Leading fintech platform EcoCash has launched Zimbabwe’s first all-encompassing Super App that integrates payments, chat and explore services into a single, powerful App offering a first in convenience, high utility value and exciting social appeal. Developed by Sasai Fintech, a business of Cassava Technologies – the Super App is expected to position EcoCash at the…
HARARE’S long-standing water crisis is set to ease as the City of Harare and its partner, Helcraw Water Private Limited, have embarked on a major rehabilitation of Morton Jaffray Water Works aimed at boosting supply to residents.The council yesterday said the intervention was expected to significantly increase water production at the plant.“The City of Harare…
RESIDENTS in Chitungwiza say they are struggling to locate and access the graves of their loved ones as cemeteries fall into neglect, with overgrown vegetation and poor demarcation making burial sites unrecognisable.Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Chitungwiza Residents Trust (Chitrest) director Alice Kuvheya said the situation had reached alarming levels across virtually all cemeteries…
OPPOSITION stalwart Amos Chibaya and former Zimbabwe National Students Union president Allan Chipoyi yesterday withdrew their Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 3 challenge after judge president Mary Zimba-Dube ruled that it is difficult to determine the matter without witnesses.The two had filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking the court to direct Parliament…
A HARARE woman is in trouble for allegedly selling his mother’s stand in Manyame Park without her approval.Maudy Nyagupe appeared before Harare provincial magistrate Ruth Moyo on fraud allegations and was granted US$200 bail.It is the State case that sometime in March 2022, Nyagupe approached the complainant, Wellington Bure, and misrepresented to him that she…
HARARE regional magistrate Francis Mapfumo yesterday jailed a Harare man to six years’ imprisonment for duping his relative of $29 million in a botched business partnership.Tendai Jemwa duped his brother in-law Thomas Masango after the two bought a piece of land in Spitzkop, Harare, and Jemwa clandestinely sold the land for US$50 000 without Masango’s…
ZIMBABWEAN exporters are being implored to move to tap into China’s vast consumer market following Beijing’s decision to scrap tariffs on imports from African countries.China’s zero-tariff policy, which comes into force on May 1, would eliminate duties on goods from 53 African countries, granting duty-free access across 100 percent of tariff lines in a move…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has reassured investors that exchange rate instability is being addressed, as authorities intensify efforts to attract impact-driven capital.Speaking at an investment forum in Bulawayo yesterday, RBZ deputy governor Innocent Matshe said exchange rate stability remained central to building investor confidence and unlocking long-term capital.“No investor, impact-oriented or otherwise, will…
THE World Food Programme (WFP) says the country’s food security situation remained fragile last month due to uneven rainfall and rising prices of basic goods.In its latest report released recently, WFP said many families were struggling to meet their food needs as household stocks deplete.“Across the 19 monitored districts, the food security and livelihood situation…
INDONESIA is seeking to broaden economic and cultural cooperation with Zimbabwe in a bid to deepen bilateral ties and unlock new commercial opportunities.Speaking to the Daily News at their Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) exhibition stand, the ambassador of Indonesia to Zimbabwe, Arief Hidayat, said the annual expo provided a valuable platform for collaboration.“We believe…
