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This adage is aptly applied to the case of a 19-year-old woman employed as a marketing agent at a micro-insurance company in Kwekwe who is claiming she was sexually harassed by her supervisor....Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:57hrs | 2837 | by Staff reportrer
EcoSure extends cover to millions, boosts national insurance penetration
HARARE - EcoSure, the micro-insurance product from Econet Life, has played a significant role in raising the country's insurance penetration by over 200%, from as low as 5% to over 16%.The inn...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 09:08hrs | 1 | by Agencies
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 | 8 | by Agencies
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 | | by Agencies
Zimbabwe loses US$40m through policy cover externalisation
Zimbabwean insurers and reinsurers should strengthen their capital positions in real terms to reduce cover policy externalisation which has cost the country an estimated US$40 million in 2018 alone in...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
EcoSure US$ packages unveiled
CASSAVA Smartech Zimbabwe's EcoSure has unveiled United States dollar denominated packages that will give Zimbabweans the opportunity to get insurance cover without worrying about the challenges of va...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 09:36hrs | | 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 | 5 | by Staff reporter
Life assurance profits down 63% in Q3
ZIMBABWE'S life assurance industry recorded 68 % decline in after tax profits to $314,85 million in the nine months to September 2018 compared to $979,27 million during the same period in 2017, the in...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Old Mutual's centre to jumpstart informal sector
ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange-listed financial services group, Old Mutual, says its $21,4 million state-of-the-art small to medium enterprises (SMEs) Eastgate Market in Harare would be opened next month....Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Econet scoops three awards
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe has scooped three awards in recognition of its innovative approach to business and contribution to the economy.Afri-Sure, a consortium of consultants in the insurance ...Published: 01 Aug 2016 at 08:17hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
Plastic money usage to dominate Zimbabwe SMEs Summit
Increased usage of plastic money and the adoption of innovative banking products will dominate discussions during the 2016 Zimbabwe SMEs Banking and Micro Finance Summit set for next week.Stak...Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 22:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Borrowing/lending friends money
LET'S start by getting the syntax right, you borrow from and lend to. The concern here is on the informal means of borrowing/lending, not the official route of doing borrowing or lending.That ...Published: 23 Mar 2016 at 05:31hrs | | by Morris Mpala, MoB Capital
Zimbabwe Diaspora, locals need each other
INITIALLY we were disturbed by the number of Zimbabweans resident outside the country but now we think it is a blessing.It now makes our financial freedom crusade attainable with "Zimbos", by ...Published: 02 Mar 2016 at 07:51hrs | | by Morris Mpala, MoB Capital (Pvt) Ltd
MBAs don't run companies!
YOUR degrees and titles don't run companies. If they did then governments could be richer than companies all over the world. Even universities will be better run than some businesses. How many Sirs, D...Published: 17 Sep 2015 at 06:48hrs | | by Morris Mpala MOB Capital (Pvt) Ltd
76% of Zimbabweans have no access to banks
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has said at least 76 percent of the population in the country still remains with no access to financial services as formal banks have failed to expand their prod...Published: 07 Sep 2014 at 09:39hrs | 1 | by Ngonidzashe Chiutsi
Econet Wireless under investigation
THE Insurance Pension Commission (IPEC) yesterday said telecommunications leader Econet Wireless was being investigated after it emerged that it was providing insurance services for farmers without a...Published: 18 Oct 2013 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Cross-border telephone remittances increase in Africa
More people in Africa's poorest countries have mobile phones than have bank accounts. That reality is spurring mobile service companies to explore how they can capture a share of the potential banking...Published: 24 Jan 2012 at 13:28hrs | | by Anna McGovern
In Ethiopia, microfinance lifts poor out of poverty
At the outskirts of this town, 45 kilometres south of Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, Aselefech Desalegn fights the flames she uses for baking enjera, Ethiopia's staple flatbread. Like millions of...Published: 28 Nov 2011 at 18:01hrs | | by Andualem Sisay
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