It’s not sabotage but poor economics!

Go into a mobile phone shop today and see if you will walk out with a brand new iPhone or any other smartphone using  the ZiG.

Drive to any service station in Zimbabwe and see if you will have your car tank filled using those ZiGs in your bank account.

In fact, with approximately 70% of all retail purchases in the country done through the informal sector (the so-called “cash shops”), who will buy anything using those ZiGs in one’s EcoCash or OneMoney e-wallet?

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