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Strive Masiyiwa among Times 100 AI Personalities of 2025
Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa has been recognised in the Times 100 AI Personalities of 2025, earning global acclaim for his ambitious push to democratise artificial intelligence access across...Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 22:34hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Econet starts on boarding clients to 5MW data centre
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has announced it will start onboarding its corporate clients to its newly-commissioned, state-of-the-art 5 megawatt (MW) data centre in Harare at the end of this month, markin...Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 10:30hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Harare Institute of Technology prepares students for Africa's AI revolution
The Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) is playing a leading role in preparing Zimbabwe's youth for the rapidly evolving Fourth Industrial Revolution by embedding Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the...Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 23:25hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Corruption now a national threat
Mnangagwa's administration is notoriously corrupt. Recently he wired $50 to police officers, thus greasing them during the mass shutdown organised by a former combat, Blessed Geza, that was code-named...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:29hrs | 139 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe ruling elite should declare their sources of wealth
To say I was shocked would be an understatement when I came across a report detailing the extraordinary wealth of Zimbabwe's ruling elite. The report claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa ...Published: 24 Dec 2024 at 12:53hrs | 800 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Strive Masiyiwa gets top Harvard University honour
Prominent Zimbabwean businessman and founder of the Econet Group, Mr. Strive Masiyiwa, has been awarded the prestigious W. E. B. Du Bois Medal for his remarkable contributions to African and African A...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 11:15hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa's Cassava partners Google Cloud
BUSINESS tycoon Strive Masiyiwa's Cassava Technologies yesterday partnered global technology leader Google Cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic to deliver advanced cloud and cyber ...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:08hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Countries dependent on external inputs are colonised
COUNTRIES whose environments are not ideal for food production, but have resources like minerals and oil can afford to use those resources to import food and living a healthy life. Such countries are ...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:44hrs | 17 | by Charles Dhewa
Eat to live, not live to eat
None communicable diseases are on the rise and claiming more lives than wars. The terrible and horrible 'siamese' twins, diabetes and hypertension are the ring leaders of these phantom hit squads. How...Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 22:35hrs | 1 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Africans must stop eating Sadza; Here is why
Sadza is a staple food across much of Africa, particularly in Southern and East African countries. Made from ground cornmeal or cassava flour and boiled to a thick porridge consistency, sadza is a fil...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 17:50hrs | 197 | by Erick Matotoba
Rogue traffic enforcers undermining business in Zimbabwe
FORMERLY known as an opulent suburb, Harare's Borrowdale area is gradually transforming into a commercial hub, not only for the city but the entire Zimbabwe.With its peace and flamboyance, Bor...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa receives Afreximbank award
STRIVE Masiyiwa, the founder and chairperson of the Econet Group and Cassava Technologies, has expressed his appreciation at the recognition he received at the Afreximbank's Pan-African Business and D...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 18:21hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa expected in Ghana
PRESIDENT MNANGAGWA is expected in Ghana today, where he will join continental and Caribbean leaders for the 30th African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) meetings.His participation symbolises...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 08:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa named among only 17 black billionaires in the world
ACCORDING to Forbes, there are currently 2,640 billionaires in the world. They are collectively worth $12.2 trillion. The United States is the number one home of billionaires with 735 of them, followe...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:59hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
SasaiRemit rewards its customers, launches consumer promotion for sending money from SA to Zimbabwe
Johannesburg, South Africa, 2 November 2022 - SasaiRemit, one of Africa's leading digital money transfer providers and a business of Cassava Technologies,...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 15:57hrs | 10 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe robotics team wins international award
The Zimbabwean team from Tynwald High School, which recently lost 6 students in a tragic accident, won the gold XPRIZE Innovator Award for developing an innovative solution to combat climate change at...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 05:56hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints ZIDA executive team
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed a new Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency (ZIDA) top management executive team charged with the responsibility to attract meaningful investments into the ...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa eyes US$500m for expansion
Zimbabwe-born billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, who runs firms including Africa's largest fibre-optic cable network, plans to raise as much as US$500-million to expand his digital infrastructure and servic...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 10:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa surpasses Patrice Motsepe to become the richest black man in Southern Africa
Strive Masiyiwa is now the richest black man in Southern Africa, with a net worth surpassing $4.4 billion – dethroning Patrice Motsepe from the position, according to one count.Masiyiwa's ne...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean ice cream maker a hit in SA
FROM a tender age, Dr Tapiwa Guzha (35), a Zimbabwean based in Cape Town, South Africa, loved cooking and eating indigenous fruits and vegetables from his grandmother's rich nutrition garden in Marlbo...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
VAYA delays commission payments
VAYA Mobility, the taxi and shuttle service provider, is struggling to pay contractors their December commission due to cashflow problems. The company issued a statement on Sunday to contracto...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cassava name change get ZSE nod
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed tech-group Cassava Smartech has been given the nod by the ZSE to change its name to EcoCash Holdings Limited.ZSE has, according to a circular on the propos...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:41hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash shrugs headwinds
EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited, formerly Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe Limited, reported solid operating results for the year ended February 28, 2021, despite strong economic headwinds.EcoCash ...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash shrugs headwinds to posts solid results
EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited, formerly Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe Limited, reported solid operating results for the year ended February 28, 2021, despite strong economic headwinds in the country d...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Can Caterpillars Save Us?
For as long as anyone can remember, mopane worms have provided a critical source of nutritional and financial sustenance for Zimbabweans, especially in the country's southernmost provinces.In ...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 19:24hrs | 16 | by Fortune Moyo
Econet answers church's prayers
Econet Life, a subsidiary of EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited (formerly Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe), has partnered the Zimbabwe Christian Ministers Association (ZCMA) to provide an assortment of insur...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 07:52hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Cassava suspended from trading on local bourse
THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) yesterday stopped Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe Limited from trading on the bourse after an application by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe for the dive...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZSE market cap hits $1 trillion mark
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) market value hits the $1 trillion mark for the first time since the market re-base over a decade ago as bulls charged on increased money supply.Zimbabwe's money s...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:12hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe, now trading as EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe, in strong showing at ZITF
BULAWAYO - Diversified fintech giant Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe Limited, which is now rebranding as EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited, is exhibiting at this year's Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZI...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 18:56hrs | 19 | by Agencies
Cassava revenue up 70%
CASSAVA Smartech Limited's revenue for the quarter ended August 31, 2021 increased by over 70% compared to the same period the previous year driven by growth in transaction activity.In a tradi...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:11hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe blue chips shine in Africa
AT least five of Zimbabwe's biggest stock exchange-listed firms have made it to the list of Africa's best performing companies, defying storms stemming out of a two year old economic crisis, which was...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:56hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
20 richest investors on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange
Investors on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange have amassed staggering wealth since the start of the year owing to the strong pace of recovery in the country and renewed buying interest by local inv...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:05hrs | 455 | by Mfonobong Nsehe
EcoCash merchant transactions reviewed to Z$20 000
THE country's largest mobile money service provider, EcoCash, has been granted greenlight to facilitate once-off transaction limits of up to $20 000 for merchant and bill payments so as to enhance con...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 17:58hrs | 18 | by Staff Reporter
Cassava rebrands to EcoCash Holdings
Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe Limited is set to rebrand to EcoCash Holdings Limited in a move aimed at aligning the business with its main operating subsidiary EcoCash Private Limited. In a circul...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Econet steps up its sustainability drive, joins the United Nations Global Compact initiative
HARARE - Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has taken a major step in demonstrating its commitment to sustainable development by becoming a participant to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the world' la...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 21:23hrs | | by Agencies
Maisha Health Fund launches convenient, phone-based medical aid registration via USSD
Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe's health insurance unit, Maisha Health Fund, has launched an innovative and convenient way to register for medical aid cover through the mobile phone. The service, wh...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 17:33hrs | 7 | by Agencies
Zupco partners Vaya
The Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) has partnered Cassava Smartech's subsidiary Vaya Africa in its bid to easy movement of people between cities. The two companies have today launch...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 19:10hrs | 13 | by Innocent Mujeri
Econet boss launches book
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe CEO, Douglas Mboweni, has launched a book titled A Dusty Road to Success aimed at empowering people to discover and live their God-given purpose.The book was officiall...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 08:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Cassava Smartech partners with the Anglican Church
- Members set to benefit from insurance cover, farming technology & logistics support MUTARE - Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe on Friday signed a M...Published: 22 May 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Another Zimbabwean survivor tells of horrific scenes in Cabo Delgado
A brief background of PalmaPalma is a coastal town located far north of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique. It is very close to the Tanzanian boarder, 20 kilometres away.Since the dis...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:30hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
BAT rated best ZSE counter
BRITISH American Tobacco (BAT ) Zimbabwe has been rated the top counter on both the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)'s top 10 and 15 indexes for the second quarter of 2021.BAT's rating was announ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:08hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Steward Bank in major banking system upgrade
Steward Bank, the largest bank by customer base, is this weekend undertaking its biggest system upgrade since its acquisition from TN Bank in 2013. The Cassava Smartech-owned bank is upgrading...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 18:46hrs | 4 | by Agencies
Crop hectarage increases by 23%
Farmers planted different crops on over 3,4 million hectares in the 2020/2021 agricultural season, driven by a good rainfall forecast, early distribution of inputs and capacitation of extension worker...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
EcoSure beefs up its services, rolls out tents and ablutions as add-ons
HARARE - EcoSure, Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe's micro-insurance business, has included tents and mobile ablution facilities to its funeral policy holders as the company beefs up its mobile insurance pac...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 13:29hrs | 1 | by Agencies
EcoCash, Steward Bank savings product suspended
CASSAVA Smartech subsidiaries EcoCash and Steward Bank have announced temporary suspension of their "EcoCash$ave" product to allow for its migration to a new platform while they repackage and improve ...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 13:24hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean agriculture recovery in motion
ZIMBABWE is an agrarian economy and has huge potential to produce enough for its people and surplus that can be exported to generate foreign currency. However, there is a puzzling divergence between i...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 10:43hrs | 3 | by Dr John Basera
New Maisha Health product enables patients to consult doctors remotely
Maisha Health, Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe's health insurance unit, has rolled out a digital platform that allows patients to consult doctors remotely.The Maisha Telemedicine platform will colle...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 17:08hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe's cartels that are not the real cartels
I just read the report by Daily Maverick, that is purporting to expose cartels in Zimbabwe. The problem with the report is it does not include the obvious and leading cartels in Zimbabwe, such as Old ...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 09:38hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Christmas cheer for Sasai users as they get FREE access to 'Sasai Watch' and 'Sasai Moments' over the festive holidays
Cassava Fintech International (CFI), developers of the all-in-one Sasai super App, have unveiled a Christmas promotion for its Zimbabwean users offering Sasai Watch and Sasai Moments for free over the...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 15:49hrs | 3 | by Agencies
Econet, Cassava bag top business awards
HARARE - Telecommunications giant Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ), and its sister company Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe (Cassava), last week clinched top business leadership and merit awards at separate ev...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 14:26hrs | 10 | by Agencies
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