USSD – short for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data – commands have been there since the first cellphone. They are the codes we have been using to top up airtime, buy […]
China’s leading smartphone maker Huawei, released its flagship Huawei Ascend P6 in June 2013 hyping it with phrases like “elegance with edge”, “impossibly slim”, “impossible beautiful” among other high sounding […]
This is a comparison of the features available with the mobile money services offered by Zimbabwe’s mobile operators. While Telecash hasn’t launched yet officially, we had the opportunity to interact […]
First, congratulations to the EcoCash team for winning the AfricaCom Best Mobile Money award. No doubt a few heads have turned towards Zimbabwe and we appreciate it. Congratulations as well […]
As you may know, we’ve had the opportunity to check out the Telecash menu before they have made it available to the public. We posted a number of screenshots here. […]
As part of its “Unbelievable Christmas Deals” promotion, Econet is advertising the Huawei Ascend Y200 for just $70 and the package includes 50MB of data for six months and a […]
So earlier today we received the following email from a reader: I have an account with Ecocash Ecosave account, my money disappeared from account on the 9th of December 2013 […]
Year after year the ICT Achievers Awards have been reduced to a comedy spectacle that seems to grow in magnitude each year. There are always big questions on the awards […]
We’re just from this year’s Zimbabwe ICT Achievers awards ceremony which was held in Harare at the University of Zimbabwe. The awards, which are hosted by the Ministry of ICT […]
Recently we came across an iWayAfrica online banner advert advertising mobile broadband through a “range of devices” including one called the Pocket Rocket. With this new product, iWayAfrica effectively becomes […]
Following closely developments in mobile services provision, I predicted EcoCash’s savings account before it was launched. I even proposed a Mobile phone directory for my wish list which Econet launched […]
There are those-conspiracy nuts- who have jokingly said that Valentine was invented by the corporate hegemony of card companies, gift companies as well as flower companies to sell their products. […]
When POTRAZ held a workshop back in September to consult telecoms consumers on consumer protection issues, a recurring issue at the workshop was the issue of spam. Spam unleashed by […]
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So this has been a great year for Mahindra Comviva and EcoCash. The mobiquity platform that runs EcoCash, and more specifically, the EcoCash implementation of Mobiquity, has won Mahindra Comviva […]
Liquid Telecom, an Econet Wireless Group subsidiary focusing on connectivity services networks particularly in terrestrial fibre but also satellite and data centers, has been conferred another award barely two weeks […]
So, everytime we post an article about a new Econet value added service, it’s followed complaints from some readers who apparently feel cheated that Econet ended the EcoLife service. Some […]
This month I have decided to make an app review that people who run SMEs might find useful. My mother always tells me to speak only on matters that I […]
Astro, Zimbabwe’s new smartphone brand released a brand video which is the clearest indication yet of where their brand is going, or at least where they claim they want to […]
One Nigerian author once said”, It is not wise to cross a civil servant.” Most of us have at one time or another been a victim of bureaucracy (angry civil […]
For the first time ever in Africa, the Startupbus will this morning depart Harare marking a start to 5 day business adventure for African Entrepreneurs which ends in Cape Town. […]
When it comes to the Android market there are two worlds: the give me your hand and foot Galaxy world with Samsung as the mascot where you are charged a […]
Mahindra Comviva, the company powering Econet’s mobile money solution, EcoCash, today won the “Best mobile money service” award at the AfricaCom Awards in South Africa. The awards are a big deal on […]
Now three years after a number of undersea fibre cable systems have landed on the shores of the African continent, it’s easy to assume that any country on the continent […]
Telecel has introduced a new emergency response facility, which it has called 911 Road Assist. Subscribers can use the facility to summon assistance in the event of a vehicle breakdown, […]
I am enthused by one author who sells the proposition, “Throw away your NDAs out the window”. He stresses one major point that I agree with, that is, what you […]