BiNu Worldreader Statistics
Posted inConnectivity

Worldreader signs on more local publishers in Zimbabwe

Worldreader, a US based non-profit that distributes digital books on e-readers and feature phones (as well as the e-readers themselves) in developing countries, has signed on additional publishers in Zimbabwe. The Worldreader team, which has been in Zimbabwe in the past few weeks, signed new digital publishing deals with Bulawayo based Ama Books and Weaver Press.
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The Broadband Forum in pictures
Posted inBroadband Connectivity

The Broadband Forum in pictures

Friday the 10th of May will go down in broadband circles as a day of “uninterrupted connectivity”. The Broadband Forum began in earnest at 7:30 am in the morning when the first attendees began trickling in. With Harold Muvuti at the helm as MC, the cold winter atmosphere gave in to a warm and energetic crowd.
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Of banks, EcoCash, mobile money agents, platforms and great customer care
Posted inMobile Money

Of banks, EcoCash, mobile money agents, platforms and great customer care

Recently I had to change banks because the one I was banking with is apparently going under. And Their customer care service is at its worst but that’s not the issue; I was essentially I was told by the executives at the top was that they couldn’t let me withdraw my money (we’re talking small middle income amounts here) and that I should stop pestering them.
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Local education startup, Brainstorm, makes service free
Posted inConnectivity

Local education startup, Brainstorm, makes service free

When in February we published the first article about Brainstorm, a startup that brings exam revision material to students via a mobile web service, the founder of the service told us that though they were charging a cent a question for the service; they were looking into ways to make it free for any student to access.
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Posted inMiscellaneous

Sorry for the newsletter mix-ups: here’s how to subscribe again

Over the past week or so, we fumbled clumsily with the migration of our newsletter system from Google to Aweber. Clumsy because we lost some of you, some of you were made to re-subscribe, and the emails you got were not clear about what was happening. We're sincerely sorry. We should have done this in a much smoother painless way for everyone.
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Brodacom’s base stations to go under the hammer
Posted inConnectivity

Brodacom’s base stations to go under the hammer

Last we wrote about Brodacom in January this year, it had emerged that Kingdom Bank had secured an order to acquire Brodacom’s assets over an unpaid debt. Kingdom Bank was apparently keen to recover a $20 million from Valley Technologies.
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