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By Ross Moyo
Digital financial inclusion has been the order of day with OneMoney linking Health access to mobile money for rural households.NetOne’s OneMoney platform integrated financial inclusion with rural healthcare delivery via Mudhumeni WeHutano, launching on Monday 20 July 2026 at Maria Theresa Hospital, Kakora Village. OneMoney intends to reduce out-of-pocket health costs and bring secure digital finance to underserved communities by pairing health worker empowerment with OneMoney access, enabling cashless savings, payments, and remittances near point-of-care.
OneMoney is using healthcare as an on-ramp to digital finance. At Monday’s Mudhumeni WeHutano handover in Chiweshe, NetOne positioned its mobile money platform not just as a wallet, but as a health enabler for rural Zimbabwe.
Transport is the first cost of care. By funding bicycles, BP monitors, and glucometers, OneMoney cuts the need for costly clinic trips. But the second cost is payments. Village health workers can now educate households on OneMoney for health savings, airtime, and receiving remittances from urban family — all without traveling to town.
“Through OneMoney and our partnership with ZimSmart Villages, we are taking healthcare and financial inclusion closer to the people,” said NetOne’s Spokesperson and Public Relations Manager Ernest Magadzire. “This is how we connect communities to opportunity and build a more inclusive Zimbabwe.”
The model embeds fintech into primary care: screen a patient, log their BP, then help them set up OneMoney to save for meds or receive funds from relatives. 
It reduces cash handling risk and creates digital transaction histories that can later support micro-insurance or health credit scoring.
Dr. Jokwiro of ZimSmart Villages said healthcare “should never be determined by where someone lives.” Adding digital finance means a household can be diagnosed, monitored, and financially equipped in one visit.
With Vision 2030 targeting an upper-middle-income society, OneMoney’s dual play — health access plus digital payments — shows how telcos can monetise inclusion while meeting national development metrics.
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