29 September 2011; 12 years ago (2011-09-29) in Harare, Zimbabwe
Headquarters
Harare, Zimbabwe
Key people
Strive Masiyiwa ( Founder)
Munyaradzi Nhamo (Chief Operating Officer)
Eddie Chibi (Group Chief Executive Officer)
Products
Mobile banking
Website
www.ecocash.co.zw/%20Homepage
EcoCash, is a mobile phone-based money transfer, financing and microfinancing service, launched in 2011 by Econet Wireless, for its customers in Zimbabwe.[1][2][3][4] The platform has been targeted by the Zimbabwe government.[3][4]
The company's headquarters is in the EcoCash Holdings HQ along Liberation Legacy Road in Borrowdale, a suburb of Harare, the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe.[5]
Econet allows users to deposit, withdraw, transfer money and pay for goods and services, including utility bills, from a mobile handset. Users can also buy pre-paid airtime or data bundles for themselves or others. Users can also redeem stored mobile money for cash. A fee for each service is deducted directly from the account stored on the mobile phone and accessed using a PIN.[6] Users can deposit and withdraw money, transfer money to other users, pay bills including water, electricity, cable, satellite and school fees, purchase airtime, and transfer money between the service and a regular bank account.[6] The service can be used from branches of ZimPost.[2] EcoCash provides international remittance services in partnership with major global remittance partners such as MoneyGram[7] and PayPal[8][9][10]
As of November 2017, EcoCash was reported to have 6.7 million registered users,[11] compared with 2 million conventional bank account holders in the country.[11] It controlled 99.8 percent of the mobile money market in Zimbabwe at the time.[11] During the first six years of existence, the service processed over $23 billion.[11] In 2017, Zimbabwe's GDP was valued at US$22 billion.[12]
^"Eco-cash launch date". The Zimbabwean. Harare. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
^ abStaff Writer (29 September 2011). "Econet announces the launch of EcoCash". Techzim. Harare: Techzim.co.zw. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
^ ab"Ecocash defies Zimbabwe order to suspend mobile money transactions". www.ft.com. 2020. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
^ abKarombo, Tawanda (12 May 2020). "Zimbabwe's central bank says the dominant mobile money platform is running a Ponzi scheme". Quartz. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
^EcoCash (11 May 2018). "EcoCash Zimbabwe: Head Office". Harare: EcoCash Zimbabwe. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
^ abEcoCash (11 May 2018). "EcoCash Zimbabwe: About Us". Harare: EcoCash Zimbabwe. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
^Gambanga, Nigel (21 October 2015). "EcoCash and MoneyGram officially launch remittances partnership". Techzim. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
^NewsDay, The. "EcoCash partners PayPal as it widens its global remittance network". NewsDay. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
^Chronicle, The (8 September 2022). "EcoCash, Paypal partnership drives international remittances". The Chronicle. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
^Staff Writer (29 June 2022). "You can now receive PayPal transfers directly into an EcoCash USD wallet". Techzim. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
^ abcdSengere, Leonard (10 November 2017). "EcoCash has processed over $23 billion since launch and that's not the only impressive figure". Harare: Techzim.co.zw. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
^IMF (28 April 2018). "World GDP Ranking 2017: GDP by country: GDP, Current Prices: Source: IMF: World Economic Outlook (WEO) Database, April 2018". Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund (IMF). Retrieved 11 May 2018.
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