OK Zimbabwe & NSSA are offering Pensioners a 10% discount
OK Zimbabwe SI 127 of 2021 Stautory Instrument 127 of 2021, Pensioners, 10% Discount, Senior Citizens Week, NSSADiscounts have been a little obsession of mine over the last few weeks,…
Smart phones? That’s yesterday’s tech. Smart contact lenses to take over
At some point we are going to have to say no to some of this smartifying. At this rate it’s only a matter of time till we have smart food…
You will be able to get an e-passport this week
The fiasco that has been the e-passport rollout is soon to hit its crescendo. According to a report by ZBC News, the company that was contracted to run the project…
Discounts for USD: a game of haves vs have nots
Discounts for USD purchases is a “hidden” business practice in Zimbabwe. Late last year we reported on TM Pick n Pay’s 50% discount for groceries bought with US$ and it…
Of the TV remote charged by WiFi signals and other long distance wireless charging devices
Back in 2021 Samsung released some impressive QLED TVs. However, the TV remote controls that came with those TVs kind of stole the show. Those remotes had little solar panels…
Zim would benefit from this Nigerian ethical debt-collection platform
In my travels on the internet, I came across a Nigerian startup called BFree that recently closed a US$1.7 million Series A round. It’s a credit management fintech that deals…
Twitter is going to look a lot more like TikTok real soon
Every platform is trying to copy TikTok in one respect or another. I mean who can really blame them, the site is now the most used in the world, supplanting…
Brand new cars are Actually reasonable!
Really. They are! Ok, I know dealerships are not the most exciting places to walk into for the average Zimbo. A car sales garage is a lot more palatable and…
Govt scraps CBZ US$20 e-passport application fee
Passport, online passport application, Ministry of Home Affairs, Zimbabwe National Digital Registry, e-passport application. It looks like the government has come to its senses and scrapped the US$20 application fee…
Fintech’s US$3 billion dominance in Africa should be a wake-up call for RBZ’s Sandbox
African fintech startups reigned supreme when it comes to attracting funding from investors. According to a report by Techcrunch, out of the US$5 billion raised by all African startups, Fintech…