About a month ago, we were unhappy that the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange switched off their very useful website. In Zimbabwe data that should be accessible in a straightforward way, thanks to living […]
With the current cash crisis still looming over Zimbabwe, most people are turning to EcoCash as their only hope of getting some much needed hard currency. However, most money is […]
It’s not just total market domination that’s spurring the ad campaigns, though. The pursuit of growth plus the need to make the most of extensive infrastructure investments are enough to trigger different strategies.
To understand how your airtime “disappears” or is “stolen” by your mobile operator, you have to understand the concept of out of bundle browsing. Out of bundle browsing charges subscribers […]
The #datamustfall campaign advocating for the reduction of data pricing in South Africa has received a major endorsement from its Parliament with major mobile operators (Vodacom, MTN, and Cell C) […]
A number of entrepreneurs have caught on to the opportunity that Ownai is the best, FREE online classifieds website. It is providing them with an opportunity to scoop the best […]
According to POTRAZ, there are minimum upload and download speeds a mobile operator should adhere to based on its Statutory Instrument 42 of 2016, Postal and Telecommunications Quality of Services […]
In the latest of its remittances partnerships Zimbabwean mobile network operator, Econet Wireless has just unveiled a cross-border money transfer deal between its mobile money service EcoCash and remittances services outfit Mukuru (Mukuru.com).
Zimbabwe has the third most expensive mobile data prices in Africa with the cheapest monthly 1 GB data package in the country set at $30.
NetOne’s network optimisation team has invited TechZim on an LTE data speed test tomorrow, Tuesday 20th September from 9am. This follows our report on the state of mobile data speeds […]
Last week we conducted mobile internet speed tests in four different locations across Harare. To say the least, the results were shocking. Like any test, we expected to have a standout […]
Welcome to our SpeedTest Page. The point of this page is to create conversation and raise awareness of mobile internet speeds in Zimbabwe. Hopefully, it will catch the attention of […]
There has been a lot of debate on mobile data bundles lately. The debate has generally been centred around NetOne and its One Fusion and The One data products/promotions. NetOne’s […]
Zimbabwe recorded $387.9 million in diaspora inflows during the first 6 months of 2016, representing a 15% decline in remittances from the $457.8 million registered in the first half of 2015.
The Zimbabwean government will dip into the Universal Services Fund to access finances for the yet to be completed digital migration project.
Recently NetOne released its “The One” mobile internet data bundle product. It is arguably the best mobile internet data plan available right now. We realized the impact of NetOne’s product […]
Internet company Tencent Holdings Ltd. (Tencent) has just edged past telecoms giant China Mobile Ltd. to become the most valuable company in China. According to Bloomberg, Tencent is also the […]
Unfortunately, this was only a 90-day reprieve set to run from the beginning of June to the end of August 2016. The EcoCash team has since reintroduced its merchant payment fees which can go up to $1.95 for a $500 payment.
MMM Nigeria this is how MMM Zimbabwe crashed, very similar to what is happening to you now Earlier today, MMM East Africa, MMM Global Zimbabwe‘s parent organization, released a public […]
For a minimum of 50 cents subscribers can receive 50 MB of data, $1 gets 300 MB daily bundles, or 150 MB weekly with the biggest allocation being 5GB of data for a $5 daily bundle.