Unity Finance is one of Zambia’s popular credit facilities that provides unsecured loans to formally employed Zambians and Zambian entrepreneurs through SME development loans. With over 10 years of experience…
MTN Zambia’s CEO Charles Molapisi says the company is well positioned for further growth in the telecoms sector in Zambia with the country’s population still very young, opening up capacity…
Ecobank has partnered with Visa to launch Ecobank Scan+Pay with mVisa solutions to their consumers. The strategic tie-up signals interoperability on a cross border level – and potentially huge gains – as…
Stanbic Bank and mobile phone service provider MTN have rolled out a device financing solution that will enable customers to acquire mobile devices and data packages using flexible payment plans…
Zamtel and Barclays Bank Zambia Plc have announced the launch of a unique online payment solution to bring convenice and enable Zamtel customers pay for various communication products and services. The two…
TMT Finance, the global telecom, media and tech investment news and events provider, has announced the launch of the inaugural TMT Finance Africa in Cape Town, South Africa conference on…
The image above is what an inclusive digital payments ecosystem looks like and a report by the Better Than Cash Alliance for the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion addressed…
AfriLabs, The largest pan-African network of over 60 technology and innovation hubs across 25 African countries is holding its AfriLabs Annual Gathering 2017 taking place from the 18th - 20th…
The Bank of Zambia and Financial Sector Deepening Zambia signed a memorandum of understanding to increase financial inclusion in the country in 14 fourteen areas. 3 key ones are: Implementation…
Zambeef’s newly opened Masala Macro in Ndola is the latest outlet to offer customers the Airtel Money ‘Tap and Go’ service following the partnership between the two organisations aimed at…
Events are HUGE in Zambia, but for one to get in a basic necessity is an actual ticket right? Yes! So we asked new ticketing platform Tessera what they’re all…
The ingredients for the launch accelerator are simple: great entrepreneurs with registered startups, experienced industry mentors, business development, legal and finance advice, and access to customers and desire to grow…
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 speak to Aaron Jeke of Chitika…
17th July 2017 brought over 180 ICT for development (ICT4D) pioneers together from all over the world into Lusaka at Radisson Blu, thanks to USAID Zambia. The goal? To discuss…
The Fund for Internet Research and Development (FIRE) Africa Awards seek to acknowledge innovative initiatives in Africa that have made concrete contributions through the use of information and communications technologies…
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 platform across Africa. The partnership, which…
The annual Global Telecom Awards are now open for nominations. If you think your Telecom company has what it takes, enter any of these categories: Advancing the road to 5G…
Zambian merchants have entered a new era of trade where they will be able to make online sales without customers physically presenting their credit or debit cards at the time…
If you’re a tech enthusiast doing anything on September 3rd CANCEL IT and attend the International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies (ICICT) instead, which aims to to “support and stimulate active…
Sandi Chimpala is a tech enthusiast and blogger for Techtrends Zambia, where she never shuts up about technology’s opportunity for the developing world. We recently asked Sandi for her…
