“Chakachaya ne Ecocash.” Question: Why Cows And Goats?
Obvious you heard it already because these guys make noise whenever they are up to something. Anyway, we will say it again: Chakachaya ne Ecocash is back, it has been...
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Zanu PF Using Multi-Tier Pricing System As Members Pay $10 Extra For Using Ecocash
Earlier this year, The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor John Mangudya announced that the Zanu-PF controlled government was set to put in place measures to stop curb the multi-tier pricing system...
Tobacco Farmers Angered By Slow Processing Of Payments And Cash Shortages
Poor and expensive products are making Zimbabwe uncompetitive on the international markets and as a result, foreign currency generation capability has dwindled. However, Zimbabwe has been overly reliant on tobacco...
If I Were Telecel Or NetOne, Here’s What I Would Do To Fight Ecocash Dominance
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...
You Can Now Buy Airtime and Electricity On Whatsapp Through A Bot: Talk About Convenience!
The Kulibot is the first bot which allows people to top up their airtime and buy ZESA prepaid tokens via Whatsapp. The process… The process you follow is simple and...
Just How Did EcoCash Come To Be So Dominant? Techzim Analyses Their Strategy
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...
PayPal Partners M-Pesa To Enhance E-Commerce, Will Ecocash Follow?
Mobile money service platform, M-Pesa users will soon be able to participate in global e-commerce after it announced a collaboration with worldwide online payments system, PayPal. The service will facilitate...
Ecocash ‘Making It Impossible’ To Mistakenly Get Charged Twice For A Single Transaction
Many people in Zimbabwe are now using Ecocash to make payments, send and receive money and pay bills. The rise in the use of Ecocash is coinciding with system failures...
What’s going on with EcoCash Transactions?
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...
EcoCash Blocked Complaining Customer On Their Social Media; Not A Great Idea
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...
Local Developers Petitioning For Telcos To Give Them Easier Integration With Payment Platforms In Order To Grow The Economy.
Local developers have created a petition on change.org asking Telcos to create a tool that helps them better integrate their apps with local payment services in order to create better applications...
[Updated]: New Scams Involving Ecocash: Beware
Mobile money transfer is now the preferred medium to conduct transactions amid cash shortages. The benefits that are afforded by using mobile money transfers platforms are now being weighed against...
Golix Reduces Time It Takes To Withdraw From Wallet To EcoCash
Popular cryptocurrency exchange Golix is drastically reducing the time it takes to process EcoCash withdrawals from 24 hours to a single hour. The withdrawal function allows traders to move money...
Merchants Now Refusing To Allow “Swiping Into Ecocash”
The increased use of Ecocash in daily transactions has been a convenience to many Zimbabweans. More so, the introduction of “Swiping into Ecocash” service has enhanced the platform. Although the service...
Standard Chartered Link With Ecocash Service Goes Live Today
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...
Finally Standard Chartered Bank and EcoCash Are Linked
Users banking with StanChart are now able to link their bank account to their EcoCash account. Until recently the wallets which could link with StanChart was OneMoney and Telecash which...
People In Botswana With Orange Money Can Now Send Money To EcoCash Users In Zimbabwe
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...
Inspite Of OneFusion And Megaboost, Econet Posts Higher Subscriber Growth Than NetOne and Telecel
Potraz just released their annual report for 2017 and quarterly report for 4th quarter 2017. We found the pattern of subscriber growth or lack thereof to be quite interesting. Econet...
Is NetOne Giving Up On OneMoney?
Over the past few weeks, EcoCash has been a frequent fixture in the news as they have loosened the entry requirements to join the most popular mobile money solution. The...
‘Confirmed’ EcoCash Is Now Essentially A Bank
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...
[BREAKING]:Telecel Subscribers Can Now Register For EcoCash
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...
Econet Blames Swipe Into EcoCash Errors On Server Congestion
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...
Supa Mandiwanzira Thinks EcoCash Dominance Could Be Disastrous
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...
New Econet and NetOne Relationship Is A Smart Move For Both Operators, Here’s Why
The recent move by Econet and NetOne (supposing they are working together) to open EcoCash registration to NetOne users could be a stroke of genius by both operators. With NetOne...
How NetOne Users Can Register For EcoCash
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...
[BREAKING]: NetOne Subscribers Can Now Register For EcoCash
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...
Google Now Accepts Kenyan Mobile Money M-Pesa, Is Ecocash Next?
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...
Telecel Smells OneFusion Blood And They Launch Bundlemania To Promote Their Competing Bundles
Nhamo yemumwe hairambirwe sadza is a Shona proverbs that is literally translated, “Another person’s woes are not reason for you to refuse sadza (that’s the staple food around here).” Telecel...
Supa Mandiwanzira Tells Econet, Telecel, NetOne To Have Mobile Money Platforms That Work Together… Or Else
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...
Now You Can Ecocash ZIMRA. Long Overdue If You Ask Me
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...