HARARE – The recent conviction of a Mukuru Zimbabwe employee for stealing more than US$15,000 from the remittance company has renewed attention on the operational and security challenges facing businesses that handle large volumes of cash. The case also highlights Zimbabwe's continued reliance on cash transactions, particularly in the remittance sector, despite ongoing efforts to promote digital financial services.

Old habit. For thirty years, she rose early to prepare before the neighbourhood stirred, before the children needed feeding, before the women gathered, before the day became communal property. The market used to open at six. She would be there before the best tomatoes were gone, before Maiguru Chipo claimed the prime spot near the entrance, before the real business of the morning began, not the buying and selling, but the talking. The catching up. The being known.

Global money transfer firm Western Union has partnered with fintech platform Sasai, a unit of Cassava Technologies, to launch a new international money transfer mobile application targeting users in South Africa. The new platform aims to make it easier for migrants to send money to families across borders, particularly to relatives in Zimbabwe, where remittances remain a crucial source of household income