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WhatsApp's new feature might be a gift to con artists
There is a seductive appeal to the word "privacy." It conjures images of safety, control, and autonomy. It suggests a world in which one can participate without being exposed, speak without being watc...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 21:57hrs | 758 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Econet dismisses fake social media post on VPN deductions
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has dismissed as fake a widely circulated social media post claiming that the company will deduct funds from EcoCash wallets of customers who have used virtual private network...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 13:05hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Ecocash fraudster, accomplice convicted
Luck ran out for two Masvingo men who were in the habit of defrauding local shopkeepers by creating fake EcoCash payment messages, leading to their conviction on fraud charges at the Masvingo Magistra...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 13:22hrs | 1866 | by Staff reporter
What Zimbabweans need to know about Starlink, and how to order
GREAT news for internet users across Zimbabwe - Starlink has officially launched nationwide services as of September 7, 2024.After months of anticipation and a slight delay, Zimbabweans can no...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 16:08hrs | 3048 | by Staff reporter
Woman kills husband over salary
Police in Mashonaland East have arrested Memory Choga (41) from Jeche Primary School in Sadza, following the death of her husband, Douglas Choga (45), a teacher at the same school. The arrest came aft...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 12:03hrs | 3148 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash reintroduces US-dollar loans
LEADING financial services company, EcoCash, has re-introduced the Kashagi loans in United States dollars, reaffirming its commitment to providing accessible financial services to its customers....Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 15:01hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash launches Christmas promotion
Zimbabwe's largest mobile money platform, EcoCash, has launched a Christmas promotion to reward customers who transact using its United States dollar (USD) wallet.In the promotion, which start...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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
Kamambo trial moved to March 30
ZIMBABWE Football Association president Felton Kamambo's trial was once again postponed yesterday to March 30 after the presiding magistrate said she was overwhelmed by other cases.Kamambo, wh...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Chief Chiduku
Couple robbed, dumped in disused mine shaft
A Masvingo couple was robbed of a car, $500 000, bank card, and a cell phone by a gang of four suspected robbers that allegedly dumped them in a 20-metre disused mineshaft in the outskirts of the town...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 23:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash bureau de change launch to spur financial inclusion in Zimbabwe
THE recent launch of a bureau de change by Zimbabwe's leading mobile money service provider EcoCash after approval by the country's central bank is likely to help channel more remittances through form...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | 2 | by Sifelani Tsiko
Econet launches digital mobile bureau de change
ECOCASH has launched a digital mobile phone-based bureau de change in a move set to increase competition in the foreign currency exchange business. The innovative facility, a first by a mobile...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash agents make a killing
ECOCASH agents have turned their booths into illegal selling points of cash at exorbitant premiums ranging from 30 to 40 percent. For one to get bond coins and notes from EcoCash agents, he or...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Battered wife seeks protection
A Harare woman yesterday sought relief from the court claiming she is being battered for standing up against her husband's infidelities.Filda Mungwanya said she once left her co-owned matrimon...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
EcoSure apologises
CASSAVA SmarTech Zimbabwe's insurance arm, EcoSure, has apologised for erroneously deducting money from subscribers' EcoCash wallets on Saturday. EcoSure was under fire on social media at the ...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:11hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Cassava Smartech initiative way to go'
Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Ministry says it highly upholds technological innovations that seek to develop agriculture productivity. This follows advances made by...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash glitches leave thousands stranded
THOUSANDS of Econet customers have been stranded in recent days as the popular EcoCash mobile money transfer platform has been misfiring.Subscribers have been struggling to make payments via E...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Econet unveils Ecocash business wallet
Econet's mobile money service Ecocash, has unveiled the Ecocash Business Wallet to cater for both formal and informal businesses, becoming the first in Africa to have an enterprise transaction service...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 children die in hailstorm
THREE children died last week in Masvingo province when heavy hailstorms coupled with strong winds destroyed homesteads leaving more than 300 families homeless, officials have confirmed.Masvin...Published: 22 May 2018 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Teacher gang raped on schools opening day'
THREE armed men allegedly gang-raped a teacher at a school in Masvingo, robbed her fellow teachers of their cellphones and cash before force-marching her undressed to the next school.The trio ...Published: 10 May 2018 at 06:58hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Econet customer defrauded
AN Econet agent and two others stand accused of defrauding a customer of $3 346 from his CBZ and Steward bank accounts after they replaced his sim card without his knowledge.Nicholas Rusenza 4...Published: 08 May 2018 at 16:21hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
New wave of EcoCash fraud
A NEW form of fraud involving EcoCash transactions has hit Bulawayo with unsuspecting businesses being duped by fraudsters allegedly using screen shots from previous transactions.Bulawayo poli...Published: 23 Dec 2017 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Soldiers run amok in Chitungwiza
SEKE Unit O shops in Chitungwiza have resembled a war zone each evening for the past week as soldiers wantonly beat up residents in retaliation for the murder of their colleague by an unknown gang of ...Published: 08 Oct 2017 at 15:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reportrer
Sex worker steal from sleeping clients
A BULAWAYO commercial sex worker has landed herself in trouble after she allegedly stole property worth $757 from two clients who had hired her.Itai Muzambi (23) of Entumbane was not asked to ...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 06:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash tightens grip on Zimbabwe mobile money market
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (Econet) has launched the "Chaka-Chaya neEcoCash transact and win" promotion, in a move that is likely to tighten the mobile operator's firm grip on the mobile money market in...Published: 07 May 2017 at 11:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
EcoCash win CashlessAfrica Awards 2017
Mahindra Comviva, the global leader in mobility solution and Econet Wireless, the largest mobile operator in Zimbabwe, have jointly won the CashlessAfrica Awards 2017 in the "Best Low Remittance Provi...Published: 29 Mar 2017 at 08:54hrs | | by Agencies
Ecoash Home Wallet launched in London
UK diaspora customers will now have access to the Ecocash wallet as if they were in Zimbabwe and enjoy the ability to remit funds and pay for goods and services using the newly launched Ecocash Home W...Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 16:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
EcoCash bribe cops: prosecutor fails to turn up in court
The matter involving three Bulawayo police officers who allegedly solicited a $200 bribe from a man they accused of producing fake Ordinary Level certificates did not go ahead as scheduled after t...Published: 07 Mar 2017 at 11:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash nails bribe cops
THREE Bulawayo police officers who allegedly solicited a $200 bribe from a man they accused of producing fake Ordinary Level certificates have appeared in court after confirmation from EcoCash tha...Published: 19 Jan 2017 at 05:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash partners TransferTo
Leading mobile payment solution, EcoCash has partnered cross-border mobile payments network, TransferTo, to expand its cross border reach for international remittances starting with South Africa....Published: 12 Jan 2017 at 06:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash partners Mukuru
Mobile money firm, Ecocash on Wednesday announced a partnership with remittance service provider Mukuru targeting mainly Zimbabweans living in South Africa.According to local media, ...Published: 21 Sep 2016 at 15:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Econet, Total Zimbabwe sign EcoCash transactions deal
THE country's largest telecommunication firm, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, has announced a partnership with Total Zimbabwe, which enables customers to use EcoCash to pay for fuel and other services at se...Published: 24 Jun 2016 at 06:01hrs | | by Business Reporter
Mobile money agents 'run out of cash'
SCORES of mobile money agents have reportedly run out of cash due to swelling demand after most depositors transferred their monies from their bank accounts to cellphone-based platforms.With b...Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 06:39hrs | | by Bianca Mlilo
EcoCash, MTN launch money transfer service
Zimbabwe's largest mobile money service, EcoCash, and MTN mobile money in Zambia have launched a money transfer service that allows Zimbabweans living in Zambia to send money home using MTN money wall...Published: 19 May 2016 at 06:35hrs | | by Business Reporter
MoneyGram in partnership with Standard Bank launchies Direct Send to Ecocash
Johannesburg - Today the International money transfer brand MoneyGram together with partners Standard Bank launched the Direct Send to Ecocash in Zimbabwe product giving Zimbabweans in South Africa, t...Published: 23 Oct 2015 at 09:57hrs | 3 | by Zanele Ndlovu
Policeman in trouble over $35
A police officer based at Chitungwiza Police Station allegedly connived with a member of the neighbourhood watch committee to extort $35 from the director of Passneck Investments after arresting him o...Published: 22 Oct 2015 at 06:56hrs | | by Lovemore Meya
EcoCash is now available in South Africa
Zimbabweans in South Africa can now send money home to Zimbabwe the EcoCash way. According to an EcoCash website, there has never been a remittance service like this. Econet Wireless South Afr...Published: 15 Oct 2015 at 08:42hrs | | by Ndou Paul
EcoCash fraudster nabbed
A man from Hillside in Bulawayo is in trouble after he allegedly forged the identity particulars and coped the mobile numbers of the a an EcoCash agent client before withdrawing the money the client h...Published: 13 Oct 2015 at 07:19hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
Steward Bank partners Mastercard on remittances
Mastercard has announced a partnership with Steward Bank, which will make remittance services available to the bank's more than 1,5 million account holders.The announcement was made at the Mob...Published: 03 Mar 2015 at 16:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's ATMs allow cardless transactions
Zimbabwe's Econet Wireless has switched on airtime purchases and cardless mobile money transactions on automated teller machines (ATMs) owned by Steward Bank, which it controls, ...Published: 19 Feb 2015 at 15:06hrs | | by Fin24
Econet partners Western Union to increase EcoCash reach
Money remittance company Western Union has followed in the footsteps of MoneyGram and partnered with EcoCash for diaspora remittances into Zimbabwe. Econet today announced its partnership with...Published: 06 Nov 2014 at 15:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash accounts for more than 60% of WorldRemit transfers to Zimbabwe in 3 months
London - More than 60% of all money transfers sent to Zimbabwe through WorldRemit are now received on EcoCash, it was revealed today.The significant landmark comes just three months ...Published: 23 Aug 2014 at 12:59hrs | 5 | by Iain Mackenzie
Steward Bank launches product suite for Zimbabweans living in the Diaspora
Steward Bank has launched a suite of innovative Diaspora Banking products targeted at Zimbabweans living, working or studying abroad. The product suite was unveiled by Steward Bank CE...Published: 11 May 2014 at 13:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Econet forcing suppliers to open bank accounts with Steward Bank
SUPPLIERS of telecommunications concern Econet Wireless are up in arms over a recent directive compelling them to open accounts with the mobile phone operator's bank, Steward Bank, businessdigest repo...Published: 14 Mar 2014 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
EcoCash adds savings account offering
Three million Zimbabweans who use the EcoCash Wallet can now also operate a savings account Econet Wireless has launched a new service called EcoCashSave, which allows an EcoCash custome...Published: 09 Oct 2013 at 08:49hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Econet Wireless unveils phone debit card
Zimbabwe's largest mobile phone company, Econet Wireless, has unveiled a new function on its mobile money service EcoCash which allows a cellphone to also operate as a virtual debit card.The f...Published: 27 Mar 2013 at 20:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Stanbic Bank sign up to EcoCash
Econet Wireless has announced that Stanbic Bank is now offering its customers full access to EcoCash.Stanbic Bank becomes the first international bank in the country to get connected to EcoCa...Published: 20 Feb 2013 at 09:32hrs | | by Business reporter
Econet upgrades EcoCash
Econet Zimbabwe has introduced over-the-counter merchant payment systems that allow EcoCash customers to pay for retail purchases using the platform.In a statement yesterday, Econet announce...Published: 16 Aug 2012 at 07:11hrs | | by Business Reporter
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