A couple of weeks ago I received an “Update available” prompt in VLC, clicked on in it and watched in awe as the update download was completed in under a […]
A lot has been said here at Techzim and other places about Econet’s foray into mobile micro-finance. As is the custom with anything that Econet Wireless does these days, there […]
A few weeks after the EcoCashLoans launch, a lot of people still have some questions on how the service really works. On their part, both Econet Services and Steward Bank […]
Econet Wireless is one of a few telecommunications companies on the continent that has realized that the old telecoms model of charging for voice and SMSs – based on operating […]
Local technology and innovation hub Hypercube Hub will be hosting a training series entitled “Programming for Beginners” starting tomorrow at 5:30pm in Belgravia, Harare. The price has been set at […]
The new Telecel Go brand and promotion has added yet another chapter to the tariff wars which we have now come to accept as part of an increasingly competitive telecoms […]
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe says that its mobile money transfer service, EcoCash, has handled transactions in excess of $4 billion since the service was introduce in 2011.This was highlighted by […]
Quite a number of tech hubs emerged during the later stages of 2013. Mostly centered around Zimbabwe’s capital, the so called hubs have been visible in the media and […]
Defined as the excess and unwanted junk that chews up your RAM, memory, battery and most importantly for us on prepaid bundles; data, bloatware this is one of the most […]
Zimbabwe’s second largest mobile network operator by subscribers, Telecel, is set to brand its prepaid service to “Telecel Go”, Techzim sources have revealed. Telecel Go will be the equivalent of […]
The last few months in Zimbabwe has seen the launch of two Tech Hubs, namely Hypercube and Muzinda Umuzi. To be pedantic Muzinda Umuzi is not a tech hub per […]
Reports in the media in recent days say the government owned fixed line operator, TelOne, is looking to raise $100 million from international investors. Chipo Mutasa is quoted by Finx: […]
In an advice article published in the Sunday Mail today (read it so you don’t fall prey), the police warned readers that fraudsters in Zimbabwe are now using mobile money services […]
During this past week at the Huawei & ICT ministry’s public sector ICT forum in Zimbabwe, apparently someone asked when the government would relax current restrictions on BlackBerry Internet Services […]
With the launch today of EcoCash Loans, following in quick succession from EcoCashSave accounts, Econet wireless has yet again read from the M-Pesa script to be the dominant financial services […]
The latest report from browser service Opera Mini on African internet trends has revealed insights on the most popular websites as frequented by users on the browser. Opera Mini is […]
Econet Services has officially launched a new product called EcoCashLoans, an extension of EcoCashSave at an event held at Holiday Inn in Harare this morning. EcoCashLoans, just like EcoCashSave will […]
Recent data gathered from StatCounter shows that the Zimbabwean mobile market is still dominated by Nokia devices with Symbian and S40 making up 50.49 % of the total market share […]
Strive Masiyiwa You’d be forgiven for thinking the Zimbabwe startup ecosystem has been thrown into the future, because it definitely feels like it. Strive Masiyiwa is in the country. We […]
The Mobile Money Transfer Agents Association of Zimbabwe (MMTAAZ) has issued a press statement in response to a requirement from Econet that EcoCash agents should sign up 5 new customers […]
I am excited and disappointed at the news that EcoCash has finally released the EcoCash app. Excited because it was long overdue and this could be the much developer touted […]
Here is the latest Techzim podcast. Considering we had gone more that a week without getting in the “studio”, expect some jam packed discussion in this episode. We discussed the […]
Arguably Zimbabwe’s most successful entrepreneur in dollar terms, the founder and chairman of Econet Wireless Global, Strive Masiyiwa, has been named one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” by Fortune Magazine […]
If you were waiting, the wait is finally over, former CBZ chief and Economist Dr Mangudya will be the new substantive Governor of The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. This comes […]
Chinese IT solutions and communications giant Huawei has stepped up its efforts to gain prominence in the Zimbabwean market as it goes on a four day road trip which starts […]
Astro’s plans to launch local a content app store have been delayed because the company failed to secure APIs to integrate with EcoCash and Telecash for payments. Astro had planned […]
Telecel Zimbabwe chairman, James Makamba, spoke about his company’s new mobile money product last week on CNBC Africa’s Closing Bell show referring to Telecash as having had a great launch […]