This the first of a 3 part series on the cost of mobile broadband in Zimbabwe. There is a literal raging debate right now on whether mobile internet in Zimbabwe […]
We have already started 2019 with a bang thanks to Samsung and it’s quartet of Galaxy S10s and the Galaxy Fold. But tomorrow is the official opening of the Mobile […]
Huawei is a bit notorious for making use of it’s competition as reference of their innovation advancements. The Samsung Galaxy S10 is no exception. Their latest jabs are at Samsung’s […]
Samsung has held their (un)packed event and the star of the show, their pride and joy, the S10 has arrived in a whopping 4 variants. Quick trivia. The Samsung Galaxy […]
Over the last fortnight (wink wink) you’ve probably heard about Apex Legends in one form or another. After all, the game has been installed 25 million times since it was […]
Google is looking to fix an age-old loophole that allows websites to check to see if a user is in Incognito mode when visiting the site with the Chrome browser. When […]
Deals. Deals. Deals. African tech start-ups dominated headlines for record-breaking fundraise announcements in 2018. Cellulant raised. Tizeti raised. mSurvey raised. Farmcrowdy raised. Piggybank raised. Kobo360 raised. Jumo raised. Zola Electric raised.TradeDepot raised. Africa’s Talking raised And there’s more. Recent reports estimate that tech start-ups have secured $334.5M […]
Telecel has finally introduced a competitor to Wibroniks and One-Fi, and as always more competition = better deals for consumers, so this is obviously welcome. So how does this new […]
Telecel Zimbabwe has launched a home WiFi moderm and service. This is similar to NetOne’s One-Fi and the Wibroniks offering from ZOL. Telecel is selling the modems at $150 each. […]
POTRAZ has put out a notice in newspapers consulting the general public and interested parties on a proposed light licensing of rural broadband fixed wireless access systems. The notice reads: […]
What we have all been waiting for finally happened. Netflix finally released their first African Original movie in the form of Lionheart. The film is directed by and stars Genevieve […]
Ever heard of the Africa Tech Summit? Well, a few weeks ago when came I back from the AfricaCom Conference I came back bubbling and bursting with ideas. Thing is, […]
So about two weeks ago I noticed Facebook ads advertising Utande’s YahClick VSAT packages. We had previously announced that these two are teaming up to provide affordable VSAT packages aimed […]
Besides being ridiculed as being as pliant as supple mulberry branches, Zimbabwe’s ministers are often laughed off as hopelessly incompetent for the Ministerial portfolios they are often appointed to. Performances […]
One thing that’s topical here at AfricaCom is the incoming 5th Generation network (5G). 5G is primed to offer greatly increased bandwidth, dramatically faster download speeds, and instant response. But […]
It’s that time of the year again, AfricaCom is back in Cape Town from 13 – 15 November for its 21st edition. Just like in 2017, the 3-day event promises […]
ZOL Increased their pricing again and you may be wondering how their internet packages compare to what’s on offer from TelOne, their biggest competitor. TelOne last revised their pricing a […]
So the saga continues. Yesterday the High Court declared that the challenge to the new transaction tax that had been brought before it was not urgent and hence it would […]
Nowadays when I go to launch events I am cautiously optimistic. After Kwese TV’s launch last year we quickly learned that announcement of a new product does not equate to […]
Having looked at the content being offered on TelOne’s new DEOD streaming platform it might be best to now turn our attention to pricing. We are going to compare DEOD […]
I’m that kind of person who doesn’t want to spend over $700 for the fanciest smartphone on the market. And I’m convinced many countless people share my disposition; we just […]
London, 3 September 2018 – Whether your focus is on 5G, policy and regulatory frameworks that are going to enable communications, ICT investment, new revenue streams or accelerating the spread of […]
You may think that the complaints we lodge to our service providers go unheeded by the telecoms regulator, POTRAZ. Actually, I was surprised that they include statistics about customer complaints […]
Back in May, Zol had a lavish event where they revised Fibroniks packages slightly and introduced a new LTE-based set of packages under the name Wibroniks. Though that launch event […]
Whether your focus is connectivity infrastructure, disruptive technologies, digital services or ICT strategy, AfricaCom 2018 – 13 to 15 November at the CTICC in Cape Town, South Africa – will […]
The details concerning ZOL’s recently launched LTE service -WiBroniks- have been scarce. At the launch event, we managed to know how much the packages for WiBroniks will cost but we […]
AfricaCom – the largest telecoms, media and tech event in Africa- has just launched the Africa Video Forum. The forum will be used to showcase the hottest African video content. […]
ZOL recently announced a new wireless service that they have termed WiBroniks. The finer details of the service will be provided by ZOL at a later date but thus far […]
[UPDATE]: This article initially stated that Fibroniks unlimited was dropping from $139 to $119. This was incorrect and we’ve made ammends to the article. Zol has introduced a new service […]