Blog #Africa

It seems like a long time ago, a tech event was hosted by minister of ICT in Harare which was centered around cyber crimes where monetization on digital platforms was brought up prompting citizens to think that revelations or rather more fittingly confessions made at the event gave the government new ideas about lost revenue in untaxed sectors. These mainly touched content creators, forex traders and more but there was another sector affected that is less known by the majority of people considering its a concept understood by very few people, that is crypto currency. Crypto currency has gained momentum and is slowly being accepted as form of payment all over the world, which makes sense government was to get in on that action too but it is easier said than done because crypto uses a de-centralized system as opposed to traditional systems, there is not middle men, no oversight and mostly harder to trace so how will the government regulate this market. Let's find out.

A few weeks ago Ecocash launched a Super App which intended to bundle all your spending and financial services in a single dashboard. It was a bold launch often characterising the whole Econet group approach which makes them the top digital services and technology brand, this new all-in-one digital ecosystem brings together payments, messaging, and lifestyle services under one roof. It is the first of its kind in Zimbabwe, and it signals a defining moment not just for EcoCash, but for how Africans interact with money and technology. I have used the App for a few weeks now and it's safe to say it actually delivers though there is the chat or messaging feature, well maybe it's getting the final touch ups. Well let's see what this Super App can do and why you should have it.

For centuries the standard world map used in schools, offices and pretty much everywhere has been the Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Just in case you didn’t know, it was drawn that way to be easily used for navigation particularly in the sea so generally some of the countries were distorted and their sizes magnified or reduced in size. For example Africa seems like a small continent but the truth is USA, China, South America and most of western Europe can fit into Africa and still leave some space. Relevant African bodies are pushing for the correction of this centuries old misinformation and introduce a map that truly reflect the true sizes of continents and countries. So Here’s what the African Union wants to use instead.