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Mobile money services provider, Ecocash Zimbabwe, has conducted its first draw of the 2021 annual EcoCash promotion that will see customers winning groceries and cows among other things.

The event was held in Harare last Saturday.

The draw is one of the six draws that will be conducted during the course of the promotion.

Popularly known as Ziyawa kuEcoCash or Chaka Chaya neEcoCash, the promotion seeks to enhance the financial inclusion drive in the country.

This year’s promotion comes on the back of EcoCash’s 10th-anniversary celebrations in September 2021, a period under which the EcoCash brand has grown from offering business-to-consumer services to business-to-business money transfer solutions.

To qualify for the promotion, EcoCash subscribers are required to transact and accumulate five points per week.

Each transaction earns a point.

Over 100 000 individuals are expected to win from the promotion, which is giving away an assortment of prizes including lunch vouchers, groceries, and five cows every week.

To win cows in the competition, subscribers are required to send just a minimum of $1000 to any other EcoCash subscriber.

At least 30 cows are up for grabs in the competition.

While speaking at the event EcoCash brand ambassador, Ms Shingirai Mazambani, indicated that EcoCash subscribers should transact as much as they could using the platform in order to qualify and win in the ongoing competition.

“The mechanic is transacting with EcoCash, make sure every week you earn a minimum of five points and you will qualify to win a grocery voucher, so it is just transacting to earn points and win.

“Subscribers are required to send a minimum of $1000 to anyone, in the promotion over 100 000 people are going to walk away with varied prices as EcoCash celebrates 10 years of service,” said Mrs Mazambani.

The company has grown to offer merchant and bill payments supported by EcoCash point of sale integration.