We are past debating the benefits of making information and communication more affordable and accessible for the economy. No one is arguing the contrary anymore, not in words, but our […]
Last month we talked about how Econet made remittances from South Africa and the UK free. We understood this to be a promotion and that it would be available for […]
Insurance is considered one of the key pillars of an economy. Econet Insurance recently launched mobile phone insurance which should be a godsend to Zimbabweans who rely on phones for […]
As we all know, Zimbabwe has never been more reliant on its children living outside the country. From January to October 2023, Zimbabwe received $1.47bn in remittances, an 8% increase over 2022. […]
You’ve been asking and we now have a few answers. Econet has been facing some network challenges for a few days now. This was the communication a couple of days […]
It has been five years since EcoCash was spun off to be its own company, complete with a separate stock exchange listing. It was spun off but control remained with […]
Very few businesses that are legally and formally operating are happy with the status quo prevailing in the economy. Hence it is no surprise that the ICT sector is not […]
The world of sales and marketing is a fascinating one. Those people take time to study human behaviour and then craft sales tricks and marketing strategies to exploit it. I […]
We can debate what the actual percentage is but what we can’t dispute is that most startups fail. Very few make it past 5 years. Econet made it past that […]
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This was a very interesting discovery. When I was setting up my Pixel 6 with the Econet eSim, I got a notification to sign up for RCS messaging. During my […]
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has released the ICT sector report for Q1 2023. There isn’t much that will shock you in there, it pretty much […]
Econet Wireless has been on a mission to diversify its portfolio of service offerings over the years. They say they want to be a “fully-fledged digital services provider.” They are […]
If I asked you how valuable ZW$5000 was this time last year, you would struggle to answer that. You would only get an idea of the value by looking for […]
A couple of years ago Econet Wireless and EcoCash Holdings called for an early redemption of debentures. That may sound like Greek to some but you can get the explainer […]
We discussed that Econet’s recent outage was caused by multiple power failures at their network operations centre. Here is their full statement on what happened. We sincerely regret the challenges […]
Econet is facing unprecedented challenges on its network, to say the least. They resolved the voice services issue but data connectivity issues persist as we discussed here: 8 days later, […]
We have watched as Econet has gone from mostly reliable to what they are today. I think we can all agree that Econet’s service quality has been tanking for some […]
Econet sent out messages saying they would be offering free data to all their customers from 6:30pm today (the 11th of May) to 3am on the 12th of May. We […]
You probably have spent most of the day toggling your phone’s airplane mode or restarting it to get it to work. Well, you are not alone. Econet is facing some […]
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I think you are immune to this kind of news now. Econet tariffs are going up tomorrow, the 20th of April 2023. This should not come as a surprise, you […]
Econet reached out to inform us that all its customers have been whitelisted for 5G. Before you could not access 5G on Econet even if you owned a 5G capable […]
Ok so let’s talk about this. The truth is that the 5G rollout by Econet has not been ideal. It’s been there since around May last year but almost no […]
I totally understand why it’s frustrating to hear mobile network operators (MNOs) constantly moan that they are charging too little. The sentiment is, ‘you can’t even provide a decent service […]
Econet Wireless is the largest mobile network operator in Zimbabwe. One has to do something right to get to that position and for stretches, Econet was the obvious choice for […]
I have to tell you, I don’t buy data bundles like I used to. I’ve lost count of the number of times I had to stay up at 3 am […]
Customers are wont to complain even when their complaints are not justified. Businesses are aware of this and customer care personnel are taught, ‘the customer is king, so just smile […]
There have been numerous reports of Econet’s Data services missing in action in a majority of the parts of the country. Econet has not issued a statement yet but its […]
You know the deal, you are used to it now. You should be. The annual inflation rate has been falling since September 2022 but it was still 229.8% in January. […]