Is It A Good Thing That Econet Is Splitting Into Two?
This week we finally had a look at the Econet circular which contains details of the impending split of the company into two distinct entities: Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Limited and Cassava SmarTech...
View ArticleZimbabwe’s Salary Service Bureau (SSB) For Civil Servants Now Supports...
Ever since the cash crisis began Ecocash has become the de facto currency. Most sellers especially in the informal sector accept it because all you need is a phone. My local tuckshop doesn’t even have...
View ArticleThe Econet Group Were The Biggest Winners At The AfricaCom Awards
Below is the press release from AfricaCom: Announcing the 2018 AfricaCom Awards winners London, 15 November 2018 –The AfricaCom Awards show, supported by Founding Awards Sponsor, PCCW Global, was a...
View ArticleMeet Fresh In A Box, A Start-up That’s Winning The Hearts Of Many With Its...
When I start to talk about home delivery, immediately, pizza or fast food rings a bell. But a certain start-up is delivering (home delivery) a different type of food, with fewer calories too, to homes....
View ArticleDStv Dismisses A Facebook Page That Allows Online Ecocash Payments As “Scam”
DStv has dismissed a Facebook page that claims to make online DStv subscriptions using EcoCash. DStv Customer Alert! It has come to our attention that a scam has surfaced on Facebook under a page...
View ArticleEcoCash Launches The ‘EcoCash Foreign Currency Wallet’ That Allows You To...
When your relatives want to send you money from the UK through EcoCash dont be in fear anymore that you will receive (get) the money as Bonds notes or local currency RTGS balances here. Because EcoCash...
View ArticleEconet Going Ahead With Cassava Smartech Demerger After Getting Unanimous...
Econet is going ahead with the demerger of Cassava Smartech after getting (Econet) a unanimous shareholders approval at the Extraordinary General Meeting. Cassava Smartech which is meant to provide...
View ArticleOneMoney Now Offers Payroll Services: You Can Now Receive Your Salary...
Netone silently introduced payroll services on its mobile money platform, One Money this recent Sunday. The introduction of the payroll service means employees can now receive their salaries straight...
View Article[Breaking] You Can Now Open A Steward Bank Account From Your Phone
It’s year-end, and though most companies would be having their calendar fizzle out as people are going into holiday-mode, it seems Steward Bank isn’t taking their foot off the necks of their...
View ArticleEcoCash and Steward Bank Now Offering Collateral-Free Loans From Your Phone....
Cassava SmartTech (who are in the process of demerging with Econet) is making sure they end the year with a bang. Shortly after announcing that Econet subscribers will now be able to open accounts with...
View ArticleZQDMS, ZimSwitch’s New System Makes It Possible To Retrieve Your Money In 48...
Ever made exhaustive rounds between your bank and a shop just trying to retrieve your money as a result of a failed transaction? One way these failed transactions happen is when you try to make a...
View ArticleInstant EcoCash Is A Useful App That Makes USSD Codes A Thing Of The Past
So the official EcoCash App is a great alternative to USSD. The only problem with the application is that though it’s supposed to be zero-rated it seems your mileage will vary. On my phone it works...
View ArticleEcoCash Should Refund EcoCash Charges To Customers For ‘Failed Transactions’....
Over the weekend, several people experienced some problems using their EcoCash, including two of my colleagues here at Techzim. The problems were characterized by failed transactions which entail...
View ArticleEcoCash’s I-nvesta Platform Allows Users To Trade Shares On C-Trade Through...
If you open EcoCash’s menu there’s a lot that may pass you by because we often use a few particular functions. One such feature that has been there for a long time and we constantly missed was the...
View ArticleEcoCash Encouraging Users To Spend With The 50:50 Cash Back Promo
EcoCash’s new promotion seems to be flipping the finger on any budget plans you had during this festive season with their cash back promotion. Earlier on today Econet subscribers started receiving the...
View ArticleHere Is How Some People Are Dodging Paying The 2% Tax
People are now on a spending spree as the festive season reaches its climax. Whilst we are in the festive season mood many hardly pay regard to the cost of buying things or send money because we are...
View ArticleHow To Register For Enda, Cassava Smartech’s Education Insurance
Last year ended with Cassava Smartech releasing a string of new products and services. Among these was the Enda education insurance cover product that offers school fees benefit for primary and...
View ArticlePoor Marketing Taking A Toll On Zipcash’s Growth-Zipcash MD
Finally, we got to understand why Zipcash has been quiet. According to Zipcash’s Managing director, Sifundo Moyo, the electronic money transfer service hasn’t been experiencing growth of late. Zipcash...
View ArticleYou Can No Longer Buy Econet’s Yo Mix Bundles Using EcoCash
So we’ve talked about Yo Mix and how much value for money their bundles tend to offer (your mileage may vary it seems). I’ve been using the bundles for quite some time now and when purchasing the...
View ArticleYou Can’t Buy ZESA And Other Stuff Using EcoCash Because Econet Has Switched...
So Econet’s decision to follow the government directive to switch off the internet has more casualties than just the repression of the flow of information in the country during the labour protests...
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