Over the weekend, we put up the first four of a series of over 20 billboards being erected across Harare this month. Borrowdale Road, Newlands, OK Marimba, Tendeseka. Look up: that green is ours. Radio and digital campaigns start today too.
Kose is a super app built in Harare, by a Zimbabwean team, for the way this city actually moves, eats and does business. We launched quietly in May. I'll be honest: it was a cold start. Bugs, hard lessons, long nights rebuilding. We did it anyway. What's live today is the platform we always dreamed of shipping.
In the app right now: rides where you see the fare before you commit. If the price isn't right, you make your own offer and the first verified driver to accept takes the trip. Every trip tracked. Cash accepted. Kose Send moves parcels across town. Kose Care puts school runs in the hands of vetted, trusted drivers. And the marketplace is live: Kose Eats for food, Kose Shop for groceries, Kose Rx for pharmacy delivery, Kose Pros for skilled professionals. One app. The whole city inside it.
Now the part I'm proudest of: how we treat drivers. Most platforms take a cut of every fare, so the harder a driver works, the more gets taken. We flipped that. A Kose driver pays a simple weekly subscription and keeps everything they make. One hundred percent theirs. They see what a trip pays before accepting, choose their hours, and rate riders too. Every driver who signs up this month gets the first 30 days free.
Why? Because we believe a happy driver equals a happy ride, and therefore a happy customer. You feel it the moment you get in the car. It's painted on every billboard: Drive it. Keep it. Every single dollar.
If you're reading this thinking about your own hustle, this is your sign. A kitchen? Kose Eats. A shop? Kose Shop. A licensed pharmacy? Kose Rx. A skill, from plumbing to hair to tutoring? Kose Pros. Signup takes minutes in the Kose Merchant app (links below).
Referrals pay both ways: riders earn for friends who join, drivers earn for drivers they bring. Codes are in the app.
So here's my ask, and I'm making it a dare:
Download Kose and take one ride or order one meal: https://t.co/JsPfQQw4LQ
Know a driver? Send them the app and the drivers WhatsApp group below. No commissions, and 30 days free this month.
Own a business or a skill? Get the Kose Merchant app below.
If nothing else, share this post. It costs nothing and moves everything for us.
The big platforms can buy their way into a market. We can't. What we have is better: people who want to see a Zimbabwean team win.
We're starting with Harare. Next: every town and city in Zimbabwe, then across the borders.
Zimbabwe first. Africa next. Thank you for riding with me.
Links:
Drivers app: https://t.co/hyDRGgxVjI WhatsApp group: https://t.co/4PIvp3C2aR Merchant: https://t.co/XgL334LWX9 ยท https://t.co/ynB5zk0yg1
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Some reunions simply make sense.
When I saw Tony "Tony D" Ndoro and Tich Mataz on the same poster again, I smiled.
We shared the studios and corridors at Radio 3 FM Zimbabwe many years ago.
We were all chasing the same dream, and these two gentlemen crossed the Limpopo and built broadcasting careers that earned them respect throughout South Africa.
Zimbabwe gave them their wings, South Africa gave them another stage, and they did us proud.
What also made me smile was seeing two legends standing shoulder to shoulder.
Our broadcasting fraternity can do with a little more of that.
Let's celebrate each other's success. Let's stop this habit of player-hating.
One broadcaster's achievements don't diminish another's. If anything, they raise the standard for all of us.
Now, let's talk about the people this event has been created for.
The "I Grew Up In The '80s" crew.
The generation that danced through the late '70s, the '80s and the '90s.
The generation that fell in love to these songs, got married to these songs and, in many cases, raised families with this soundtrack playing in the background.
Life has moved on.
The children have grown up. Many have flown the nest. The school fees have eased. The daily grind isn't what it used to be.
Every once in a while, you simply want to get out of the house, meet people who understand your era, enjoy great music, have a laugh and dance without somebody trying to turn the place upside down.
That's the space COYOM Promotions have recognised.
For that alone, my good friend, fellow broadcaster and radio legend Comfort Mbofana @Mbofs deserves a pat on the back.
Zimbabwe has plenty of entertainment for the youngsters. The over-35 crowd deserves a space of its own too.
A place where the music is familiar.
Where conversations flow.
Where the dance floor is full of smiles instead of drama.
Where you can bump into old friends, make new ones and go home feeling like you've travelled back in time for a few hours.
I sincerely hope Mature Mixer becomes a regular feature on Zimbabwe's social calendar because there are thousands of us who've been waiting for afternoons and evenings exactly like this.
So, if you grew up with Tony D and Tich Mataz on your radio...
If soul, R&B, disco, funk and Old Skool classics still do something to you...
Then this one's calling your name.
๐ Sunday 9 August
๐ Grill Garden, Milton Park
๐ง Tony D & Tich Mataz
Bring your cooler box.
Put on your favourite hat.
Round up your friends.
Leave the stress at home.
Come with one thing...
Your happiness. ๐๐ป
Maswera sei maZimba.Murume ukanyara haugwazi.Ndikuzama ku raise $60 for my medication and transportation for my visit to the doctor. My health haina kumira mushe however i keep fighting.Inini ndinoruka ma Dhoiri for a living but for the past 3 weeks or so i have not been able