Starlink is now live in Zimbabwe. The company officially turned on service in Zimbabwe just before midnight, Friday 6 September 2024. It’s a big cheer from many areas in the […]
Local ICT solutions company, Frampol, has become (as far as we know) the first Authorised Starlink Reseller in Zimbabwe. ZimPriceCheck revealed this morning that the Frampol announced to customers: “As […]
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Starlink’s availability in Zimbabwe has been much awaited, and much sought after after many have gone through hoops and loops in order to make sure they have the service here […]
I’m sure you’ve all heard or read the good news, Starlink is coming to Zimbabwe early September 2024. I’ll give you a minute to celebrate and jump for joy, as […]
As the demand for reliable internet continues to grow across Africa, Starlink has emerged as a game-changer, especially in regions like Zimbabwe where traditional internet infrastructure has proved to be […]
Many years ago, at a Techzim event, an ISP executive asked the audience: What matters more in an internet connection, more speed or a lower price? The executive seemed quite […]
The Starlink internet service has just gone in live in Botswana. The country becomes the 6th country in Southern Africa to get the service. Starlink was approved in Botswana in […]
Starlink is targeting a 1 September launch of services in Zimbabwe, Techzim is informed. Contacts in touch with insiders at Starlink tell us the company is in preparation to go […]
As you know, Starlink may have beaten everyone to the punch but there are competitors in the low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite game. Today, the second biggest player is Eutelsat with […]
The main points: Zimbabwe’s telecoms regulator, Potraz, has said that no company has the exclusive right to offer Starlink services in Zimbabwe. The country simply has no such provisions in […]
I would like to remind you that the Starlink to Zimbabwe story is probably the weirdest story you will find in tech. The latest update has IMC Communications being licensed […]
This page is for tracking the internet speed Zimbabweans using Starlink are currently getting. We get this data by doing speedtests on a link using fast.com and also Starlink’s own […]
Starlink went live in Zimbabwe in September 2024. This resource page is a guide for everything Starlink. If you have a question not answered here, or useful infromation you think […]
I am astounded by just how much a little competition can achieve for end-users. For years, we were told that the economic conditions in Zimbabwe were so dire that high […]
Here’s the news: the sky is blue. And in equally shocking news, in yet another African country, the internet mysteriously goes down in the midst of protests. If betting houses […]
To say the Starlink licensing saga is unconventional is tatamount to saying water might be wet. Listen, I’m not compalining, but it has to be acknowledged: it’s one weird story. […]
We were quite surprised to learn this week that Denny Marandure has joined IMC, the company that Zimbabwe’s president announced as the exclusive Starlink distribution partner in the country. The […]
Remember that IMC Communications will be Starlink’s sole partner in Zimbabwe. What does IMC bring to the table in this unlikely marriage? – time will tell. Anyway, IMC does not […]
If you take anything from this article, it’s that Starlink’s presence in Zimbabwe could lead to improved internet services, even if you don’t directly use their products. By partnering with […]
It took a while for Zimbabwe to get on the satellite internet bandwagon (low earth orbit) but the door is ajar now. In the space of a week we got […]
The day has finally come my dear friends. Starlink has been given the green light to operate in Zimbabwe. We all knew it was going to happen eventually but that […]
Starlink has finally applied for a license to provide internet services in Zimbabwe. The government revealed this during a QnA session at the ongoing Zimbabwe International Trade Fair in Bulawayo. […]
Techzim can reveal that the government of Zimbabwe has instructed Starlink to shut down services in the country. Users of the service received an email from the satellite internet service […]
In a country choked by high internet costs and limited options, Zimbabweans are turning to remarkable ingenuity. Facing arrest and equipment seizure for using Starlink, tech-savvy individuals have devised a […]
A screenshot shared on X yesterday, by Kuda Musasiwa, a popular Zimbabwean on the platform suggested that Starlink has started disconnecting Zimbabweans. The screenshot, an email supposedly from Starlink, was […]
Listen, I understand why we often find it hard to believe some of the things our govt and its parastatals get up to. You think, ‘They couldn’t be blatant with […]
“Rules for thee but not for me,” is the way of life in Zimbabwe. We cannot go through all the stuff that was criminalised over the years only for the […]
Earlier this year we talked about Starlink putting cell towers in space to connect ordinary smartphones directly to satellites. We talked about how big of a deal this would be […]
You know the govt is serious about something when even the Chinese have to play by the same rules. We all know too well that Chinese interests can get away […]