash bill option
Today Telecel announced the introduction of a Tel One bill payment facility through Telecash. This new service is meant to enhance the appeal of the mobile money service, which since its introduction...
View ArticleA comparison Zimbabwean mobile money tariffs
The local mobile money transfer market has been going through a number of changes with three players joining the fray in the past year. With such a field the most common area of competitive...
View ArticleEconet partners WorldRemit to enable diaspora remittances to EcoCash wallets
Econet Wireless Services and WorldRemit today launched a new international remittance service to enable anyone around the world to transfer money to an EcoCash wallet in Zimbabwe. Using the service,...
View ArticleEcoCash Diaspora: Here are the countries you can remit money from
As you may know, two days ago Econet and WorldRemit announced the launch of a service that allows people outside Zimbabwe to remit money into Zimbabwe directly into EcoCash mobile money wallets. When...
View ArticleThe EcoCash official mobile money API is live. But only for some developers
The issue of the EcoCash API has been elusive. First it was a rumour last year. EcoCash itself denied it officially, but those inside told us the company was indeed working on something, or at least...
View ArticleAn EcoCash parallel market for cross border remittances emerges in Botswana
Last week, Econet launched EcoCash Diaspora, basically a means for Zimbabweans outside the country – and there are millions upon millions out there – to remit money back home to relatives. But EcoCash...
View ArticleThree reasons why PayPal won’t work in Zimbabwe
As Zimbabweans we have been a deprived lot. If it is not one nation introducing Visas so that we can’t visit them, then it is another banning the use of our ETDs (Emergency Travel Documents) when going...
View ArticleThe Kombi ban, if it goes through, is an opportunity for mobile money operators
When Econet introduced the option for people to use the EcoCash mobile money to pay for their kombi (name for minibus in Zimbabwe) fares, the unanswered question was if the service would penetrate the...
View ArticleWhat does it take to get a USSD code for your brilliant VAS service?
For every tech entrepreneur angling for the mobile market in ZImbabwe or Africa one option that always presents itself as being lucrative is that of VAS services development. We all want a chance to...
View ArticleTelecel partners ZimSwitch for TeleCash Gold Card. Introduces POS & ATM cashouts
When TeleCash launched back in January this year the company spoke of a Telecash debit card. Spoke way too early actually as the “card” or its concept wasn’t visible except in the press releases....
View ArticleLatest Techzim Podcast: ZESA loadshedding,
In this episode of the Techzim Podcast that recorded earlier this week we discussed In the power load-shedding by ZESA and how it affects startups, the new EcoCash Diaspora product they have partner...
View ArticleFinally, NetOne’s OneWallet mobile money subscriber stats. It’s 200,000 active
It’s been a struggle getting NetOne to give the statistics of the users of its mobile money service, OneWallet. That the service hasn’t been a runaway success has of course never been secret. NetOne...
View ArticleThe Netone-ZESA marriage- Pride goeth before a fall
A must-be-gleeful NetOne was granted an unexpected boost ahead of its competitors in the ZESA prepaid electricity retailing facility. They are the only MNO awarded the opportunity to sell prepaid...
View ArticleOpen mobile money ecosystems – inevitable but not urgent for African operators
I had the had the thrilling and awesome privilege to chair the second day of the 7th edition of the Mobile Money and Digital Payments Africa 2014, in Johannesburg at the end of May. Different...
View ArticleTelecel reclaims “second biggest MNO” tag with strong subscriber numbers
Yesterday mobile network operator Telecel Zimbabwe gave oral evidence to a Parliamentary committee on Communication, Technology, Postal and Courier Services. According to a report in the Herald the...
View ArticleTelecash’s 600,000 subscribers means its growing almost as fast as EcoCash did
A few days ago, Telecel’s General Manager, Angeline Vere disclosed that the company’s mobile money service that was launched 5 months ago, Telecash, now has 600,000 registered subscribers. This is an...
View ArticleUse OneWallet through TelOne agents and win a T-Shirt!
Don’t just tell someone, tell EVERYONE! NetOne is making moves to broaden the reach of its mobile money service. According to a newly flighted advert TelOne is now a OneWallet money agent with 34...
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