Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Limited is the largest mobile telecommunications, technology and digital solutions company in Zimbabwe.

Now among the top three heavyweight counters, the company was listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) in September 1998, less than three months after launching its commercial operations in July 1998.

Over the past 25 years Econet – which is by far the market leader in its industry with over 16 million connected customers – has invested hundreds of millions of US dollars in deploying the widest and most robust 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G networks in the country.

Through its solid asset base, strong leadership and astute investment in talent, Econet has consistently led in innovation, product development and service delivery, enabling it to maintain and consolidate its market leadership position.

The company was the first to launch 3G services in 2009, the first to successfully launch mobile money services in 2011 under the name EcoCash, the first to launch mobile 4G in 2013, the first to launch mobile insurance (EcoSure), and the first to launch a 5G network in early 2022, among many other products and services it has rolled out.

So successful have Econet’s financial technology services been that in December 2018 the company successfully spun off its fintech businesses, to give birth to EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Ltd, now a leading Fintech counter on the ZSE.

Econet has built an extensive distribution channel network throughout the country, which has created employment for tens of thousands of Zimbabweans and significantly contributed to the country’s public finances through taxation and various levies and other statutory obligations.

The company has, for over 25 years, supported social impact programmes in education, public health and youth leadership development mainly through its annual grant to Higherlife Foundation, which has impacted over 250 000 orphaned and vulnerable children.