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Now you can buy laptops from BeForward
If you’ve bought a car from BeForward before (not too sure how many HAVEN’T) but you’ll be pleased to know the largest car dealer selling cars to Africa is now […]
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Free public WiFi access provider saisai to represent Zim at DEMO Africa
Free public WiFi access provider Saisai Wireless has been selected as one of the 40 finalists from across Africa to pitch at this year’s DEMO Africa event. This will be […]
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Traction Engine sets out to solve problems in the African advertising market
For anyone involved in online content generation through blogs or any other form of online publications the issue of monetisation via advertising always stares at you in the face. A […]
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Kenya’s Savannah Fund takes on 3 new startups for acceleration
You probably know Savannah Fund as one of the few venture capital firms on the continent and some of you may remember them for being part of biNu’s 2012 series […]
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Matrix Warehouse’s online store : A hit or miss?
Zimbabwe’s e-commerce space, though not yet mature, has been growing at a slow rate. At least that’s what evidence on the ground suggests. All the necessary aspects of a stable […]
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The Titan smartphone at Econet: Our quick specs and thoughts
Econet is selling an interesting rugged-tough smartphone called the Titan R5 retailing for US $366. Our immediate reaction was thinking about last year’s Motorola launch of a rugged smartphone here in […]
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Zimbogini Online Store: Partners Zimpost and has all payment options
Local e-commerce startup Zimbogini officially launched revamped e-commerce website with new feature at an event held in Harare torwards the end of last year. Although Zimbogini has been around for […]
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Schools Robotics and Science tournament event in Harare this week
This was one was a bit of a surprise to us too – a pleasant one I should add – when we first learnt about it some weeks ago. There’s actually a […]
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Motorola Solutions Africa launches TC55 smartphone, but not the kind you are thinking!
Motorola Solutions Africa this afternoon in Harare launched mobile enterprise devices tailored for high utility work environments. The devices are pretty much android powered with added MX Enterprise customisation and […]
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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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How to get started making your own online store
There has been a number of discussions on the issue of ecommerce is Zimbabwe. Some have predicted its success and some were sceptical that e-commerce will experience significant adoption in […]
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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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ZOL Jumpstart Challenge finalist startup profile: RLMS
This short series of 6 articles will cover the profiles of each of the six finalists that made it into the finals of this year’s ZOL Jumpstart Challenge to be held this […]
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6 suggestions for Zim’s ICT policy
It is noble that the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) is drafting a national ICT policy document. But what will this policy achieve? Government policy documents run the […]
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Open Letter to Prof. Heneri Dzinotyiwei
After the government launched the Second Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STI) with great fanfare which included speeches by the country’s top leaders President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan […]
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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…
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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.