Search results for: “Econet”
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Local banks collapse & sputter: Are mobile money wallets & Bitcoin our safe havens?
It’s just days into the year and it certainly looks like the financial services sector is going to go through a very rough spell in 2015. Yesterday Allied Bank, […] more
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The noise & signal around the departure of Steward Bank CEO, Kwanele Ngwenya
How the resignation of Steward CEO, Kwanele Ngwenya, has been treated in the media and by sources inside the company itself is quite curious. At least 3 reputable media companies (The Source, Financial […] more
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Here’s why POTRAZ is appealing to Government for new licensing in telecoms
Sharing infrastructure in the telecommunications industry is a very complicated matter. The Reason boils down mostly to: I invested so much in expanding my infrastructure so that I compete effectively […] more
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How expensive is it to go online in Zim?: An overview of prices for internet services
2015 started off with mobile subscribers celebrating the good news that as had been promised, the voice tariffs for the country’s mobile network operators had been reduced. Unfortunately we didn’t see a tumble […] more
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Selling ZESA prepaid from the UK: How Zympay is disrupting money remittances
Just yesterday we were tallking about recharge.co.zw, the online workaround for buying ZESA prepaid electricity that lets you use your EcoCash and Telecash mobile wallets as well as options like VISA […] more
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Want to buy your ZESA prepaid electricity through EcoCash? Try recharge.co.zw
Whenever we talk about the issue of paying for your ZESA prepaid electricity everyone remembers how Econet was shut out from an integration with ZESA for mobile money payment leaving […] more
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How the P.O BOX videos are exploiting the opportunity of the internet
Creating great content is never easy, especially when you are trying to do it as something more than just a hobby. Your material has to be relevant, fresh and worth […] more
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Predictions 2015: What can we expect from the Zimbabwean technology space?
It’s only a few days into the new year and a lot of things have started to change in the Zimbabwean technology space. From tariff reductions to promotions being ended […] more
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Podcast: POTRAZ tariff reduction, Buddie Bundles of Joy and startup business ethics
We are glad to have made it into the new year and just two days into 2015 a lot has already started happening on the tech scene. Here’s the first […] more
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Startups we wished for, but didn’t see in 2014. Who will work on these ideas?
So yesterday while looking back at the year’s tech success, failures and gaffes we found ourselves coming up with stuff we couldn’t quite consider failures, because these haven’t been done. Done […] more
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The 5 gaffes in the 2014 Zimbabwe technology space
Before we do the countdown to the new year and start living through those New Year’s resolutions, we’ve decided to take a look at not only the winners and losers, […] more
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Five things that will (some we wish won’t) happen in digital media in 2015
2015 will be important as far as digital media is concerned. This year has already set a solid foundation for digital media so 2015 will be the year that we […] more
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The $32 million fibre project from Powertel: A sign of better service and tariffs to come?
No, It’s not rebranding again but ZESA Holdings’ IAP Powertel was in the Herald today for “getting a fibre connectivity via Botswana”. Not that this should be taken as anything new […] more
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Predictions for 2015: The rise of the Chinese phones
Bigger is better, but emerging markets matter the most. This doesn’t entirely sum up mobile devices in 2014 but it speaks volumes about what we saw in the market this […] more
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Telecoms to heat up as NetOne unveils lower tariffs for voice and data services
For a while we have been talking about the lowered tariffs that local regulator POTRAZ ordered the MNOs to effect by the end of 2014. This was back in October […] more
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A review of Zim’s tech startup ecosystem in 2014: Its successes and disappointments
In just one week we are going to be counting down to the end of 2014 and ushering in another year that will hopefully be better than this one. Everyone […] more
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As Standard Chartered closes branches it should consider a relationship with a mobile operator
The Zimbabwean financial services sector has never been for the fickle.It takes a lot to survive in the territory, what with all the turmoil and uncertainty that characterises the industry. […] more
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Telecel number matching: smart substitute for mobile number portability with weak incentives
Telecel Zimbabwe is still out to give you reason to cross over to its network, this time its with a workaround for the absence of mobile number portability. The Telecel […] more
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2014 in review: The winning apps for the year
We are at that time of the year when we decide to take a step back and try to get a better sense of what was really going down in […] more
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2014 in review: Highlights in Zimbabwean internet services
2014 has been a fairly exciting year in the ISP arena, with some interesting developments from the different providers. We decided to look at some of the highlights in […] more
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Infrastructure Sharing: Operators selling to IHS, Helios, Eaton, American Tower Company
When I decided to prefix the title of this article with “Infrastructure sharing:”, I realised it would make some readers protest that this is technically wrong as it’s not strictly a form of infrastructure […] more
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Event blog: Telecoms infrastructure sharing submissions to POTRAZ
This article was a live blog of a POTRAZ event held on 15 December 2014. The event was held to get input from operators and other stakeholders in the telecoms […] more
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EcoLife relaunches as EcoSure. The new model
About a month ago, we got information and published that Econet wad preparing to re-launch what used to be (a nightmare) called EcoLife. Today, that product is being officially launched in […] more
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Telecel e-Juice: Is this the death of the recharge card?
Go ahead, Tell Someone, scratching is now a thing of the past! Well, that’s the message from Telecel. Earlier this week the Telecel e-Juice platform was launched as an electronic way […] more
