BUSINESS NEWS

Cash dependency threatens Zimbabwe's digital economy goals

Banking experts have warned that Zimbabwe's heavy reliance on cash is undermining the country's push towards a digital economy, despite widespread mobile penetration and modern payment infrastructure....

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 September 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe's digital transactions surge to ZiG89bn

Zimbabwe has seen a sharp rise in digital payments, with the value of retail transactions jumping 35 percent in the second quarter of 2025, according to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). The total v...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 September 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Digital shift boosts Zimbabwe's tax collections

Zimbabwe's domestic resource mobilisation drive has received a significant boost following the launch of a fully digital tax collection system, a move set to improve efficiency, reduce costs, save ti...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe conducts digital currency survey

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has intensified its preparations to introduce a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) through a phased approach, starting with consumer perception surveys to gauge p...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 August 2025

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Zimbabwe hits US$44,9bn in digital transactions

Zimbabwe's financial sector has marked a major milestone in its digital transformation, processing a record 381 million electronic transactions worth ZiG1,2 trillion (US$44,9 billion) in the first hal...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 August 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Potraz rolls out digital inclusion programme

The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has launched a far-reaching programme aimed at addressing digital exclusion among persons with disabilities, as the country ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 August 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

NetOne expands digital access in rural Zimbabwe

Vice President Kembo Mohadi has applauded leading mobile network operator NetOne for its commitment to extending digital connectivity to the most remote parts of Zimbabwe, saying the move is in line w...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimra goes digital

The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has announced that all Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Certificates of Origin will now be issued online, marking a major advancement in Z...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe introduces digital title deeds

Homeowners, farmers, and businesses across Zimbabwe have been given a 24-month deadline to present their original title deeds to the Registrar of Deeds for verification, following a government announ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

NetOne in digital drive to protect wetlands

STATE-OWNED telecoms provider, NetOne has unveiled a digital monitoring programme to protect the country's wetlands as global leaders urge stronger enforcement to protect the environment.NetOne Group...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe's digital connectivity expands

Zimbabwe's Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector experienced robust growth in the fourth quarter of 2024, with the national ICT index rising by 17.8% to reach 121.1. This significant i...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 July 2025

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Stanbic extends digital payments offering

Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe has announced the full digitization of its international payments facility, extending the service to all client categories in a major step toward enhancing convenience, accessibi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe goes digital in livestock management

The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development has officially launched the National Livestock Stock Card Initiative in Chidziva Village, Bindura, aiming to transform the li...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 May 2025

FINANCIAL SERVICES

ZB launches twin digital solutions to modernise Zimbabwe's payment landscape

Financial services provider ZB Financial Holdings (ZBFH) has unveiled two new digital platforms, Smile Cash and Smile&Pay, in a move aimed at deepening financial inclusion and modernising Zimbabwe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 May 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Zoho Corp injects $15 million into Zimbabwe's digital future

Indian cloud software giant Zoho Corporation has announced a $15 million investment in Zimbabwe aimed at accelerating the digital transformation of small and medium enterprises (SMES) and large organi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Zimbabwe govt moves to close digital gap

ZIMBABWE is making strides to close the digital divide between the country and the developed world by providing Internet access to marginalised areas, an official has said. Postal and Telecommunicatio...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 October 2019

FINANCIAL SERVICES

StanChart rolls out retail digital banking

The country's oldest financial institution, Standard Chartered Bank Zimbabwe (StanChart), is planning to strengthen its franchise by rolling out its first digital banking platform for its retail custo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2019

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

'The future of industry is digital'

LISTED technology services firm, Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe, has challenged manufacturing industries in the country to embrace digital platforms and modern ways of doing business to match global trends...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 April 2019

EDUCATION

Zimbabwe to digitalise 3 500 schools

GOVERNMENT targets to fully digitalise about 3 500 schools countrywide within five years in an effort to enhance e-learning and quality education, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Professor Pa...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 December 2018

OPINION

Digital tax headache for small economies

Taxation of digital services like Facebook, e-Commerce, cloud services, video streaming, Twitter and Google advertising is a complex global problem.Countries like Zimbabwe, which are beneficiaries but...

By Dr Dennis Magaya | Published: 09 December 2018

EDUCATION

Bulawayo public schools go digital

PUBLIC schools in Bulawayo have pioneered digitalisation with about 80% of them having embraced the technology as part of the government's plan to digitalise all schools to improve the education syste...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 July 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Zim missed digitalization deadline by 3 years

Zimbabwe failed to meet the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) deadline to migrate from analogue broadcasting to digital since June 2015.The digitalization project which is under the jurisdi...

By nextvafrica | Published: 03 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Digital platform for Zim businesswomen

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) has launched the 50 Million African Women Speak (50MWS) Digital Networking platform in Zimbabwe. The digital platform is part of a broader wo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Govt bolsters television programmes funding

GOVERNMENT has upped television production funding through the ongoing Zimbabwe Digital Broadcasting (ZimDigital) migration project.For long, local filmmakers have struggled due to lack of funding but...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 June 2018

OPINION

Why digital money makes sense

William Arthur Ward was an American who contributed a lot to the Reader's Digest. His main genres were inspirational maxims and meditations and poems. One of the things he said was: "A pessimist compl...

By Nick Mangwana | Published: 19 June 2018
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