Econet facing widespread service outage
You probably have spent most of the day toggling your phone’s airplane mode or restarting it to get it to work. Well, you are not alone. Econet is facing some system challenges that are affecting its...
View ArticleEconet, EcoCash looking to raise US$30.3 million each to pay back debt, hence...
A couple of years ago Econet Wireless and EcoCash Holdings called for an early redemption of debentures. That may sound like Greek to some but you can get the explainer here: Econet Wireless Zimbabwe...
View ArticleEcoCash, stop prompting people to check their USD balances and charging them...
Imagine this: you’re sitting at your desk at work, half concentrating on the job at hand as your mind is preoccupied by the lack of zeros in your bank account. Your account with the National Mattress...
View ArticleEconet says send money for free from South Africa and the UK
As we all know, Zimbabwe has never been more reliant on its children living outside the country. From January to October 2023, Zimbabwe received $1.47bn in remittances, an 8% increase over 2022. These...
View ArticleThe new EcoCash app looks much better than its ancestor but bugs sully...
So, EcoCash finally updated its mobile app. Or rather they replaced it with a better app. The new app was launched today and is available on the App Store, Google Play Store and Huawei App Gallery....
View ArticleRemittances to Zim keep growing, govt and private sector trying to put them...
I don’t think it’s debatable that it is not sanctions or climate change that have hit Zimbabwe the hardest in the past few decades. Rather, brain drain has been our biggest enemy and will continue to...
View ArticleWiremit partners with RIA to extend remittances to and from 190 countries
It seems like every other day we talk about remittances or a remittance company making a splash in Zimbabwe. Such is the importance of remittances in the country at the moment. The remittance space is...
View ArticleThe Real Threat To Starlink In Zimbabwe Isn’t Econet or Liquid
As someone who’s been knee-deep in Zimbabwe’s tech scene for years, I’ve seen my fair share of innovations come and go. But Starlink? I’m sure those who are avid readers of Techzim will forgive me as...
View ArticleRapid Innbucks Expansion As It Partners TM Pick n Pay… Eating at EcoCash...
2024 has turned out to be a year of aggressive expansion and experimentation for the Innbucks digital wallet and money transfer platform. The Simbisa brands owned fintech company announced today that...
View ArticleEcoCash is now integrated with all banks in Zimbabwe, it’s a bank-to-wallet...
There was a time when EcoCash and banks were in a cold war. At the time Zimbabwe had gone cashless and the fight for who got the transaction volumes raged a little too fiercely.EcoCash had taken the...
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