It is difficult to imagine Ecocash being dethroned from the mobile money throne in Zimbabwe. Every time a stastic about mobile money or payments in general is given the situation...
We have all watched as EcoCash’s dominance has increased in Zimbabwe to near monopoly levels. The mobile money service has become an essential payment method in this country. Most of...
What’s happening in Kenya? Safaricom and Airtel recently made their mobile money services interoperable. M-PESA and Airtel Money will work together seamlessly removing some of the logistical hassles that were...
It seems users are facing challenges with EcoCash platform quite frequently. Transactions have been failing at an alarming rate and back in March Econet blamed some of these errors on...
Over the weekend, EcoCash blocked a customer requesting support on their Twitter platform after a request to reverse a transaction went south. What happened? Maynard Manyowa, a journalist working for...
Today marks the day that the linking of Ecocash accounts and Standard Chartered(StanChart) accounts is finally going live. Previously, it had been announced about such an arrangement but the platform wasn’t...
EcoCash users can now receive money from users of the Orange Money Mobile Money platform Botswana. In the meantime, EcoCash users will not be able to send funds the other...
Telecel and NetOne users are now welcome to join the greener pastures of EcoCash. On second thought I think it would be fair to make the proclamation that EcoCash is...
It seems the EcoCash doors have been opened once again. Telecel subscribers are now able to register for EcoCash. Last week we reported that NetOne subscribers could now register on...
Cellulant, a digital payments service, is trying to lessen the burden involved with making fees payments in Zimbabwe. They are introducing a service that enables tracking of fees payments. This...
According to the Herald, a survey conducted across some major supermarkets in Harare revealed that customers are having trouble with the ‘swipe into EcoCash’ service. An unnamed Pick n’ Pay official also...
The Minister of ICT and Cyber Security, Supa Mandiwanzira told The Fingaz that EcoCash dominance in the mobile money sector could lead to a disaster if not curtailed. According to...
After discovering that it’s now possible for NetOne subscribers to register for EcoCash we quickly went to an Econet Shop and indeed managed to register our line. It took some...
According to a reliable source, it’s now possible to register for EcoCash if you are a subscriber on NetOne. This has not been officially announced by Econet or NetOne but it...
Kenya’s mobile money service M-Pesa (Kenyan Ecocash for the uninitiated) can now be used to pay for apps, and games on Google’s Play Store. This is great news as the...
The ministry of ICT and Cyber Security, yesterday, ordered all MNOs (Mobile Network Operators) to make their mobile money platforms work together seamlessly. Techzim reached out to all the operators...
The Ministry of Information Communication Technology and Cyber Security has issued an ultimatum to the Mobile Network Operators to find a way to make all their mobile money platforms work...
In September last year I went to Botswana with some colleagues. We went via road. We did not have any cash on us except some hard currency we would use...
Mobile World Congress (MCW) 2018 will be held from the 26th of February to the 1st of March. MWC is ‘the largest gathering for the mobile industry where industry leaders...
I know some executives over at the State owned Telecoms companies will be drooling from the mouth at that thought. Just hold on, that interoperability has not come to Zimbabwe...
In POTRAZ’s recently released Q3 report it was revealed that mobile money is contributing more to Mobile Network Operator (MNO) revenues than ever before. This is compounded by the steady...
In case you missed it: OneMoney (previously known as OneWallet) is currently down and this is the message that has been sent out. We regret to advise that OneMoney platform...
It seems NetOne is really determined to grow OneMoney this time. Maybe the ‘scolding’ from the former Minister of ICT, Hon Supa Mandiwanzira served as some good inspiration. I realised that they are...
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe shared the impressive feat in its recently published annual report. EcoCash has truly taken the country by storm since its launch in 2011. You might recall that...
If you just crawled out from under a rock and been there for a year, welcome. A lot has happened over the past twelve months, from Zimbabwe introducing “its own currency”...
I’m personally one of those who’ve been eagerly waiting for the announcement on the EcoCash debit card status… ey not because I wanted to write about it (c’mon not everything...
Ever wondered, what made EcoCash so popular??? Well, that’s a whole case study on its own which I’m a bit too lazy to do right now (sorry to disappoint). But…....
This evening, Techzim attended a NetOne event at which they launched the OneMoney ZimSwitch enabled debit card. You might be asking yourself what OneMoney is because last you checked their...
Techzim attended the ‘Swipe Into Ecocash’ launch this morning where Ecocash were sharing their new service offering that allows users to swipe their ZimSwitch bank card at any Steward Bank...
Earlier this year Techzim attended the launch of the partnership between EcoCash and ZINARA. The partnership enabled Ecocash users to pay for their toll gate fees using their mobile money...