For a 30‑day stint in Zambia (May-June), I planned a $45/day budget. That comfortably covered private taxis, coworking-day SIM top-ups, and decent mea...

I’ve been living in Livingstone since April and deal with that DCC question multiple times a week. The ATM offers to convert into USD or GBP on the sp...

American Express is rejected almost everywhere - restaurants, shops, even hotel POS terminals. My Mastercard from South Africa worked smoothly at CABS...

Tried the Harare metro-style Hararetown shuttle in June - zero digital payments. All cash. You pay the conductor in ZWL. Same with Bulawayo’s Kombis. ...

Stayed at Vic Falls Backpackers in May - no card acceptance at all. I tried to charge my Mastercard but got a shrug. Only cash, full stop. Then at Hwa...

Touching down in Bulawayo this March, I skipped the airport exchangers entirely. Instead took a ride to FBC’s main branch downtown. Their posted rate ...

My card was swallowed by a CABS machine in Bulawayo this April. I took a photo of the machine ID, called the branch hotline, and they retrieved it wit...

In Vic Falls I used FBC Bank ATM near the OK supermarket. My Wise card worked fine - got $200 USD in one go, $6 fee. ZB Bank and CBZ both gave me issu...

My average daily spend from Harare to Vic Falls was $40-$45. That covered local buses, decent guesthouses, SIM top-ups, and a few drinks. The real kil...