Last night Google announced a new service that’s supposed to disrupt the gaming industry; Google Stadia. From a conceptual standpoint, Stadia is pretty cool and if adopted by masses this […]
Last year when the economy started its somersault descent, ZOL increased the pricing of their internet packages not once, but twice. Last night’s announcement to the same tune means the […]
This week’s biggest news is that Cassava Smartech has disrupted its dominant mobile money platform, EcoCash. They have taken the crown from the service on their own terms rather than […]
If you have a gaming console you’ll know that any and every time you have to enter some text you roll your eyes in frustration because that joypad/joystick/controller is definitely […]
I have just finished watching one of my best TV series called Black Mirror. The series examines modern society, particularly with regard to the unanticipated consequences of new technologies. Episodes […]
A recent report by Cable found out that Zimbabwe has the most expensive mobile data in the world. The study stated that in Zimbabwe, 1 gigabyte (gig) costs $75 per […]
A few months ago Naspers announced that they would be listing Multichoice separately on the JSE. For many of us, this seemed like a sign of doom and gloom as […]
It’s a problem that has plagued this country for so long: due to negligence, corruption and government incompetence, Zimbabwe’s electricity power demand far outweighs our demand especially during peak hours. […]
January was pretty eventful for Zimbabweans, the Government took away our beloved internet access and for a few days many of us who had no knowledge about how VPNs worked […]
Apple announced their quarterly results and as expected they iPhone sales slowed down. This wasn’t as big as many thought it would be because Apple is telling investors not to […]
If you’re a member of the Techzim groups you’ve noticed that the people in those groups love talking about what phones they are using and if not that, then the […]
It’s not your everyday thing to see a Zimbabwean movie being sold on a platform like Vimeo, when we are used to just go into town and buy a pirated […]
If you own an Android TV Box then you have probably heard of Kodi. Just in case you haven’t, Kodi is an open source media player formerly known as XBMC […]
A VPN (Virtual Private Network) has recently been a remarkably useful tool in Zimbabwe, owing to the shutting down and throttling of internet by the government amid the #ShutdownZimbabwe protests. […]
A lot of businesses rely on the internet and while that might seem like common knowledge we were forced to relearn that this week as our government made the draconian […]
Over the past few weeks the phrase Command Economy has found its way into every day parlance. I highly suspect people fashioned this jibe from the phrase Command Agriculture. The […]
In my house the remote wars can get pretty intense and elaborate. If you snooze you will find yourself watching the English Premiership League on your Ubuntu laptop together with […]
If sources close to smepeaks are to be believed, Naspers is putting Careers24 to bed in an unexpected move. It’s not yet entirely clear why the company is being closed […]
New Year comes with an unfailing tradition: New Year Resolutions. This is where you feel guilty about your failings in the past year you create a list of goals you […]
It’s an unusual experience to see a company like Facebook (or Google) advertising in local newspapers considering that they have no physical presence in Zimbabwe. I had that experience when […]
Don’t get me wrong, I love my American TV shows, US producers really know how to make a show but when I want something serious and artsy in nature I […]
Kwese-iflix has partnered media company, BusTop TV in coming up with a comedy series, Comic Tick, on the Kwe-iflix platform. Bustop TV has already aired the first season. with 10 […]
A few weeks before Kwese went belly up something happened in the media world that I somehow missed: DramaFever one of my favourite destinations for Korean drama series and movies […]
As I said the other day before the bond notes came along making an international payment on say 11:11 says was a very easy matter. All you needed was an […]
DStv has dismissed a Facebook page that claims to make online DStv subscriptions using EcoCash. DStv Customer Alert! It has come to our attention that a scam has surfaced on […]
Thanks to a number of local business a lot of Zimbabweans are now aware of the existence of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. This is in direct contrast to all […]
Long time readers of TechZim will remember uHuruTV. We covered these guys (VIVA Mobile) back in 2016 when they wanted to launch and become Zimbabwe’s first Virtual Mobile Network Operator […]