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10 services you can now enjoy in Zimbabwe thanks to PayPal
But there may be some of you who are wondering what all the excitement is about. Why is everyone (well at least those online) excited about being able to PAY other people and NOT SELL their goods and service?
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10ngah launches consumer gadgets, fashion and furniture eCommerce website
One startup, arguably the only one that has made a deliberate move into the space, investing in a lot of offline marketing service, called 10ngah.com, launched recently
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Econet Wireless Zimbabwe full year profits down by 16%
Today, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, the company that has the lion's share of the mobile telephony & broadband business in Zimbabwe, announced at a press briefing their annual financial results the period ending February 2013.
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Why we should have electronic voting
Last time there was an election here it took an entire 3 weeks to get the results. Three weeks of uncertainty, fear and nail biting anxiety as people wondered.
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Highlights from the Telecel re-branding press conference
Today we attended, the Telecel launch of its new brand. We list below the highlights of the speeches made by both John Swaim (new MD) and the marketing director, Obert Mandimika.
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WeTab tablet now available in Zim through an official 4tiitoo partner
Last week, a Harare company called William Over called us over to have a feel of the WeTab tablet, a device they just got exclusive reseller partnership for in the southern Africa region. The tablet is made by a German company called 4tiitoo. It was covered on international tech blogs like Engadget and arstechnica starting mid last year and got quite some positive reviews.
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Econet’s move into green energy, a welcome development for under-powered Africa
We attended the launch of Econet Energy, a renewable energy initiative by Econet yesterday. Through the initiative Econet is making a move into solar energy in a bid to guarantee always-available power supply to its telecommunications infrastructure and subscribers.