WorldRemit raises $40m to target 5 million customers in Africa December 7, 2017 Digital money transfer service WorldRemit has raised $40m to drive its next phase of global growth, aiming to serve 10 million customers connected to emerging… Continue Reading
Zambia’s Zazu raises $218k in crowdfunding campaign December 6, 2017 Zambian fintech startup Zazu has secured GBP166,000 (US$218,000) after running an oversubscribed crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs in order to launch a digital bank. Launched… Continue Reading
Zoona’s winning streak continues December 6, 2017 Zoona has announced that it had been awarded two international awards. Lelemba Phiri, the Group Chief Marketing Officer, was recognised as being one of the… Continue Reading
A quick look at BroadPay’s new merchant app September 19, 2017 To cater to areas that have little or not access pay mobile phone bills, electricity and DStv/GOtv bills, the BroadPay app has been created… Continue Reading
Press Release: FSDZ signs MoU with Bank of Zambia on financial inclusion August 31, 2017 The Bank of Zambia and Financial Sector Deepening Zambia signed a memorandum of understanding to increase financial inclusion in the country in 14 fourteen… Continue Reading
On Zambian event apps with Chitika’s Aaron Jeke August 1, 2017 In February we covered local event app Chitika and since then we’ve seen other event apps try to come up so we decided to… Continue Reading
Huawei partners with WorldRemit to accelerate growth of low cost mobile-to-mobile money transfers to Africa July 11, 2017 Leading digital money transfer service WorldRemit and Huawei have announced a partnership making WorldRemit’s international money transfer service available to all partners of Huawei’s mobile money service… Continue Reading
Android Pay launches on WorldRemit to offer mobile-to-mobile transfers June 13, 2017 WorldRemit, the leading digital money transfer service has added Android Pay to its service, offering a new way for WorldRemit’s Android Pay users to send… Continue Reading
How to send cash from Barclays Bank to Airtel Money accounts June 12, 2017 Airtel Zambia and Barclays Bank Zambia have partnered to enable vcash transfers between bank accounts and mobile money wallets for customers. To do this,… Continue Reading
Ecobank launches new mobile banking app June 7, 2017 Ecobank Zambia introduced Ecobank Mobile App at the end iof May 2017 which it says will be ‘a convenient and instant way of banking via… Continue Reading
Press Release: Zoona’s price slashes take effect June 1, 2017 Exciting new prices by Zoona, Zambia’s leading mobile money provider, come into effect today. Now consumers can send more for less. The new prices announced recently… Continue Reading
MTN and Barclays launch Bank to Wallet service June 1, 2017 The latest mobile banking service is from MTN Zambia and Barclays Zambia who have launched a Bank to Wallet (B2W) service that allows clients to… Continue Reading
Zoona slashes remittance prices up to 60% in Zambia May 22, 2017 Zoona, an African mobile payments business with operations in Zambia Malawi and Mozambique, has announced plans to cut down its prices by between 13% and 60… Continue Reading
A summary of the first ever Lusaka Internet Forum May 12, 2017 The first Lusaka Internet forum was launched and hosted by the Embassy of Sweden and the Zambia Governance Foundation on the 10th and 11th… Continue Reading
Press Release: MTN partners with Zambeef for mobile money payments March 30, 2017 MTN Zambia, the leading mobile operator in Zambia and ZamBeef Plc the largest integrated food retailing brand in Zambia, will join forces in a… Continue Reading
Press Release: Zoona wins top award at Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship November 10, 2016 Zoona, an African mobile payments business that helps communities thrive, by enabling emerging entrepreneurs to provide much needed financial services in their communities, last… Continue Reading
ICT4D meetup focuses on opportunities for women in technology August 29, 2016 Zambia’s ICT4D group has shared an event this Wednesday focusing on tech opportunities for women and here’s an overview of what it will be about… Continue Reading
The Paybills story, as told by Sam Njuwe, Cellulant Zambia Country Manager June 17, 2016 Remember how Vinni told you about what Paybills.co.zm is all about? It launched about a month ago, and today I got to chat with Sam… Continue Reading
RTSA to (finally) go electronic and enhance service delivery June 15, 2016 The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) is about to go electronic (finally) with a new system it’s calling e-ZAMTIS, (for electronic Zambia Traffic Information Systems)…. Continue Reading
Zoona makes new high profile appointments May 24, 2016 African fintech company Zoona is gearing up for fast scaling in 2016 and beyond. The mobile money service provider, with operations in Zambia and… Continue Reading