Takawira uses the Mukuru remittance app which enables him to send money and groceries home to family in Zimbabwe from his home in Pinetown, South Africa. — Reuters
JOHANNESBURG/HARARE: Having fled an economic implosion in his native Zimbabwe, Brighton Takawira was able to support his mother back home with modest earnings from a small perfume business he set up in South Africa.
Then the pandemic struck. Borders closed. The buses he had used to send his cash stopped running.
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Takawira uses the Mukuru remittance app which enables him to send money and groceries home to family in Zimbabwe from his home in Pinetown, South Africa. — Reuters
Takawira is one of many African migrants being pushed towards digital transfer services, often for the first time, during the pandemic. — Reuters
Takawira, whose brother also works in South Africa, says he’s now using Mukuru each month to send cash and groceries to his 60-year-old mother in rural Zimbabwe, where inflation is topping 650%. — Reuters
Takawira using the Mukuru remittance app to send money and groceries home to family in Zimbabwe from his home in Pinetown, South Africa. — Reuters
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