By Leonard Sengere It may seem like all we are talking about is the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s (RBZ) ban on cryptocurrency trading lately. I believe we have good reason to do that. That kind of decision making by the RBZ needs to be nipped in the bud. This is…
By Farai Mudzingwa The term youths always carries a bit of confusion with it. Sometimes someone as old as 35 is included youth groupings whilst other times its only used to reference people under 30. Facebook has introduced a new service and this targets youths again, but only those between…
By Farai Mudzingwa In what will come as good news to the RBZ; Golix has suspended their ICO. They sent out a statement apologising for the inconvenience. You can read the statement below: On Saturday 12 May 2018, we announced that we will be doing a tokensale. This announcement was…
By Farai Mudzingwa RBZ ” data-medium-file=”https://t3n9sm.c2.acecdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/rbz-255×132.jpg” data-large-file=”https://t3n9sm.c2.acecdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/rbz-560×291.jpg”> The RBZ decided that they would wash their hands when it comes to cryptos. The central bank sent a directive to banks instructing them to cut all their ties with crypto exchanges and this may have grave consequences in the long run. As…
By Alvine Chaparadza There is a lot of people out there who get glued to the screen for hours when they start to watch YouTube. A sterner phrase to describe these people is YouTube addicts. But now YouTube will help these users do away with that habit by coming up…
After Banning Banks From Bitcoin, RBZ Warns Public. Governor ‘Says’ He Would Rather Follow Than Lead
By Tinashe Nyahasha So after sending out a circular to banks prohibiting them from opening and continuing to hold accounts for individuals and entities that trade in bitcoin and the rest of cryptocurrencies, the RBZ has used the strongest of terms to warn all of us not to go near…
By Farai Mudzingwa Once upon a time, I was using a budget app called Money Manager and all was going well until I had to settle all my accounts and I realised that it was hard to account for everything perfectly if I was using EcoCash to transact because I…
By Alvine Chaparadza Safaricom (M-Pesa’s parent company) is reportedly working on a new social messaging application Bonga, which will be integrated with its M-Pesa payment service. Its customers will be able to chat and send, receive money on the platform. The integration of mobile payment technology and messaging applications is…
By Tinashe Nyahasha Image: Tinashe from Techzim with Idaishe from Skilled Staff There is a reason why corporate social responsibility (CSR) feels empty sometimes. Could it be because it is most associated with the marketing, PR and corporate communication functions of business? It is understandable that the Marketing Manager will…
By Farai Mudzingwa Last week we reported on the downtime of Name.co.zw and at the time we wrote that we thought the issue had been going on for a few hours but people who commented on that article actually made us realize that they had been facing problems for almost…