Gonyeti, a pan African digital trucking platform
To say long haul logistics is a daunting field to approach is a bit of an understatement. In most cases, potential clients have few avenues to compare and contrast rates…
Facebook Partners Eutelsat To Offer Satellite Broadband Connectivity In Zimbabwe
Satellite company Eutelsat teamed up with Facebook’s paid-for Express Wifi platform to give thousands of people in sub-Saharan Africa access to the internet. If the term Eutelsat sounds familiar to…
World shares skid after tech sell-off on Wall Street
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares dropped Tuesday in Asia after selling of several Big Tech companies pulled U.S. benchmarks lower. Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Hong Kong declined while Shanghai advanced. Despite…
PayPal confirms merchant wallets for Zim but withdrawals are still complicated
So, a couple of days ago we learned that if you open a PayPal merchant wallet in Zim you can send and more importantly receive money via PayPal. This is…
How to work in the US without ever leaving Zimbabwe
Despite what the government will have you believe with its talk about the economy growing fast, the reality is that the Zimbabwean economy is in tatters. This in turn has…
Zimswitch partners with VISA to accelerate digital payments in Zimbabwe
The country’s National Switch and clearinghouse, Zimswitch has followed up its union with Mastercard by announcing a partnership with Visa. At face value, the Visa and Zimswitch relationship looks much…
Cassava promoting financial literacy among entrepreneurs, SMEs
Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe, through its Edutech units Akello Books and Akello Courses, is promoting financial inclusion by offering financial literacy courses to entrepreneurs and small to medium enterprises (SMEs). The…
NetOne taps into online digital entertainment
MOBILE telecommunications giant, NetOne, has unveiled plans to expand business by tapping into opportunities from online digital entertainment products. The State-owned entity says it is ready to launch a “host…
Zim startups! Applications for Google’s Africa Accelerator are now open
Applications for Google for Startups Accelerator Africa are now open. The program is a three-month online experience for Seed to Series A technology startups across Africa.“The accelerator is designed to…
BancABC raises City Hopper fee to 3%, but still cheaper than the alternatives
In another edition of things that slipped under the radar, BancABC increased the fee for its domestic remittance service City Hopper from 2% to 3%. As we learned during the…