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  • Multichoice introduces BoxOffice to Zimbabwe

    Last week Multichoice announced the introduction of its BoxOffice service to Zimbabwean DStv subscribers. The service allows subscribers with DStv Explora and HD PVR decoders to rent blockbuster movies for […]

  • Big Brain Zimbabwe using video and social media to push e-learning content

    A local e-learning startup, Big Brain Zimbabwe, recently released a DVD tutorial for Ordinary Level ZIMSEC Physical Geography to assist students in their preparations for the October/ November examinations. The 90 minute […]

  • Networks offer free WhatsApp to subscribers

    Earlier today South Africa’s Cell C announced an offer for free WhatsApp services to all its contract  subscribers and some of its prepaid subscribers. According to a report from My […]

  • “Sending” Money to South Africa

    A lot has changed since the crisis of 2008. Things are better now. I should know since back then I spend most of my time rationing my food supplies and […]

  • Zimpost’s Zipcash moves into Botswana

    It has been reported that Zipcash the electronic money transfer and remittance service launched by postal service Zimpost has extended its service to Botswana. Zipcash was launched late last year […]

  • Telecel Zimbabwe loses 130,000 subscribers in three months. What lies ahead?

    Second quarter financial results released by parent company, Vimpelcom, show that Telecel Zimbabwe just lost 130,000 active subscribers in the 3 months since the first quarter of the 2014. Considering the company had lost […]

  • Telecel re-introduces voice promo in the face of airtime taxes

    Telecel Zimbabwe announced the re-introduction of its Mega Juice promotion. This promo offers prepaid Telecel Go subscribers a 100% bonus for on net calls to whenever they recharge airtime worth $1 […]

  • WhatsApp ready to deliver on its voice calls promise

    While WhatsApp has been hugely successful and managed to add value to its users with various tweaks, the biggest addition that everyone has been keen on is the voice calling feature. […]

  • NetOne applies for datacasting licence

    According to a notice in the Herald, state-owned mobile network operator Netone has applied for a national datacasting licence from the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe.The datacasting licence is one of […]

  • 5 features that could make WhatsApp even better

    Technology is extending our reach in ways that we never thought possible, boundaries be damned. In a way, we’ve grown to understand that talking to the next person no longer […]

  • Zimbabwe introduces 25% customs duty on mobile phones

    Patrick Chinamasa, the minister of Finance, announced today that the government will now start levying 25% customs duty on mobile phone handset imports with effect from October 2014. Since August 2009, duty […]

  • How to access the internet through Facebook

    Some time back I posted an article about my getting banned from WhatsApp and contributing to the ban was my wanting to share with followers my top 20 SECRETS that mobile networks don’t […]

  • Hand2Hand enables global (South Africa) credit card remittances to EcoCash wallets?

    You may have noticed increased visibility of a money remittance service called Hand2Hand. They are interesting in a couple of ways but mainly that they got access to what so far […]

  • Twitter “Buy” button an affirmation of social media m-commerce?

    Yesterday Twitter announced on its blog that it had started testing the use of a “Buy” button feature on tweets. The add-on allows users to initiate a purchase or buy […]

  • Service Providers in Zimbabwe

    We are not on an island and often times we need to contact someone for assistance. Listed here are the contact details of local ICT service providers that we feel that every […]

  • Is there any good internet service in Bulawayo?

    A few days ago part of the Techzim team was in Bulawayo for the ZOL Startup Challenge Meetup that was held at NUST. While the City of Kings provided a warm […]

  • Here’s why Zimbabwe is not ready for e-commerce

    This weekend we (my friends and I) decided to have a little get together and watch all the airing football matches together, something that we do every other weekend. As […]

  • James Makamba challenges Strive Masiyiwa

    It looks like the mobile wars between between Telecel and Econet are taking many forms this year. With the two operators battling each other in terms of market share, new […]

  • Liquid Telecom looking to raise US $150 million for network expansion in Africa

    Barely a month after it was announced that Econet Wireless Global had raised US $150 million, we’re picking up that the global telecoms group is raising a similar figure as a […]

  • Telecel partners Mukuru to enable remittances to telecash

    In a fulfillment of promises made a few months ago Telecel has, through a partnership with Mukuru,  now enabled the remittances of diasporan funds straight into the mobile wallets of […]

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