UK-based engineer launches Topa to help diasporans make direct payments to schools, businesses, councils in Zimbabwe

Why do people send money? “Send the reason, not just the money”: UK-based Zimbabwean founder Lee Masuka has launched Topa, a platform that removes the need to send money every time — and instead pays whatever it was for, from the property developer and the school to the electricity, the council or the hardware shop at home, directly from a UK bank account, in pounds.