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🇿🇼 How Zeam Makes Cross-Border Transfers Easy for Zimbabwean Workers in South Africa

Sending money back home shouldn’t be expensive, slow, or stressful. For many Zimbabweans working in South Africa, supporting family is a priority - but until recently, the options for sending money safely and affordably were limited.

That’s why Zeam is changing the game.

💸 The Problem with Traditional Transfers

For years, Zimbabwean workers relied on:

  • Cash-based handovers (unsafe)

  • Bus drivers or informal agents (unreliable)

  • Bank transfers with high fees and long delays

These methods are often slow, expensive, or risky - and not everyone has access to a formal bank account.

✅ What Makes Zeam Different?

Zeam is a mobile app built for people like you. It works on smartphones, low-data networks, and even through WhatsApp. Here’s why it’s a better way to send money to Zimbabwe:

1. Low Fees

Zeam charges just 1.5% per transaction - no hidden costs, no surprises.

2. No Bank Account Needed

Your family back home can receive money straight into their O’mari wallet and cash out at any local partner, even without a bank account.

3. Fast and Reliable

Most transfers are completed in under 5 minutes - you’ll get a confirmation right away.

4. Safe and Regulated

Zeam is licensed and secure, so your money reaches the right person every time.

🛠️ How It Works (Step-by-Step)

  1. Download Zeam (or message us on WhatsApp)

  2. Get verified using your passport or ID

  3. Enter your recipient’s (Omari Registered) mobile number in Zimbabwe

  4. Send money instantly from your Zeam wallet

  5. Your family cashes out in Zimbabwe using O’mari.

No paperwork. No queues. No stress.

📍 Where Can My Family Cash Out?

Zeam partners with cash-out points across Zimbabwe.
Receivers can withdraw at:

  • O’mari agents

  • O'mari ATM

  • Visit the Omari website to learn more

All they need is a mobile number and their O’mari wallet set up.

❤️ Real Stories from Real Zeam Users

“With Zeam, I can send money every Friday after work - and my mother gets it within minutes.”
Tinashe, working in Johannesburg

“It’s safe and simple. I don’t need to find someone going home with cash anymore.”
Rudo, working in Hout Bay

🎯 Final Word

Zeam was built for Zimbabweans living in South Africa who want to take care of their families -without the headaches.

Whether you're sending R100 or R1,000, Zeam makes every rand go further.

© 2025 Zeam. All rights reserved.

The “Zeam Group” operates through a number of entities and regulated partners across various jurisdictions. Zeam works in partnership with licensed financial institutions and payment providers to facilitate fiat and crypto transactions across Africa, Europe, and select global corridors. Read our crypto disclosure here (link)

Use of Zeam’s services is subject to jurisdictional availability and regulatory constraints. By accessing or using this website or our app, you confirm that you are doing so voluntarily, without direct solicitation where local regulation prohibits such engagement. Zeam does not promote, market, or offer its services to users in jurisdictions where such activity is restricted.

Zeam is committed to compliance with global Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF) regulations. 

Use of Zeam’s services is subject to jurisdictional availability and regulatory constraints. By accessing or using this website or our app, you confirm that you are doing so voluntarily, without direct solicitation where local regulation prohibits such engagement. Zeam does not promote, market, or offer its services to users in jurisdictions where such activity is restricted.

Zeam is committed to compliance with global Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF) regulations. 

Making financial services accessible to everyone across Africa.

© 2025 Zeam. All rights reserved.

Zeam SA (Pty) Ltd is a juristic representative of Paytec Services (Pty) Ltd. Paytec Services is Financial Service Provider rendering services in respect of crypto assets (CASP) (Read Crypto Public Disclosure), subject to the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act of South Africa (FAIS) and is subject to regulatory oversight by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority of South Africa (FSCA). Paytec Services has been assigned an FSP number (53737) pending the final determination of its CASP application. In the interim, Paytec Services continues to conduct its business lawfully as a CASP in accordance with the FSCA’s Exemption Regime. Paytec is an Accountable Institution registered with the Financial Intelligence Centre (ORG 65501).

The “Zeam Group” operates through a number of entities and regulated partners across various jurisdictions. Zeam works in partnership with licensed financial institutions and payment providers to facilitate fiat and crypto transactions across Africa, Europe, and select global corridors. Read our crypto disclosure here (link)

Use of Zeam’s services is subject to jurisdictional availability and regulatory constraints. By accessing or using this website or our app, you confirm that you are doing so voluntarily, without direct solicitation where local regulation prohibits such engagement. Zeam does not promote, market, or offer its services to users in jurisdictions where such activity is restricted.

Zeam is committed to compliance with global Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF) regulations. 

Use of Zeam’s services is subject to jurisdictional availability and regulatory constraints. By accessing or using this website or our app, you confirm that you are doing so voluntarily, without direct solicitation where local regulation prohibits such engagement. Zeam does not promote, market, or offer its services to users in jurisdictions where such activity is restricted.

Zeam is committed to compliance with global Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF) regulations.