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By Nigel Gambanga At the Mobile Money & Digital Payments Conference, Josephat Mutepfa, the RBZ’s Director of NationalPayments pointed out that while cryptocurrencies might be a global phenomenon and there might be a number of Bitcoin initiatives that now offer specific services in Zimbabwe, the central bank hasn’t devised regulation…

By L.S.M Kabweza Below is the full response by Zimbabwe ICT minister Supa Mandiwanzira to statements made by EcoCash Head, Natalie Jabangwe-Morris, who had said that the Econet group needs first to recoup its investment in its EcoCash distribution network, before allowing other players to share its infrastructure. The reason…

By Nigel Gambanga Zimbabwe’s telecoms regulator, POTRAZ has finally said that it is going to unveil a framework that will be used to guard against the misrepresentation and exclusion of third party value added services(VAS) providers including startups, from mobile network operators in Zimbabwe. Articles appeared first on Techzim;POTRAZ finally…

By L.S.M Kabweza Speaking at the Mobile Money and Digital Payments Conference in Harare today ICT minister, Supa Mandiwanzira, said that Econet is wrong to assume their first mover position in investing in mobile money infrastructure means they can close out other players from sharing that infrastructure. Mandiwanzira was responding…

By L.S.M Kabweza Speaking at the Mobile Money and Digital Payments conference today, EcoCash Executive Head, Natalie Jabangwe-Morris, alluded to the fact that the company is not yet ready to share its mobile money distribution infrastructure. At some point in the future, Jabangwe said, it will be inevitable, but in…

By Nigel Gambanga The second edition of the annual Mobile Money and Digital Payments Conference Zimbabwe organised by Oxlink Capital has just kicked off in Harare. The first presentation was made by the Minister of ICT Supa Mandiwanzira and according to the Minister, only $2 million has been transferred across…

By Nigel Gambanga According to GSMA, the Southern Africa Development Community’s (SADC) smartphone penetration at the end of 2015 stood at 24% against a mobile subscriber rate of 42%. Articles appeared first on Techzim;Southern Africa’s smartphone penetration rate increases to 24% – gives impression of Zimbabwe’s smartphone usage …read more…

By L.S.M Kabweza So my bank just launched a mobile app. And SMS messages have been coming to let us know they have caught up with the times. Messages like this one: Have you downloaded your NMBMobile App now? Yes? Then, visit your nearest branch with your debit card to…

By Nigel Gambanga Global shipments of smart phones in the second quarter of 2016 rose marginally to 330 million units following a rise from two of the big three smart device distributors, Samsung and Huawei. Articles appeared first on Techzim;Global smart phone shipments rise marginally in second quarter of 2016…

By Nigel Gambanga Speaking on the sidelines of the event, George Manyere, the director of GetCash and founder of Brainworks Capital (which owns GetCash) highlighted how their team was exploring ways of harnessing locally developed technology to provide solutions that are more affordable for Zimbabweans. Articles appeared first on Techzim;GetCash…