Afrocoin to compete with Mukuru, Western Union, EcoCash in remittances
A new startup, Afrocoin Mobile Money, is set to launch in the coming months (or weeks,no idea right now) as a new player in the remittances and mobile money transfer market.
View ArticleEconet Wireless & Mahindra Comviva win GTB award for EcoCash
Econet Wireless and Mahindra Comviva recently won a Global Telecoms Business (GTB) award for the EcoCash mobile money transfer project. Mahindra Comviva are the suppliers of the platform that EcoCash...
View ArticleTelecel Zimbabwe considering mobile money re-entry?
Last year, Telecel Zimbabwe pulled a 'surprise of the year' move on all of us; A mobile operator killed its mobile money service. No one knows (well, except them and probably ZimSwitch) when exactly...
View ArticleWhy Skwama reloaded is real: Former top EcoCash executive now at Telecel
We weren't sure how direct an entry especially because she referred to it as "mobile banking". New information we have received from sources in the industry says there indeed is a more direct mobile...
View ArticleHarare city council bill payments latest addition to EcoCash uses
Econet announced yesterday via an SMS to subscribers that residence of Harare can now pay their council bills (rates and water) using EcoCash as more practical use of the mobile money service are...
View ArticleMore of the Afrocoin money transfer solution: the website screenshot
Last month, we wrote about a money transfer service set to launch soon called Afrocoin. With scanty information gleaned from their Crunchbase profile and website holding page, we were not sure of the...
View ArticleThe EcoCash mobile payments strategy and numbers: a case study by GSMA
Recently, the GSM Association released a case study report they did on EcoCash this year. The case study focuses on EcoCash's rapid uptake since launch in September 2011 with a look at how the company...
View ArticleWhat everyone should know about bitcoin
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past couple of years, you have probably heard about bitcoin. What makes bitcoin fascinating is that it's the first currency which is not just free, as...
View ArticleEconet working on an EcoCash internet payments API
Information we have suggests that Econet has been working on an internet payments component for EcoCash which was schedule to be released this month. The release has however, as we have been told,...
View ArticlePay Kombi Fares with EcoCash: Adoption
The introduction of EcoCash payments in kombis was met by large scepticism in the market. Some of us doubted its practicality and questioned how the conductor was going to verify all the text messages...
View ArticleEconet breaks EcoCash as interconnection dispute with Telecel continues
The smooth convenience of using mobile money for transfers and payments is exceptional. The idea of being able to send money to anyone that has a mobile phone and them being able to pick it up...
View ArticlePredicting an eCommerce boom in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has always been a tricky landscape for online ventures. We have seen many an entrepreneur launch an exciting platform only to see it fail. Ventures such as tengesa.com easily come to mind....
View ArticleEcoCash & MasterCard, not VPayments, will ignite ecommerce in Zimbabwe
Through the MasterCard Mobile Money Partnership, you will be able to use your EcoCash wallet wherever MasterCard is accepted with the option to have a prepaid MasterCard that you can also use wherever...
View ArticleEconet suspends EcoCash mobile money transfers to other networks
Unlike other mobile banking offerings that have emerged on the market, customers using EcoCash are not required to have a bank account, do not need to switch their SIM cards for new ones, and can move...
View ArticleHow to get started making your own online store
There has been a number of discussions on the issue of ecommerce is Zimbabwe. Some have predicted its success and some were sceptical that e-commerce will experience significant adoption in Zimbabwe....
View ArticleEconet completes EcoCash mobile money integration with NMB Bank
We just got tipped to the news that Econet Wireless - well, the Econet Services part of it - has completed the integration of its EcoCash platform with NMB Bank's banking platform. The post Econet...
View ArticleOne agent’s experience choosing between EcoCash and Textacash
If you have worked or stayed in the Avondale area in Harare, you probably know of a popular food place at the flea market where lots of people religiously enjoy their lunch everyday. I visited the...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Of banks, Mobile Money and EcoCash
Many like myself are probably wondering about the future of Mobile Money in Zimbabwe. On one side we have EcoCash bullishly rolling out merchant after merchant gathering enough momentum to fully...
View ArticleZimSwitch: an update on the ZimSwitch Shared Services (ZSS) platform
The article below is a statement issued by ZimSwitch on the state and progress made with the ZimSwitch Shared Services payments switching platform. The statement was issued to us as part of the...
View ArticleStartup launches Zimbabwe’s first online local domain registration service
The difficult process of registering local domains in Zimbabwe is something we have written about extensively here on Techzim. It’s something we feel passionate about for the simple reason that...
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