By Tinashe Nyahasha Norman Moyo is the CEO of New Enterprise Business DPA and Cumii. Yes, that is not easy to wrap one’s head around so let’s just stick to Norman being the man in charge of Econet’s startups dedicated to the internet of things (IoT) and other exciting stuff.…
By Rufaro Madamombe Most of us are constantly listening to music whether while out for a run or just chilling at home. Music has become the life blood of some our lives. I mean can you imagine life without tunes from your favorite artist? I know I can’t and probably…
By Leonard Sengere The CBZ Holdings group announced the results today, the 3rd of August and with the current economic climate, the chairman, Mr Matimba can understandably take pride in them. The group performed well despite the negligible increase in profit after taxation which when you consider the adverse environment…
By Leonard Sengere Minister Supa Mandiwanzira speaking at the Mobile Money and Digital Payments event acknowledged that the government is aware of the 3 tier pricing model prevalent in the market. He did not however elaborate on what the government is doing to combat the issue. What is the 3…
By Rufaro Madamombe bank cards with US dollars ” data-medium-file=”http://www.techzim.co.zw/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Cards-US-dollars-255×128.jpg” data-large-file=”http://www.techzim.co.zw/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Cards-US-dollars-560×280.jpg”> The second topic being discussed at the Mobile money and Digital payments conference at Meikles hotel is discussing Cloning, Counterfeiting and Fraud in mobile money and digital payments. The discussion was kick started by a presentation from Jaqueline Malaba,…
By Trycolyn Pikirayi Whenever asked the sequence in which one would prefer hearing news, it’s always bad then good. Not so with EcoCash, they first sent out the good news of slashed transaction tariffs and now the bad news of slashing their debit card’s international transaction limits (now this type…
By Leonard Sengere It is accurate to say that Ecocash has a monopoly on the mobile money market with more than 90% of all mobile money transactions happening on the Econet platform. These statistics were shared by Mr Chinoda of the Competition and Tariff Commission speaking at the Mobile Money…
By Rufaro Madamombe Money exchanging hands ” data-medium-file=”http://www.techzim.co.zw/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/money-deal-255×170.jpg” data-large-file=”http://www.techzim.co.zw/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/money-deal-560×373.jpg”> ICT Minister Supa Mandiwanzira gave his opening remarks of the Mobile money and digital payments conference that is happening today at Meikles Hotel. Before he started the official speech, he first passed a comment to the discussion that was held before…
By L.S.M Kabweza Speaking at the Mobile Money and Digital Payments event in Harare today, Minister of ICT, Supa Mandiwanzira said that government’s intention is to own 100% of Telecel Zimbabwe. Government currently owns 60% of Telecel which it bought from Vimpelcom. The other 40% is owned by the Empowerment…
By Leonard Sengere Speaking on regulating bank charges and mobile money tariffs, Mr D. Chinoda of the Competition and Tariff Commission first elaborated on the cash crisis in Zimbabwe giving possible reasons for it. He acknowledged the huge appetite for imports and underfunded nostros being some of the major reasons.…