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By Farai Mudzingwa Popular cryptocurrency exchange Golix is drastically reducing the time it takes to process EcoCash withdrawals from 24 hours to a single hour. The withdrawal function allows traders to move money from their Golix wallet to other banking services including EcoCash. From Monday 26 March, when you withdraw…

By Alvine Chaparadza One of Zimbabwe’s youngest bank, Steward Bank has just introduced new products in a bid to become a leading innovative financial innovation. The bank is advancing its innovation momentum that is partly defined by the recent introduction of Kwenga. The exhibition is marked by the introduction of…

By Alvine Chaparadza Mobile Network Operator (MNO) Netone has ventured into insurance through a strategic partnership with Champions Insurance that sees it introducing Easy Cover. The new product is aiming to cater for short-term mobile insurance needs of customers. Currently, Easy Cover product will insure customers on houses and legal…

By Farai Mudzingwa After Facebook’s recent privacy breach left personal data of over 50 million users’ exposed I checked out the apps section on Facebook in a bid to see how many apps I’ve allowed to access my personal details and how to best ensure that they only access details…

By Edwin Chabuka From the Phantom 6 Plus we skip the 7 and dive into the Phantom 8. It’s the latest and greatest from Tecno and the focus does seem like it was on a head turning design. It’s one big phablet and is ready to duel with the best…

By Garikai Dzoma In an ideal world we would all buy an iPhone X or the new Samsung Galaxy S9. The truth though is that some of us cannot afford these wondrous devices. This means we will have to make do with mid range and budget devices instead. It does…

By Farai Mudzingwa Following Facebook’s recent scandal involving Cambridge Analytica, Mark Zuckerberg has come out in defence of his social media company. In a recent Facebook post, he disclosed some of the steps they have taken in trying to address the situation. The founder of Facebook makes it clear that…

By Farai Mudzingwa Following Trevor Ncube’s tweet concerning what he perceived to be the leading online news publications, we thought it best to make a more inclusive list that has more publications. As we conducted our research Zimeye, Chronicle and Pindula are some of the publications that Mr Ncube missed…

By Alvine Chaparadza The increased use of Ecocash in daily transactions has been a convenience to many Zimbabweans. More so, the introduction of “Swiping into Ecocash” service has enhanced the platform. Although the service has recently gained unpopular attention for operation failures of the system marked by making double debits…

By Farai Mudzingwa As local developers study Google Play policies in anticipation of the release of their app there’s a time that they realise that following the rules by the book may not necessarily benefit them or end-users. According to Google Play, Store policy developers should not allow users to…