# EcoCash

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/ecocash
> research date 2026-06-01 · extracted at 2026-10-07
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [EcoCash — official](https://www.ecocash.co.zw/)

## Overview

**EcoCash** is **Zimbabwean mobile money** + **Cassava Smartech ZSE: CSZL Econet Wireless Zimbabwe subsidiary** + **Strive Masiyiwa Zimbabwean billionaire founder** + **Zimbabwe's largest mobile money platform by users + transactions** + **~10M+ EcoCash users** <sup>[1][1], [Zimbabwe report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/ZW)</sup>.

## History

**Sep 29 2011 — EcoCash launched by Cassava Smartech Econet Wireless Zimbabwe subsidiary as Zimbabwean mobile money** distinctive Zimbabwean mobile money heritage.

**Jul 2 2018 — Cassava Smartech ZSE listing under ticker CSZL**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **EcoCash** (Zimbabwean mobile money; Cassava Smartech parent).

**Major shareholders**: **Cassava Smartech (ZSE: CSZL; Econet Wireless Zimbabwe subsidiary; Strive Masiyiwa Zimbabwean billionaire founder)**.

**Regulators**: **RBZ Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe + Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe POTRAZ**.

## Technical integration

EcoCash mobile app (iOS + Android; ~10M+ EcoCash users) + ecocash.co.zw online + EcoCash Visa + Mastercard prepaid card + EcoCash retail agent network across Zimbabwe + EcoCash SIM-based USSD Mobile Money for unbanked Zimbabweans; ZW IBAN + Zimswitch + EcoCash QR.

## Implementations & partners

**Cassava Smartech parent**: Cassava Smartech (Cassava Smartech; ZSE: CSZL; Econet Wireless Zimbabwe subsidiary; Strive Masiyiwa Zimbabwean billionaire founder).

**Major African mobile money + payments competitors**: [M-Pesa](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/m-pesa) (M-PESA; Safaricom + Vodacom + Vodafone African mobile money; Kenya's largest mobile money platform; ~60M+ users across 8 African countries) + [MTN Mobile Money](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/standards/mtn-mobile-money) (MTN Mobile Money MoMo; MTN Group African mobile money; Africa's largest mobile money network by users; ~75M+ MTN MoMo users across 16 African countries) + [Airtel Money](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/standards/airtel-money) (Airtel Money Africa; Bharti Airtel Africa mobile money operations across 14 African countries; ~33M+ African customers) + [Orange Money](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/orange-money) (Orange Money; Orange African mobile money) + [telebirr](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/telebirr) (Telebirr Ethio Telecom Ethiopian mobile money; ~45M+ Ethiopian users) + [Mukuru](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/mukuru) (Mukuru African remittance) + [Standard Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/standard-bank) (Standard Bank South Africa; JSE: SBK; Africa's largest banking group by assets) + [FNB Banking App (First National Bank)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/fnb-app) (FNB South Africa; FirstRand Group; South Africa's largest banking group + 12M+ customers + eWallet pioneer).

**Regulators**: RBZ Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe + Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe POTRAZ.

## Status

**Active, Zimbabwean mobile money + Cassava Smartech ZSE:CSZL Econet Wireless Zimbabwe subsidiary + Strive Masiyiwa Zimbabwean billionaire founder + Zimbabwe's largest mobile money platform by users + transactions + ~10M+ EcoCash users** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.ecocash.co.zw/ "EcoCash — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EcoCash "EcoCash — Wikipedia"
[zw-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/ZW

- [1] [EcoCash — official][1]
- [2] [EcoCash — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Zimbabwe report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/ZW)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/ZW-zimbabwe.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [ecocash.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/ecocash). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.