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Telkom SA adds a virtual card to their WhatsApp based payment service
Last year, South Africa’s telecoms giant Telkom, launched their own equivalent of Ecocash called Telkom Pay except it’s much better. It takes all that is good about EcoCash and adds a couple of...
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Powertel launches payment service known as Dial-a-Payment
Powertel one of Zimbabwe’s Internet Access Providers (IAP) has launched a payment service known as Dial-A-Payment. You remember Powertel don’t you? They used to be leading mobile internet service...
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Screenshots: Don’t fall for this Ecocash scam
One side effect of Statutory Instrument 127 of 2021 is that I have observed an uptick in the use of the RTGS dollar. This is driven in part by increased usage of mobile money, swipe and ZIPIT. Thanks...
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Paynow now allows you to accept more than $5,000 ZWL using EcoCash & Onemoney
When it comes to accepting local payments automatically in your app or your eCommerce store, Paynow has been the go-to for most developers for years. They were a godsend to most people given how hard...
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EcoCash will be asking you to update your account details
EcoCash last week on Twitter put out a notice to its customers notifying them of a Know Your Customer (KYC) or account details update excercise. The message from EcoCash reads as follows: Customer...
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ICT Minister says NetOne should clear all outstanding debt in 3 months
Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, Jenfan Muswere said that state-owned Telecommunications company NetOne should take a commercial approach to doing business and clear its debt in...
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EcoCash tariffs going up in a few weeks, up to 25% increase
EcoCash, the operators of Zimbabwe’s largest mobile payments service of the same name has announced that they are increasing their tariffs effective the 21st of September 2021. EcoCash effected higher...
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Zimbabwean government says it’s suspending its chaotic COVID-19 allowance...
In April of last year, when COVID-19 hit the country and tough lockdowns were introduced, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube announced that the government had a budgeted $600 million dollars that were...
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The RBZ needs to scrap weekly and monthly limits for mobile money too
Yesterday there was a bit of a relief when Ecocash sent out an SMS announcing that transaction limits had been lifted from the paltry $5 000 ZWL per transaction up to a more acceptable $20 000. This...
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Local startup Yanaya now offering discounts to CIMAS members
Yanaya is arguably one of the hottest Zimbabwean startups of the year. Imagine my surprise therefore when I was about to start this article and realised we had not yet covered them here at Techzim! I...
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This Ecocash horror story shows how systems can fail you
Earlier this week I wrote about the need to make banks and Zimbabwe’s financial institutions accountable for some of the losses that people suffer through hacking and fraud incidents. There was a lot...
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EcoCash turns 10, let us look back on its dramatic first decade
Yesterday, EcoCash celebrated its 10th anniversary. Only 10? It feels like we’ve had the mobile money solution for longer than that. That’s because of just how much impact the service has had in our...
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Yet again, EcoSure registers users without consent and deducts money
Almost every single startup has dreams of one day launching an IPO. Going public has its charms, access to cheaper funding being the main draw. However, being publicly traded has its drawbacks. That...
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EcoCash deals land 8 firms in court: Zim still treating symptoms, not cause
Eight companies appeared in court yesterday, the 27th, for illegally dealing in foreign currency. The companies allegedly bought foreign currency on the streets using EcoCash agents, illegally. The...
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No Dr Mthuli, we can’t keep blaming EcoCash and mobile money for depreciating...
A scapegoat is a goat upon whose head the sins of the people are placed. The goat itself is sinless and yet it has to bear the sins of the people. The Zimbabwean government is looking for a goat to...
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Cassava results: EcoCash revenue drops by $5bn, Steward Bank’s by $1.4bn in...
Cassava SmarTech (trading as EcoCash Holdings) released the audited financial statements for the year ended 21 February 2021. These are the statements that were delayed resulting in the suspension of...
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Telecash & OneMoney are still issuing high-risk magstripe cards
As far as I know, I have never owned a Telecel line and seeing as y’all were upset that I was “bashing” the country’s smallest mobile network operator for its 15% Teleceash bundle discount, I’ve...
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Ecocash Holdings Zimbabwe & Comviva win Silver in 2 categories at Emerging...
Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe, trading as EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited, together with its long-term technology partner Comviva, has won two silver awards at this year’s Emerging Payments Awards....
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EcoCash services have been up and down all morning
Zimbabwe’s largest mobile money operator EcoCash has been experiencing some difficulties with its services this morning. From what we have seen on social media, EcoCash customers have been facing...
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Zimbos were creating money on EcoCash using blockchain tech – RBZ governor....
The RBZ governor, Dr John Panonetsa Mangudya sat down for an interview with Trevor Ncube. We talked about what was said in the first part of the interview here. Now, we continue with the story and get...
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