A few weeks ago we released a press release concerning Econet’s partnership with Shaw Academy that promised to bring an education program in the near future. The promised program is […]
On Monday, we wrote an article on the challenges Econet subscribers were facing over the weekend. About 60 000 subscribers were left in the dark as their credit was being […]
On Friday I received messages from Econet notifying me that I had used 55c of my main account airtime for data browsing. I rushed to turn off out-of-bundle browsing thinking […]
Distributed Power Africa (DPA), the solar power business of the Econet Group, has said its Zimbabwean venture will save the country millions of dollars in foreign exchange on electricity power […]
Potraz just released their annual report for 2017 and quarterly report for 4th quarter 2017. We found the pattern of subscriber growth or lack thereof to be quite interesting. Econet […]
Marred by persistent power cuts and inaccessible Zesa power lines in some locations, Econet has resorted to make a huge investment in energy to power its energy hungry operations. Their […]
Here’s the press release by Econet: Econet Education has set an ambitious target in 2018 to positively disrupt education within Africa through high-quality, affordable and accessible digital education solutions. The […]
According to the Herald, a survey conducted across some major supermarkets in Harare revealed that customers are having trouble with the ‘swipe into EcoCash’ service. An unnamed Pick n’ Pay official also […]
The recent move by Econet and NetOne (supposing they are working together) to open EcoCash registration to NetOne users could be a stroke of genius by both operators. With NetOne […]
Econet has just introduced a chatbot that users can interact with on via Facebook Messenger. The bot is called Bud-e and can help users with : EcoCash Pin Resets PUK Request […]
At 14:12 on the 17th of October last year I received an SMS from Econet, encouraging me to register for something called Elevate. I dismissively glanced at the message giving it no […]
The Ministry of Information Communication Technology and Cyber Security has issued an ultimatum to the Mobile Network Operators to find a way to make all their mobile money platforms work […]
So, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe in collaboration with TiB Insurance Brokers and Steward Bank recently introduced a car insurance product, iDriveSure – another insurance service by Econet after EcoSure, the funeral […]
The tables turned in a case between Econet Wireless Zimbabwe and Antolice Enterprises. High Court judge Justice Davison Moses Foroma ruled that Econet Wireless reimburses Antolice Enterprises $128 200 which it (Econet) […]
On Monday 15 January 2018 we woke up to no Techzim. The server was down. We thought aaah well the backup will kick in just now… Most of the day […]
Econet Global has deliberately transformed itself into a Technology Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Business. It is a no brainer that telcos have to radically transform themselves and their business models […]
Econet wants to construct a solar power plant at their Data Centre in Willowvale. Let’s look at the notice concerning their application for an electricity generation licence first and then […]
MTN South Africa conducted a 5G technology and applications trial at its head office in Johannesburg in partnership with Ericsson. 5G refers to fifth generation mobile networks or wireless networks. The […]
Econet wireless’s Muzinda Hub has signed an all Africa exclusive agreement with Treehouse, the number one global online training platform for coding. Treehouse offers a variety of programming languages and […]
In POTRAZ’s recently released Q3 report it was revealed that mobile money is contributing more to Mobile Network Operator (MNO) revenues than ever before. This is compounded by the steady […]
Following the internet outage that was experienced in Zimbabwe form around 11:44 AM to around 17:17 PM, Econet has come out with an apology to its customers, Econet Wireless apologises […]
We recently learnt that Econet Global is looking to list on the London Stock Exchange with an $8 billion valuation. It comes as a bit of a surprise really, not […]
In what is the logical next step in Econet’s fascinating journey, the company is seeking to list on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and also to seek a secondary listing […]
Powertel today enters the vehicle tracking and fleet management market. They just unveiled PowerTrack, a full fleet management solution. Here is the list of services on offer: Real Time Vehicle Tracking […]
After all has been said and done, whatever happens to or in Zimbabwe, we want to one day wake up to cheaper data prices! As advised yesterday, the Postal and Telecommunications […]
As we looked at Econet’s latest annual report we noted that there had been no change in the downward trend of their voice revenue. For years voice revenue has been […]
If you needed further proof that the Zimbabwean economy is harsh, well, here it is. Not only is Econet announcing their lowest profits in 5 years, those revenues and profits […]
Last week Techzim wrote about how three of our own companies; Liquid Telecom, ZOL and Econet Wireless had been nominated for the largest technology, telecoms and media event in Africa, AfricaCom’s awards […]