Tangwena, an ICT business looking to bring Starlink into Zimbabwe hassle-free
Starlink estimates that their service will officially be available in Zimbabwe in the 4th quarter of 2023 which is between October and December 2023. Unofficially though, the service is working…
EcoCash, stop prompting people to check their USD balances and charging them 10c when they do
Imagine this: you’re sitting at your desk at work, half concentrating on the job at hand as your mind is preoccupied by the lack of zeros in your bank account.…
I spent a year using a phone with no Google Mobile Services. Is it worth it?
I used a phone with no Google mobile services for a year so I try and answer the question of whether or not it is possible. I’ll be honest when…
RBZ says ‘don’t worry, banks have enough USD to back your Nostro balances’
RBZ building, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, RBZ Fintech Sandbox, Forex Auction, Statutory Instrument 127 of 2021 SI 127 2021 industryThe Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has released an official statement on…
E-creator will make some people money before it folds, shattering many – classic Ponzi scheme
Going by some of the responses we got when we talked about E-creator being a scam, we might need to get back to defining what pyramid and Ponzi schemes are.…
WhatsApp rolling out screen-sharing during video calls feature – taking on Zoom now?
I realised that I understand iOS users. They look at Android the same way I look at Telegram as a WhatsApp user. I see the other side get new features…
You have to try Liquid Home’s SpeeD promotional bundles – 45GB for $11 (Fibroniks)
I’d like to think I’m not the only one struggling out here. It’s lean times in Zimbabwe currently and we are counting and recounting the pennies. My background is as…
Old Mutual’s O’Mari launch in pictures
Old Mutual Digital Services officially launched its first product, O’Mari, a wallet and platform to compete with the likes of InnBucks and EcoCash yesterday. It has a few tricks up…
You can now use the same WhatsApp account on four smartphones at the same time
We’ve been able to use one WhatsApp account on multiple devices for a while now. I don’t reach out for my phone when I’m at my computer, I use the…
Local startup shakes up banking sector with banking software as a service platform
At its core, banking is the same across the world. What started as a gold custodian service evolved into what it is today. The core may be similar across the…