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Fraudsters use AI to impersonate Chivayo
Zimbabwe is facing a new and alarming wave of cyber fraud involving sophisticated scammers who are using artificial intelligence (AI) to impersonate prominent businessman Wicknell Chivayo in a ploy to...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 18:05hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Maid cries foul after son's exam fees vanishes
The soft swish of a mop echoes through a spacious Waterfalls home in Harare, each stroke a part of Sharon Nyemba's daily rhythm. At 45, Nyemba is a domestic worker and single mother whose calloused ha...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 15:39hrs | 1762 | by Staff reporter
NetOne rewards customers with 'Trolley Dash' Holiday Campaign
In a festive move to celebrate the holiday season, OneMoney, a NetOne product, has again unveiled its yearly exciting promotion called "Trolley Dash" that aims to reward customers for their digital tr...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:14hrs | 721 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Court blocks estranged wife's claim to hubby's estate
A United Kingdom-based woman, Joyce Charlie, has lost her bid to be recognized as the surviving spouse of her late husband, Martin Charlie, after a lengthy legal battle in the High Court. Joyce, who h...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 08:15hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
South Africa plans to say goodbye to cash?
Despite the surging adoption of contactless payments in South Africa, more than half of the country still relies on cash as their dominant payment method, and the digital divide is slowing the migrati...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 13:54hrs | 3060 | by Staff reporter
5 reasons Zimbabwean diaspora should choose Remitly
The flow of remittances to Zimbabwe is substantial, with diaspora remittances estimated at over US$1 billion annually, accounting for approximately 16% of the country's total foreign exchange receipts...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 16:00hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
Fintechs fly planes of cash into Zimbabwe
At least once a month - and sometimes as often as three times a week - a private plane lands in a secure part of Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport on the outskirts of the Zimbabwean capital,...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 17:11hrs | 6716 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash launches new mobile App
EcoCash, Zimbabwe's leading mobile money platform, has unveiled a brand-new mobile app in Harare today, June 13, 2024, featuring enhanced security and a more user-friendly interface packed with additi...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 11:04hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Trainee nurse aide expelled from Mpilo Central Hospital
A TRAINEE nurse aide has been expelled from Mpilo Central Hospital after allegedly posing as a public relations officer and duping members of the public into sending money into her EcoCash to assist a...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Remitly Emerges as Top Choice for Zimbabweans Abroad: Fast, Affordable, and Fee-Free
In a significant trend, Zimbabweans in the diaspora are increasingly turning to Remitly.com for their money transfer needs, drawn by the platform's favorable exchange rates, vast collection points in ...Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 11:34hrs | 146 | by Libz Mbanje
Job seekers lose money to fake employment agents syndicate
A group of fraudulent employment agents posing as recruiters for a reputable tourism and safari company is reportedly operating in Victoria Falls, where numerous unsuspecting job seekers have been dup...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 05:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Intermediated Money Transfer Tax reduced from 4 to 1%
Mobile money customers are happy that the government has reduced the Intermediated Money Transfer Tax (IMTT) on domestic foreign currency transactions from 4% to 1%.The reduction, which was an...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 18:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Continued increase in diaspora remittances signal rising poverty in Zimbabwe
The marked rise in diaspora remittances into Zimbabwe actually does not signal economic growth - but, as a matter of fact, increased povertyYet, it is always baffles the mind whenever the Zimb...Published: 30 May 2023 at 22:36hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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
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 revises transaction limits upwards
EcoCash, Zimbabwe's largest mobile money platform, has increased its transaction limits by an average of 230%, allowing wallet holders to send money, pay bills or buy goods and services with greater e...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 22:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Diaspora bond can only worsen Zimbabwe's situation'
ANALYSTS have described Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's latest attempt to secure investment from Zimbabweans living in the diaspora through a diaspora bond as "day dreaming".Addressing diaspor...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls bond for diasporans
GOVERNMENT is set to introduce a diaspora bond for Zimbabweans overseas as it seeks to raise investment levels in the country.This was revealed by the Finance and Economic Development minister...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF reaches out to Zimbabwe Exemption Permit holders
Zanu-PF legislators have reached out to Zimbabweans in South Africa telling them that they were welcome back home should they fail to meet the requirements by authorities in Pretoria for them to remai...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 20:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
CBZ launches local remittance service
Zimbabwe's largest financial group, CBZ Holdings has launched a local remittance service that enables clients to safely send and receive money in the country.The service caters not only for ex...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Xenophobia-hit Zimbabweans saving country's dead economy
Two decades ago, Trynos Mahamba left Zimbabwe for the United Kingdom, but back home, he has changed the lives of his relatives.Since the day after he left, Mahamba (53) has been sending money ...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:12hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenges Diaspora
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has challenged Zimbabweans in the Diaspora to self-introspect and do something to develop their country while still living abroad.Highlighting achievements and opportunitie...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
RBZ auction rate reaches $258
The auction rate, the weighted average of successful bids on the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe foreign currency auction for productive businesses, fell from $173,2685 to the US dollar last week to $258,540...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Foreign banks troop to Zimbabwe forex auction
UNITED States-based multinational investment outfit JP Morgan was among global lenders that repatriated a combined US$30 million through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s forex auction system by th...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Money transfer agents warn of massive transaction fee hike
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent imposition of a mandatory 4% Intermediate Monetary Transfer Tax (IMTT) on domestic foreign currency transfers has the potential to double transaction fees being p...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in diaspora not cash cows but should have their democratic rights respected!
There was much excitement in the corridors of power when it became apparent that diaspora remittances into Zimbabwe had surpassed the US$1.4 billion mark ...Published: 24 Apr 2022 at 06:25hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Marked rise in diaspora remittances into Zimbabwe doesn't signal economic growth but increased poverty
Indeed, clichés are overused, and usually would have long lost their original context and meaning - however, there are some that still hold true today as they did when they were initially coined....Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Key expectations from upcoming monetary policy
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is expected to present the first monetary policy statement of 2022 within the next 30 days amid rising inflationary pressures. The monetary policy comes after the de...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 11:52hrs | 1 | by Victor Bhoroma
Woman loses freedom bid in $35m fraud case
THE woman who allegedly duped a local businessman of $35 million in a botched mining chemicals deal sometime last year, yesterday lost her freedom bid after the court dismissed her application for exc...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
More convenience for citizens as Steward Bank launches domestic USD remittance service
Steward Bank, the country's largest bank by account holders, has launched a US dollar domestic remittance service that is set to ease the burden for millions of Zimbabweans who need to safely and secu...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 17:49hrs | 3 | by Agencies
Is Guvamatanga altogether there?
An observation made by my daughter, Dr Rumbi, when she was 27 years old has haunted me ever since. Dr Rumbi was preparing for her doctoral defence on governance, and she had returned from a research t...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:08hrs | 1 | by Kenneth Mufuka
SA remittance company eyes Zimbabwe market
A SOUTH Africa-registered remittance company is keen to penetrate the Zimbabwean market where it targets Zimbabweans based in the neighbouring country.The company, Send Home, was founded by a ...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
EcoCash reviews transaction charges
EcoCash, Zimbabwe's largest mobile money platform, will adjust its transactional charges by an average 10 percent next month after obtaining the greenlight from regulatory authorities. The com...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 17:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe diaspora remittances overtake foreign aid'
Diaspora remittances have overtaken foreign aid, as Zimbabweans abroad sent home over US$1 billion in 2020, the highest ever contribution made to the local economy, Finance and Economic Development Mi...Published: 04 May 2021 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pilot makes waves in US
GROWING up in the dusty streets of Highfield in Harare more than 40 years ago, Felix Chiota would gaze in awe at the sky each time an airplane flew over his neighbourhood. At a young age, Chio...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Christmas fever grips Bulawayo
HUNDREDS of people yesterday thronged supermarkets in Bulawayo to make last-minute shopping ahead of Christmas Day today. Shop attendants said they recorded much business with many outlets res...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash to hike transaction charges in January
THE country's largest mobile money platform, Ecocash, says it would adjust its transaction charges by up to 20 percent starting next month citing the need to cover rising operating costs.The c...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 17:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean men more concerned about their in-laws
Zimbabwean men have a special ego and have always basked in identity comfort. The sense of belonging is what makes a Zimbabwean man, a man. A man's ego is his unconscious sense of identity. It...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:49hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Senditoo becomes cheapest money remittance service after slashing all fees
Senditoo has cut its remittance fees meaning that all customers who send money to Zimbabwe will not be charged for their transactions. This will make the money transfer company one of the cheapest mon...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 09:07hrs | 1 | by Loma Media
WorldRemit partners OK Zimbabwe as remittances double in six months
International money transfer services provider, WorldRemit has reported that remittances to Zimbabwe on its platform have doubled in the last six months driven by the availability of cash collection p...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 08:09hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash self-care platforms enhance clients' safety, improve the customer experience
CASSAVA Smartech Zimbabwe's mobile money platform EcoCash is leading the way in maintaining social distancing for its customers and employees through the use of self-care platforms. With the w...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 19:57hrs | | by Agencies
How to avoid Bitcoin scams
Bitcoin scams are everywhere and with cryptocurrency being a valuable asset in the world today, it easily attracts more criminals. There have been multiple reports of scams in recent years worth up to...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 20:28hrs | 4 | by Staff writer
EU will not renew budget support to Zimbabwe
Ongoing mismanagement and corruption mean it is "out of the question" that the European Union will resume aid directly to the government of Zimbabwe anytime soon, according to the bloc's ambassador to...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 18:28hrs | | by Vince Chadwick I Devex
Cassava announces free remittances to Zimbabwe via Sasai App
Cassava Fintech, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Econet Group, says with effect from September 1, 2019, Zimbabweans sending money from the Diaspora will pay only 2.5% in remittance fees, a drastic re...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 18:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mnangagwa is the biggest thief, says Thomas Mapfumo
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is the biggest thief, says Thomas Mapfumo.Mapfumo, whose hard-hitting songs have become legendary for speaking truth to power, accuses polit...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 21:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's curse of voodoo economics
I was attending a pre-conference of Christian pastors in Masvingo at the urgent invitation of Prophetess Elizabeth Chademana.I had been charged by the saints in Greenwood District of the Unite...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:30hrs | 1 | by Kenneth Mufuka
It's up to us to make Zimdollar work
The record needs to be set straight that Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has done nothing outrageous and/or unprecedented by banning the use of foreign currencies in domestic transactions.Accord...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Conway Tutani
ZANU PF Lack of Consultation Dragging Zimbabwe into the Abyss
The announcement of Statutory Instrument 142 of 2019 which outlawed the use of multi-currency system that has been in operation since 2009, adds another chapter, or rather a new low in ZANU PF's non-c...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 21:38hrs | | by Farai Maguwu and Darlington Nyambiya
Smart money is in rural Matebeleland
While Zimbabwe grapples with a foreign-exchange shortage, rural districts in Matebeleland North and South have fostered a thriving South African rand economy.Since the abolition of Zimbabwe's ...Published: 26 May 2019 at 20:54hrs | 3 | by Sunday Times
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