By Nigel Gambanga The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has finally announced a new set of bank charges following an agreement between the regulator, the providers of payment platforms and the Bankers’ Association of Zimbabwe. Articles appeared first on Techzim;10 cents for swiping as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe slashes…
By Nigel Gambanga Using the same third party integration to maximise on the attention that is given to these specific services, developers catering for Zimbabwe need to create solutions around WhatsApp and Facebook instead of independent applications that would otherwise be overlooked. Articles appeared first on Techzim;Zimbabwe doesn’t need apps,…
By Nigel Gambanga This has prompted the guys at Mobiledger, a mini accounting system for mobile money wallets, to expand their application’s concept to mobile money merchants and agents. Previously Mobiledger was only available for personal mobile wallet use through a mobile app. Articles appeared first on Techzim;Mobile money accounting…
By L.S.M Kabweza Every time – and this happens each time I go to the bank – I’m always surprised to see a long queue of people paying for their DStv subscriptions. They come into the bank, walk to the slips counter, figure out which one is for DStv payments,…
By Aurther Shoko While I agree that governments often tend to do things that count for imprudence, the reality of the matter is that while we may not want anything to do with policy makers, the policy makers have everything to do with us and our tech goals. Articles appeared…
By Nigel Gambanga According to Microsoft, the acquisition will be a cash transaction and has been set at $196 per share. This will value the deal at $26.2 billion which is inclusive of LinkedIn’s net cash. Articles appeared first on Techzim;Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in the largest…
By Nigel Gambanga Even though Kwesé TV is set to be a distributor of various categories of content, Econet Media has clearly focused a lot of its content acquisition efforts on sports content with other types of content hardly receiving any mention. Articles appeared first on Techzim;Econet signs another sports…
By Nigel Gambanga Another new feature has been added to the insanely popular Instant Messaging platform – WhatsApp. You can now respond directly to any message on any chat thread. Articles appeared first on Techzim;WhatsApp just released a quote & reply feature but not everyone has it, yet …read more…
By Nigel Gambanga As much as their favourite social network continues to release these cool features and applications, they are still not so easily accessible for most people because of the huge costs associated with internet. Articles appeared first on Techzim;Facebook’s latest features – 360 Photos & video comments –…
By Nigel Gambanga All this is commendable and the truth is, it actually is the obvious thing to do. As the efforts to access cash become increasingly futile any service that gives Zimbabweans a facility to make transactions electronically has to double efforts to work with as many service providers…