My complicated relationship with my network provider
My relationship with my network provider, Econet Wireless is rather complicated. Why complicated? Well there’s so much to be happy about when it comes to being an Econet subscriber. Then there’s the...
View ArticleUnboxing the value of the Telecash Gold Card
Yesterday Telecel Zimbabwe launched a debit card for their mobile money users called the TeleCash Gold Card.This product had been in the pipeline for a while now, with Telecel having given some...
View ArticleExclusive: Econet to introduce an EcoCash linked Mastercard card. Why this is...
Econet, we have been told by reliable sources, is finally going to launch a Mastercard card that’s linked to the EcoCash wallet. It took a long time but not too late and it’s definitely not little by...
View ArticleTelecel launches telecash promo to reward users
Telecel ZImbabwe kicked off its Transact and Win Promo today which will reward users of the telecash service with an assortment of prizes. Lucky subscribers stand to win cash ($500 prizes for 20...
View ArticleEconet set to compete on product value, not lower tariffs
Last week Econet Wireless held its annual general meeting which gave the company’s management an opportunity to address shareholders on issues related to revenue, profitability and the outlook for the...
View ArticleEconet secures $150 million for expansion
It has been reported that Econet Wireless Global has secured a $150 million financing facility to enable its expansion program. In an announcement from Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) the institution...
View ArticleExclusive: EcoCash CEO, Cuthbert Tembedza, leaving Econet Wireless
We’ve confirmed via a number of sources that current EcoCash CEO, Cuthbert Tembedza, is leaving Econet Wireless. Tembedza is leaving Econet after about a year & a half and after leading the mobile...
View ArticleWe’ve figured out payments, so what’s next for Zim e-commerce?
Last Saturday Paynow, a local e-payments integration service, hosted a developers’ day at the Hypercube Hub. The event was attended by several developers and designers with some of them eager to...
View ArticleEcoCash now in excess of 4 million users. How is the international remittance...
A press release sent out by WorldRemit yesterday says that the EcoCash mobile money service in Zimbabwe now has more than 4 million subscribers, a number just shy of the 50% of the Econet Wireless...
View ArticleTelecash zero-rates mobile money transfers
In a move that will definitely change the competition dynamics of local mobile money, telecash, the mobile money arm of Telecel has made it free to transfer money to a registered telecash...
View ArticleLatest Techzim Podcast: Ice Bucket Challenge, Kingdom CellCard, ZOL Startup...
In this podcast we discussed the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and the twist Zimbabweans have made to promote HIV-testing. We also touched on the termination of the Kingdom Cell Card. We briefly discussed...
View ArticleEcoCash online payments through MasterCard
Recently Ecocash introduced the EcoCash MasterCard Debit Card that undoubtedly was a game changer, allowing millions of ‘unbanked’ people the opportunity to have the convenience of making payments...
View ArticleHere’s our latest video: AfrAsia CellCard, EcoCash & WorldRemit, Ice Bucket...
In this podcast we discussed the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and the twist Zimbabweans have made to promote HIV-testing. We also touched on the termination of the Kingdom Cell Card. We briefly discussed...
View ArticleJive Zimbabwe launches online music platform..Again. Will they succeed?
You may have read an article in yesterday’s Sunday Mail (and last week’s NewsDay actually) about a new online music distribution site for Zimbabwean music called Jive Zimbabwe. They are here. This is...
View ArticleTelecel partners Mukuru to enable remittances to telecash
In a fulfillment of promises made a few months ago Telecel has, through a partnership with Mukuru, now enabled the remittances of diasporan funds straight into the mobile wallets of its mobile money...
View ArticlePodcast: Jive Zimbabwe, telecash,TelOne Ts &Cs & Twitter Analytics
Here’s this week’s edition of the podcast. We discussed the new online music platform, Jive Zimbabwe and its impact on the fight against piracy. We also touched on Telecel’s new arrangement with...
View Article“Just Swift It” campaign introduces e-commerce to Zim logistics
With online payments and e-commerce pretty much figured out thanks to various options like Paynow, Pay4App and vPayments, everyone who prefers “e-simplicity” is looking at how local merchants and...
View ArticleHand2Hand enables global (South Africa) credit card remittances to EcoCash...
You may have noticed increased visibility of a money remittance service called Hand2Hand. They are interesting in a couple of ways but mainly that they got access to what so far we thought was only...
View ArticleAfricalotto introduces online gambling to Zimbabwe
Hammer and Tongues Holdings, through its lottery gaming provider, Africalotto, has introduced mobile and online gambling to the Zimbabwean market with an Android application called The Africalotto...
View ArticleNettcash introduces brand ambassadors to grow agent network
Some months ago we wrote about Nettcash and their official launch in the Zimbabwean mobile money space. The independent service was applauded as a sign of healthy competition in a market dominated by...
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