Zimbabwe’s eCommerce Indicators: 9.5% Of Zimbabweans Make Online Purchases
Whilst going through We are Social’s 2019 state of Zimbabwean Digital report. One of the more intriguing sections of Zimbabwe they looked at was the eCommerce indicators assessing how prepared our...
View ArticleEcoCash Increases Tariffs
Back in November, EcoCash announced a new set of tariffs for transacting on their platform and you would be forgiven for thinking that since then those tariffs haven’t changed. The reality is that...
View ArticleEcoCash Announces New Bundles Allowing “Free Transactions”. You Have To Buy...
EcoCash’s marketing of their transaction bundles is quite interesting. You have to but the bundles but they allow “free transactions”. I’m not sure how free those transactions are but let’s take a...
View ArticleEcoLedger Passes 100K Downloads Making It One Of Zim’s Most Popular Financial...
A year ago, EcoLedger was launched and though it was revolutionary I wouldn’t have pictured it growing as fast as it has. In the 12 months since the application that allows you to track your EcoCash...
View ArticleInstead Of Using The USSD To Access The EcoCash Business Wallet, Use This App
Remember last year EcoCash introduced the EcoCash Business Wallet, which businesses can use to move their EcoCash funds freely? The wallet allows businesses to move as much as $50 000 a month...
View ArticleEcoCash Reversals Are Much Easier Now As EcoCash Launches Self-Service Platform
This morning EcoCash launched a new service they are calling EcoCash Micro Service. One of the most exciting features that will be part of this platform will be the EcoCash reversal. This means users...
View ArticleTired Of Exorbitant Charges When Sending Money Using EcoCash? Send $1000 &...
I’ve heard a lot more grumbles when people send money using EcoCash. Why? Well, the general feeling is that doing so costs an arm and a leg and if there were an alternative a number of people would...
View ArticleZANU PF Youth League Deputy Warns Econet To “Stop Abusing EcoCash Facility”
Lewis Matutu, ZANU PF Youth League’s outspoken deputy has come out with a warning for Econet and EcoCash. @econetzimbabwe please stop what you are doing to our economy through the abuse of your Ecocash...
View ArticleNetOne Mobile Financial Services Director Nkosinathi Ncube Has Left The Company
NetOne’s Managing Director for the network operators Mobile Financial Services has reportedly resigned. This comes as a surprise as Nkosinathi Ncube was appointed to his role alongside CEO Lazarus...
View ArticleOne Top-Up Gives NetOne Subscribers 10% Discount For Buying Airtime With...
NetOne has been trying to incentivise use of their OneMoney platform and their One Top-Up service seems like a pretty good way to do so. One Top-Up gives a 10% discount to customers purchasing airtime...
View ArticleEcoCash Service Now Fully Restored
After yesterday’s Econet blackout which saw people and businesses fail to use all Econet-reliant services , EcoCash is happy to announce that you can now use the mobile money platform. Also read:...
View ArticleNetOne Says MDC Can Come Get Biller Code After MP Says They Were Denied The...
MDC MP Mr Chalton Hwende claimed that last year, NetOne denied MDC a service that they had given Zanu PF with no issues. The MP says that MDC launched a membership card (similar to one offered by Zanu...
View ArticleEcoCash Silently Increases Wallet-To-Bank Fee
Up, up, up and everything goes up. EcoCash silently increased the wallet-to-bank charges from $1 to $2. The wallet-to-bank transaction allows EcoCash holders to move money from the mobile money...
View ArticleSasai Has End To End Encryption: No One Will Be Able To Access Your...
One of the biggest questions I’ve had regarding Cassava Smartech’s recently launched social payments app Sasai is regarding security. How would our data be managed on the platform? Who would have...
View ArticleEcoCash Raises Charges (07 August)
EcoCash introduced new charges for person-to-person transactions and ‘Cash out’ transactions that took effect on August 5. Here are the new charges: The post EcoCash Raises Charges (07 August) appeared...
View ArticleFirst Capital Bank Customers Can Now Link Their Bank Accounts With EcoCash....
The laggards have entered the scene. First Capital Bank (Formerly, Barclays Bank) customers are now joining the rest of their conterparts to link their bank accounts and EcoCash wallets. By linking...
View ArticleCashBot Promises To Save You As Much As 62% On EcoCash Charges
If you go to the Google Play Store and search for CashBot you’ll be met with a pretty humble description that doesn’t fully explain the impact of this application. The store description reads: The...
View ArticleSasai Downloaded In 75 Countries – Strive Masiyiwa
Strive Masiyiwa recently took to his Facebook to comment on the progress made by Sasai thus far and he shared some interesting information about the recently-launched social payments application. His...
View ArticleRBZ Troubled By Agents Selling Cash
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says that it’s troubled by agents selling cash (through charging higher charges) and its working on a solution to curb this practice. According to The Herald’s...
View ArticleHow To Sell Your US Dollars On EcoCash’s Mobile Phone Bureau de Change
EcoCash has introduced a handy way of selling your US Dollars for Zim Dollars from the palm of your hand. Here’s how it’s done Go to an Econet shop Deposit your US Dollars into your EcoCash FCA Wallet....
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