By Alvine Chaparadza The Zimbabwe National Roads Authority (Zinara) has just proposed to issue a new bond facility aimed at the diaspora to fund various infrastructure projects such as roads and bridges. This move is inspired by the success of the infrastructure bond they issued last year that was oversubscribed…
By Farai Mudzingwa There is a new cryptocurrency exchange in town: Styx24. The exchange aims to break Golix’s monopoly as the only crypto exchange in the country. Styx24(pronounced Sta-i-x) is a cryptocurrency exchange platform and currently it allows registered users to trade in Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Dash. They went online…
By Farai Mudzingwa HiiL(Hague Institution for Innovation of law) Justice Accelerator is now accepting applications for the HiiL Justice Accelerating Challenge 2018. HiiL Justice Accelerator finds and supports the best justice entrepreneurs in order to create justice for all. HiiL? Who are they? HiiL provide training to justice entrepreneurs to…
By Alvine Chaparadza As you are undoubtedly aware Ecocash has opened a gateway on its platform that enables Netone and Telecel users to register for the Ecocash services in a move that aims to enhance the fluidity of the mobile banking sector. Customers may have been wondering how much this…
By Farai Mudzingwa Netcoms, a Gweru-based software company, is hoping they can eliminate the struggle of always keeping some cash with you for transport. I’m sure the majority of us have misplaced some coins that we had stashed in a pocket or bag as transport money at one point or…
By Farai Mudzingwa On the 14th of March, President Emerson Mnangagwa will be at hand to launch the Zimbabwe ICT Drive at the HICC. What is Zim ICT Drive? The ICT Drive will be a revolving fund(continuous funding program) that is meant to support the development of young innovators in…
By Farai Mudzingwa Over the past few weeks, EcoCash has been a frequent fixture in the news as they have loosened the entry requirements to join the most popular mobile money solution. The move was unexpected and sudden but it also had me thinking about OneMoney and where they go…
By Tinashe Nyahasha It has always been my secret dream that I get to speak to the United Nations, any committe really but the General Assembly if I could get lucky. Today I get to live that dream almost literally. The Harare International School extended an invitation to speak at…
By Tinashe Nyahasha You might have noticed that Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) has been some kind of a running theme here on Techzim lately. BPO is just a fancy term meaning getting to do jobs for companies without being part of their internal team. Most times this term is used…
By Farai Mudzingwa Telecel and NetOne users are now welcome to join the greener pastures of EcoCash. On second thought I think it would be fair to make the proclamation that EcoCash is now basically a bank. A digital banking platform if you want to be more specific. Your mobile…