The Zimbabwe Digital Economy Diagnostic, a new report developed by the World Bank, finds that its digital financial services are the strongest foundation for the further development of the digital economy in the country.
Among Zimbabwe’s key strengths is the widely used digital payment system, through which 96 percent of all transactions in the country are transacted, and which Government uses extensively for its core business.
Read more: Digital Transformation Core to Boosting Zimbabwe’s Economy, Improving Services
Chinhoyi residents and ratepayers have been implored to settle their bills to ensure the municipality provides timely and efficient services.
Owing to the high unemployment rate in the country, including Chinhoyi, which has been compounded by the on-going national Covid-19 lockdown that has disrupted business particularly the informal sector, residents have been finding it difficult to pay rates and other ancillary municipal levies to the local authority.
Read more: ZW: Pay Bills for Improved Service Delivery, Chinhoyi Mayor Tells Residents
Zimpost has been advised to adopt the e-post concept in order to dominate its daily delivery of products and services in Zimbabwe.
Addressing stakeholders at a Zimpost strategic planning workshop, Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services Minister, Dr Jenfan Muswere, said Zimpost was a sleeping giant, which should awaken and play an integral part in facilitating ICT programmes in line with the country’s economic reform programmes such as the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) to attain Vision 2030.
Read more: ZW: Muswere urges Zimpost to adopt e-post concept
The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) will now be timeously releasing monthly inflation figures after the agency announced its migration from paper-based data collection and processing to a computerized system, 263Chat Business has learnt.
Prior to this, Zimstat's inflation figures were always a month-late as it took the agency 30 days to compile and process data before releasing.
Read more: ZW: Zimstat to Timeously Release Inflation Figures
The Minister of Information Communication Technology and Courier Services Jenfan Muswere has urged the country’s postal and communication service provider, ZIMPOST, to adopt electronic ways of service provision to enhance business.
Muswere made the remarks during a Zimpost Strategic Planning Workshop on Wednesday.
“My Ministry wants Zimpost to adopt the e-Post concept in totality and have it dominate its day to day delivery of products and services in Zimbabwe.”
Read more: ZW: ICT Minister urges ZIMPOST to fully adopt digital strategies