‘Zimbabweans Will Use Bitcoin for Transactions in the Future'

It all started when a Zimbabwean resident in the US called William read Tawanda’s blog on Bitcoin and called to ask him if he could take Bitcoin and buy someone mobile airtime worth of $5.

A couple of weeks later after some small other transactions, William again asked Tawanda if he could send his mother $300 via mobile money for him and receive Bitcoin and 5 percent commission, and that it will still be cheaper than Western Union. This is when he realised he can turn his hobby of writing about Bitcoin into a business.

“We eventually pivoted and focused on the problem we all had which was the difficulty of getting Bitcoin to buy and we didn’t want others who were getting into Bitcoin to have the same problem,” Tawanda revealed. “At the time it was almost impossible to get Bitcoin to buy if you live in Zimbabwe.”

He explained Bitcoin Exchange is their full-time business but there are a number of people who come to them and say they want to import a car and other products from Japan and want to make payment in Bitcoin. “These and many other cross-border trade and services are what we facilitate, he expressed.