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…
Govt owes TelOne nearly ZWL$ 1 billion in unpaid bills
State-owned telecommunications company TelOne is reportedly owed nearly ZWL$ 1 billion by the Zimbabwean government and its parastatals. According to TelOne’s status update report to the Ministry for ICTs, the…
Catch-22: Skrill closes Zimbabwean accounts with money in them, no easy way to get money back
About a week ago, Financial services provider Skrill shut down Zimbabwean accounts on the platform after having given ample warning that they would. Unfortunately, Skrill didn’t close accounts on 20…