Send Airtime, Data, TelOne & ZESA to Family in Zimbabwe from Canada
Pay directly for what your family back home actually needs — Econet and NetOne airtime, data bundles, ZESA electricity and home Wi-Fi. You buy it from Canada, they receive it instantly. No cash to go missing, no middlemen.
Canadian Visa & Mastercard accepted, charged in USD · Powered by Stripe / Stanbic Bank
Direct, not diverted
Pay for exactly what your family needs from Canada and it lands with them — no cash to go missing or be spent on something else.
Easy for elderly parents
They do not need to be online or tech-savvy. You handle it from Canada; they just enjoy the airtime, electricity or Wi-Fi.
Confirmed in seconds
Every top-up, token and payment is confirmed instantly, so you always know your support reached home.
How to send from Canada
Choose a product
Pick airtime, a data bundle, ZESA, Wi-Fi, tickets or a bill.
Enter their details
Their Zimbabwean phone number, meter number or account.
Pay with your Canadian card
Any Visa or Mastercard, charged in USD.
Delivered instantly
Your family receives it within seconds.
What you can send home from Canada
Airtime & bundles
Send Econet or NetOne airtime and data bundles straight to their phone from Canada, so they stay connected and reachable every day.
Send airtimeZESA electricity
Buy prepaid ZESA tokens for any family meter. The 20-digit token is delivered instantly on screen, by email, and by SMS to their Zimbabwean number — ready to enter into the meter.
Buy ZESATelOne Wi-Fi
Top up home internet so the household stays online for work, school and staying in touch with you.
Buy Wi-FiEvent tickets
Treat family back home to concerts, shows and events with secure digital tickets delivered by email.
Buy ticketsBill payments
Settle supported bills for family back home through the Magetsi billers directory, paid with your Canadian card.
Pay billsWhy Canadian Zimbabweans choose Magetsi
Instant delivery
Airtime, bundles and tokens arrive within seconds of payment.
Direct support
Pay for exactly what they need — no cash to go missing or be diverted.
Your Canadian card
Pay with any Canadian Visa or Mastercard, processed securely in USD.
Available 24/7
Send support any time, across every Canadian time zone.
Pay from Canada, in seconds
Use any Canadian Visa or Mastercard. The payment is processed securely in USD through Magetsi's payment partners, so the amount is clear before you confirm — and your family in Zimbabwe receives the airtime, data, electricity or Wi-Fi the same minute, with no Magetsi fee added on top.
Looking after home from Canada, across the distance
Canada's Zimbabwean community is smaller than those in the UK or South Africa, and it is spread thin across an enormous country — Toronto and Ottawa in the east, Winnipeg on the prairies, Calgary and Edmonton in Alberta, Vancouver on the Pacific coast. What everyone here shares is distance: thousands of kilometres and several time zones between you and your parents back home, and long winters that make a quick trip back impossible. That distance is exactly why sending cash feels so uncertain — transfer fees and exchange-rate cuts eat into it, delivery can drag, and once the money lands you cannot really see whether it went on the bill you meant. Magetsi closes that gap a different way. Rather than sending money and hoping, you buy the precise thing your family needs from Canada — a ZESA electricity token, a data bundle, airtime, or their TelOne Wi-Fi — and it reaches them directly, in seconds, paid for on your ordinary Canadian card.
Nothing needs installing and no account is required to start. You do it all from a phone or laptop in Canada, and your family gets the benefit immediately — no queue, no trip, no waiting. A free Magetsi account is optional and only saves your details, history and favourites so the next top-up is a few taps. And because everything runs in your browser, the time difference works in your favour: Canada sits roughly six to ten hours behind Zimbabwe, so a token or top-up you send late in your evening is already waiting for the family when they wake up.
Buy ZESA electricity for the family meter from Canada
Keeping the meter charged is the single most-searched thing Canadian Zimbabweans do on Magetsi, and it is the most reassuring. To buy a ZESA token from Canada, enter the family's prepaid meter number, choose how much electricity you want to buy, and pay with your Canadian Visa or Mastercard. The instant your payment clears, the 20-digit prepaid token is delivered three ways: it shows on screen, it is emailed to you, and it is sent by SMS to the recipient's Zimbabwean mobile number, ready to key straight into the meter. If you reuse the same meter often, you can also buy ZESA online in a couple of taps and keep that meter on file. Because a token can only ever be electricity for that one meter, there is nothing to divert and nothing to misread — from the other side of the world, the lights simply stay on.
How to view or retrieve a ZESA token from Canada
One question comes up more often from Canada than almost anywhere else: how do I check a token, or get it again if it goes missing? It happens — a relative deletes the SMS, or you simply want to be sure the purchase reached the right meter. Every token you buy stays on your on-screen receipt and in the confirmation email, and you can look one up again on the ZESA view-token page, so a misplaced code is never a lost purchase. If you want to know how many units a given amount will buy before you pay — handy when budgeting in Canadian dollars — the ZESA units calculator estimates it from the current ZETDC tariff, which is stepped, so the same dollar amount stretches further on a meter that has not yet used its cheaper monthly units.
Keep the home Wi-Fi and internet running with TelOne
Canadian households search for TelOne Wi-Fi, fibre and ADSL packages more than most diaspora markets do — usually because a parent works from home, a sibling is studying, or the family relies on a steady connection for video calls with you. You can keep that connection alive by topping up their TelOne Wi-Fi package or paying a TelOne bill or bundle from Canada with your card. It means the home internet does not lapse just because no one in the house could get to a payment point that week — and across the distance, a clear, uninterrupted video call is often the whole point.
Send data and airtime to Zimbabwe from Canada
Alongside electricity, data and airtime are what keep family reachable between calls. To send data bundles to Zimbabwe, open the Econet or NetOne bundles page, pick the bundle that fits how they use their phone, enter their number, and pay by Canadian card — the bundle loads onto their line at once. Airtime is just as quick: to send airtime to Zimbabwe, choose the network, enter the number, pick an amount and pay. You do not need the recipient's permission, a local wallet, or anything on their phone — you are buying data or credit for that number directly, fast enough to do while you are still on the call with them.
Send what they need, not cash
Plenty of Canadians still send money to Zimbabwe and trust relatives to spend it on the right things. The distance is what makes that hard: by the time a transfer clears, a margin has been taken, and you cannot see how the cash was used. Paying for the service itself removes the guesswork. A ZESA token can only become electricity on that meter; a bundle can only become data on that line; airtime can only top up the number you chose. There is no second round of local charges when someone cashes out and pays a bill in person, and no doubt about whether your support did its job — you watch the purchase confirm the moment it completes. For a lot of Canadian families that also makes the dollar go further, because you pay the listed price with no Magetsi markup rather than losing value in the gap between sending and spending.
Paying from Canada — your Canadian card, charged in USD, no Magetsi fee
Paying from Canada is simple. Any Canadian-issued Visa or Mastercard works, and the transaction is processed in USD through Magetsi's secure payment partners, Stripe and Stanbic Bank, so you see the exact amount before you confirm. Magetsi adds no platform fee of its own: you pay the price of the product plus only your own bank or card charges, which for a USD purchase may include your bank's usual foreign-currency conversion — the same as any other international payment you make. There is no subscription, no membership and no hidden convenience fee. Pay as a guest, or sign in to a free account to save the family's meter and phone numbers as favourites so the next top-up from Canada takes seconds.
Trusted by Zimbabweans across Canada
Magetsi is built for the Zimbabwean market and delivers through official channels — ZETDC for ZESA electricity, Econet and NetOne for data and airtime, and TelOne for home internet — with payments handled securely by Stripe and Stanbic Bank. Whether you are in Toronto, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver or a smaller town in between, it works the same way: choose what to send, pay with your card, and the family receives it in seconds. Because the whole thing runs in a browser, it is just as easy to buy on behalf of elderly parents who are not online themselves — you handle it from Canada and they simply benefit. To see everything you can send home from wherever you are in the world, visit the Magetsi diaspora hub.
Frequently asked questions
Can I buy ZESA for someone else in Zimbabwe online from Canada?
Yes — that is exactly what most Canadian customers do. Enter the family member’s prepaid meter number, choose the amount, and pay with your Canadian card. The token is for that meter, so you can buy it for parents, siblings or anyone back home without needing access to their accounts.
How do I view or retrieve a ZESA token from Canada?
Every token you buy appears on your on-screen receipt and in your confirmation email, and is also texted to the recipient’s Zimbabwean number. If a code is misplaced, you can look it up again on the ZESA view-token page — so a deleted SMS never means a lost purchase.
How many units will a ZESA token give the family?
You buy a dollar amount and the meter converts it to units at the current ZETDC tariff, which is stepped — the first block of units each month is cheaper, so the same amount buys more earlier in the month. Use the ZESA units calculator before you pay to estimate the units a given amount will give.
Can I buy ZESA online with my phone from Canada?
Yes. Magetsi runs in your browser, so any phone or laptop in Canada works — there is no app to install. Open the ZESA page, enter the meter number and amount, and pay with your Canadian Visa or Mastercard.
Can I pay TelOne Wi-Fi or home internet for family from Canada?
Yes. You can top up a TelOne Wi-Fi package or pay a TelOne bill or bundle from Canada with your card, so the home internet stays on for work, school and video calls — without anyone in the household needing to get to a payment point.
How do I send data to someone in Zimbabwe from Canada?
Open the bundles page, choose the Econet or NetOne bundle that suits them, enter their Zimbabwean number, and pay by Canadian card. The bundle is loaded onto their line instantly — no app or wallet needed on their end.
Which cards can I use from Canada, and what currency am I charged in?
Any Canadian-issued Visa or Mastercard. Payments are processed securely in USD through Stripe and Stanbic Bank, and the amount is shown before you confirm. Your own bank may apply its usual foreign-currency conversion, just as on any other USD purchase.
Are there any Magetsi fees?
No. Magetsi adds no platform fee of its own — you pay the listed price of the product plus only your own bank or card charges. There is no subscription or hidden convenience fee.
How does my family receive the ZESA token?
You enter a recipient mobile number when you buy; the 20-digit prepaid token is shown on screen, emailed to you, and sent by SMS to that Zimbabwean number, ready to enter into the meter.
Is this better than sending money home?
For paying a specific bill, yes. You pay the exact product at its listed price with no Magetsi markup, nothing is lost to diversion or a second round of local charges, and you see it confirmed instantly — certainty a cash transfer across the distance cannot match.
Look after home from Canada
Send airtime, data, ZESA electricity and Wi-Fi to your family in Zimbabwe — delivered in seconds, paid with your Canadian card.
