Zimbabwe ditched the nightmare queues at toll plazas by rolling out an electronic payment system that lets drivers breeze through checkpoints without stopping for cash transactions. Transport official Joy Makumbe and the Zimbabwe National Road Administration teamed up with tech partner Instatoll to get 30,000 vehicles already signed up for automatic boom gate access at locations like Ntabazinduna Toll Plaza.
The program cuts down wait times for regular commuters while helping trucking companies save fuel that would otherwise get burned sitting in traffic. Officials pushed back against claims that the service caters only to wealthy drivers, and they plan to link payments to SIM card e-wallets for simplified transactions across vehicle licensing.
The program cuts down wait times for regular commuters while helping trucking companies save fuel that would otherwise get burned sitting in traffic. Officials pushed back against claims that the service caters only to wealthy drivers, and they plan to link payments to SIM card e-wallets for simplified transactions across vehicle licensing.
