Tech

By Farai Mudzingwa POTRAZ has begun calling for startups and ‘ICT innovators’ to apply for the second phase of their funding program; The Zimbabwe ICT Innovation Drive. What’s the Innovation Drive about? According to POTRAZ, the drive is meant to empower innovators that are making technological advancements in various sectors,…

By Farai Mudzingwa What’s happening in Kenya? Safaricom and Airtel recently made their mobile money services interoperable. M-PESA and Airtel Money will work together seamlessly removing some of the logistical hassles that were involved in making payments from one mobile money service to the next. A 3rd player, Telkom –…

By Alvine Chaparadza Yesterday, Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) students held a protest to its administration for lack of wi-fi amongst other many things. Students reported that there they lack wi-fi access in their hostels and when they go to lecture rooms it will be limited. The backlash was in…

By Alvine Chaparadza CBZ Holdings is in advanced talks with the Harare City Council to construct a mall in Graniteside. After completion, CBZ’s mall is said to house retailers, manufacturers and Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs). “We have budgeted $8 million and $12 million for the center, which will include…

By Farai Mudzingwa It seems users are facing challenges with EcoCash platform quite frequently. Transactions have been failing at an alarming rate and back in March Econet blamed some of these errors on their servers. The fact that the errors are still occurring have prompted us to take a closer…

By Farai Mudzingwa Over the weekend, EcoCash blocked a customer requesting support on their Twitter platform after a request to reverse a transaction went south. What happened? Maynard Manyowa, a journalist working for Khuluma Africa and a correspondent for the Daily Maverick in SA, tried to purchase something from Powertel…

By Alvine Chaparadza Nedbank has just announced that as from the 11th of May they will no longer process manual RTGS payments. Nedbank’s drive to do paperless banking coincides with a number of banks that went paperless. Formerly named MBCA, Nedbank is urging its customers to shift manual RTGS processing…

By Farai Mudzingwa The world-renowned Global Startup Awards, the largest independent startup-ecosystem competition, already covering 45 countries in 5 regions of Europe and Asia has arrived in Africa. The mission of Global Startup Awards is to find, connect, support, and celebrate key players in national and regional startup ecosystems worldwide…

By Farai Mudzingwa Local developers have created a petition on change.org asking Telcos to create a tool that helps them better integrate their apps with local payment services in order to create better applications that are more tailored to Zimbabweans. The petition by developers is directed to; Econet Wireless through…

By Alvine Chaparadza Indicated by substantial profits, last year was a prosperous year for all banks in Zimbabwe. Cautious but shrewd lending among other factors has contributed for banks to post these profits. However, the overall banking sector is decreasing its lending to households. From 2016 up to now Zimbabwe…