TransferWise, a European money transfer startup recently announced the launch of a service that allows Facebook users to make international money transfers through the Messenger platform.
Zimbabwe’ internet penetration rate – a measure of the percentage of the population that connects to the internet – has been registered at 50.1%. According to recent figures shared by […]
In the same retrospective spirit, we took a look at what happened in the local technology space and came up with our list of the 10 most influential in this space.
Mobile data utilisation in Zimbabwe increased by 16.1% between July and September 2016 registering 2,157 billion megabytes (MB) from the 1,857 billion MB recorded for the second quarter of 2016. This is […]
Zimbabwe’s mobile penetration rate declined from 97% to 94.3% between July and August 2016 as the number of active mobile telephone subscriptions dropped slightly during the period.
Yesterday was a great day in Harare for lovers of WordPress. Techzim attended the first WordCamp to be held in the city and country. Te event was at Harare City […]
The Ministry of Education’s proposed online recruitment system for pupils seeking places for high school has been criticised by the Zimbabwe teachers Association (ZIMTA). According to the Chronicle, the ZIMTA […]
Last week Thursday we attended the launch of Econet’s new “Smart Data Network” campaign which it plans to advertise across the country via an ambitious print and broadcast media drive […]
Back in August, we decided to do a bit of undercover investigation on the state of e-commerce in Zimbabwe. The whole idea was quite simple, with a budget of $20 […]
10ngah.com has come up with a win-win formula to get rid of its old stock and allow people the opportunity to purchase products through its rent-to-buy promotion. We took a look […]
In Zimbabwe, we tend to disregard clear as day “innovation” simply because of the product or service associated with it. More often it is not the intended use of a […]
International voice traffic to and from Zimbabwe declined by as much 19.6% between April and June 2016 with calls made via mobile as well as fixed telecommunications registering lower traffic during the period
Global early-stage startups competition has announced the 12 startups that will pitch at its inaugural event in Harare, Zimbabwe on Sunday, October 31st at the Dicovereum , with the winner destined to […]
Mobile internet use in Zimbabwe has jumped by 23% – It must be all those WhatsApp and Facebook videos.
Telecash, the mobile money service owned by Zimbabwean mobile network operator Telecel and the second largest mobile money service in the country lost 2,323 active subscribers between April and June 2016.
According to information shared by the regulator, POTRAZ, during the period a total of US$161.5 million in revenue was realised, down from the US$167.7 million recorded in the first quarter of 2016.
South African owned but globally operated internet and entertainment group Naspers has announced that it has sold one of its internet companies Allegro, for US$3.253bn. Though initially intimated earlier in the year that either […]
The phone number was traditionally a valuable asset to mobile telecoms operators. Once a customer bought a sim card, the MNO’s job was to keep that customer on the network as long as possible […]
Facebook has unveiled Messenger Lite for countries with slower internet, doubles down on emerging markets.