HARARE , Zimbabwe (News of The South) – – Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe subsidiary EcoCash on Tuesday announced a major upgrade of its platform scheduled for the weekend, which will result in a 24-hour downtime of all its services.
Announcing the upgrade – which is set to take place between 9pm on Saturday (November 16) and 9pm on Sunday (November 17) 2019 – the company said the upgrade is meant, among other things, to improve the mobile money platform’s performance by increasing capacity, enhancing security and offering more automated self-care services for its clients.
“The EcoCash system upgrade, for which critical work has been going on over the past several months, will commence on Saturday evening, and is scheduled to be completed on Sunday evening.
“The upgrade will result in improved platform performance, increased system capacity, enhanced transaction security and many other enhancements to the current system.
“We kindly urge our customers to make all their critical transactions before the upgrade, to avoid the inconvenience of falling to transact during the upgrade period on Saturday night and on Sunday. We sincerely regret any inconvenience the upgrade downtime will cause to our valued customers,” a company spokesperson said on Tuesday.
EcoCash handles millions of transactions per day and is the largest mobile transacting platform in the country. It is a part of Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe, the fintech and digital smartech company listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange.
Fintech giant, Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe which houses EcoCash, has developed a strong track record of leveraging technology to successfully deploy innovative insurance products that promote financial inclusion. These include the widely adopted EcoSure funeral cover and the fast growing Ecosure Moovah motor vehicle cover.
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