SIM swap fraud: a new wave of attacks targeting financial services and online services in Africa May 6, 2019 During Kaspersky Lab’s annual Cyber Security Weekend that took place in Cape Town, South Africa, Kaspersky Lab experts discussed the wide spread growth of mobile… Continue Reading
Zamtel integrates ZamPay-VISA/MasterCard April 29, 2019 Zamtel has announced the full integration of its ZamPay payment system to Visa and MasterCard platforms. Zamtel believes the move will help accelerate the… Continue Reading
ZamPay goes number neutral April 18, 2019 Zamtel has announced that ZamPay, the country’ first Quick Response (QR) code payment platform has now become number neutral. The Number Neutrality Feature allows… Continue Reading
MTN Mobile Money and Zanaco partner to launch school fees payment system April 11, 2019 MTN Mobile Money has partnered with Zanaco Bill Muster to launch a service that will enable customer to conveniently pay school fees, and is… Continue Reading
Introducing online shopping platform, Tigmoo Zambia February 6, 2019 With the growth of online stores, we have a new contender that is set on disrupting the Zambia eCommerce space. Enter Tigmoo Zambia. The site… Continue Reading
Standard Chartered launches second wave of digital-only retail banks across four African markets January 31, 2019 Standard Chartered today announced the start of the second phase of its digital-only retail bank across Africa. In response to growing consumer demand for… Continue Reading
WhatsApp Business has some new updates January 25, 2019 It has been 1 year since WhatsApp Business launched and to celebrate that anniversary, WhatsApp has added 3 new features for the platform both… Continue Reading
Mukuru launches WhatsApp Business service platform for users January 16, 2019 Mukuru announced today that they are one of the first money transfer companies in South Africa to allow customers to use WhatsApp to initiate… Continue Reading
Introducing Shop Online Zambia, the country’s ‘online mall’ January 14, 2019 The Shop Online Zambia website has been launched as Zambia’s first online shopping mall, so yes, its virtual shopping from some of the shops we… Continue Reading
Zamtel signs up ZamPay merchants from pub and night club space in Lusaka January 10, 2019 Customers at some of Lusaka’s most popular night spots can now experience the joy of not having to worry about making cash payments each… Continue Reading
7 tips for mobile money data protection January 10, 2019 Mobile money is fast becoming the number 1 means of money remittance and payments in Africa, largely due to the inexpensive rates of setting… Continue Reading
Zamtel wants you to use its SIMs and ZamPay December 14, 2018 Communications and Transport Minister Brian Mushimba has made a passionate appeal to all Zambians to start using Zamtel SIM cards for their voice calls… Continue Reading
MTN Mobile Money, Barclays Bank and ZRA partner for mobile tax payments November 21, 2018 MTN Mobile Money, Barclays Bank Zambia Plc and the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) have partnered to launch the mobile tax payment for Mobile Money… Continue Reading
Airtel opens first ever Airtel Money Branch November 19, 2018 Airtel Networks Zambia Plc has opened its first ever Airtel Money Branch in Matero Township. Opening the branch with scores of Matero residents in… Continue Reading
MTN Zambia partners with NAPSA to introduce mobile solution for payment of contributions November 2, 2018 In an effort to drive the use of mobile money and broaden the options for paying employees’ contributions, the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA… Continue Reading
Zamtel and ZRA launch joint tax payment service October 25, 2018 State owned telecommunications company Zamtel in partnership with the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has announced the launch of a mobile tax payment system using… Continue Reading
Zanaco and Airtel Money form mobile money partnership August 30, 2018 Zanaco and Airtel Zambia have partnered to allow Airtel Money Agents and Dealers to deposit cash into their Airtel Money wallet at any Zanaco branch… Continue Reading
Zoona CMO Lelemba to leave role in September July 25, 2018 Chief Marketing Officer and shareholder at Zoona, Lelemba Phiri, has announced that she will be leaving Zoona at the end of September 2018 after… Continue Reading
Zanaco and Mt Meru Petroleum partner for digital payments May 15, 2018 Zanaco has entered in a partnership with Mt Meru Petroleum for the use of the bank’s digital payment systems at all Mt Meru facilities across… Continue Reading
Zoona announced in ‘Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Africa’ February 25, 2018 Financial services company Zoona has been placed in third position in the ‘Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Africa 2018’ by international business publication… Continue Reading