Search results for: “startup challenge”
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This Platform Pays Africans For Solving African Problems Using Data Science
We’ve heard the craze surrounding big data, AI and data science as a whole, but we haven’t seen is the effects of data science being felt in Africa the same […] more
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You Might Get Your Next Job On Afringa Instead Of LinkedIn
It’s a prevailing trend that people are finding it difficult to find jobs that they really want. At the same time, companies are not getting the kind people they really […] more
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With The AppsAfrica Awards Around The Corner, Here’s How You Can Get Your App To Compete
The AppsAfrica award ceremony is meant to showcase the most exciting innovations on the African continent in as many as 14 different categories; including fields such as agriculture, blockchain and […] more
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Speech By Vice President Of Nigeria On Launch Of Google’s Free Public WiFi Initiative. Zimbabwe Should Take Notes
Recently our own president was officiating at an event where Liquid Telecom was unveiling an initiative to give free WiFi access to students. This is a great initiative. Google is […] more
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Econet To Roll Out Uber-Like Service Through Cumii
It seems Econet subsidiary Cumii will be introducing their very own ride-hailing service in the coming months. If you are not familiar with what we are referring to when we […] more
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Reserve Bank Acts Typically Zimbabwean: If You Don’t Understand The Technology, Fear It And Ban It
Some years ago I founded an EdTech (educational technology) startup. We had solutions for primary and secondary schools. The solution may have been not so good or maybe it was […] more
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PRESS RELEASE: African Agri-Tech Ecosystem Grows 110% In Last Two Years
Disrupt Africa released the Agrinnovating for Africa: Exploring the African Agri-Tech Startup Ecosystem Report 2018 and now they have released a press release detailing how the Agri-Tech space has been going […] more
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Africa Needs To Change Attitude Towards Intellectual Property And It’s Role In Society
Sometimes the timing of certain events is just perfect and things seem to come together as if this was intended by a higher power. Yesterday was one of those days […] more
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[Press Release] Golix Expands To South Africa
Zimbabwe’s popular cryptocurrency exchange, Golix is crossing borders and will begin operations in South Africa in the near future. The move is part of their aim to grow in the […] more
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Yes Indigenisation Law Has Changed But The Remaining Sectors Should See Better Policy. Blockchain Could Help
By Ty Moodley I have to start by warning that what follows is a long article. I hope you’ll stick through it even when I seem to get lost in […] more
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Golix User Accounts Compromised
Please note that we have changed the title of this article from the previous one which said Golix had been hacked because Golix reached out and said the platform itself […] more
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World Satoshi Summit To Be Held In New Delhi India To Explore The Opportunity Of Blockchain Technology
Technological epochs in the history of humanity reshaped our society like never before. Whether it be the Scientific Revolution of the 16th century that led to the rapid accumulation of […] more
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Wangu, The Local Chat Application Is ‘Back Again’. What Happened???
Techzim has written on quite a number of local startups over the years. I’m sure some of you sometimes wonder what became (or becomes) of the startups and all – […] more
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Why A Lot of Africans Are Not On the Internet. The Answer is Not As Obvious
One thought that was shared at AfricaCom 2017 last month that kept nagging me was that of why the internet penetration rate was still low in Africa. This is particularly […] more
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Open Letter to President Emmerson D Mnangagwa
Dear Mr President The obvious first: Congratulations on your inauguration as the third President of the Republic of Zimbabwe. I acknowledge this is a job that comes with tremendous pressure […] more
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Now that he’s gone, what are your expectations in this new Zim? (Tech of course!)
Well, whenever we mentioned the government and tech in the same line, it had somewhat of a complaint attached to it. An example off the top of my head, emap. […] more
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Zim wins Certificate of Excellence Award, local man gets accolade of excellence at ITU
This year’s International Telecommunications Union Telecom World 2017 was held in South Korea. ITU Telecom World is a not-for-profit neutral platform to accelerate ICT innovation for social and economic development […] more
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Like Zimbabwe, U.S pushes STEM initiative as tech companies pledge $300m
The US government under president Trump has made it a priority to prepare students for careers in technology. The Trump administration has been directing money towards bolstering science, technology, engineering […] more
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Huge remittances milestone for Africa as TerraPay gets SA license
A mobile payments and remittances startup called TerraPay may have achieved what could turn out to be a huge industry milestone in the remittances space in Africa. The startup announced […] more
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Econet Executive, Norman Moyo talks about the uberification of government among other things at the Mandela Washington Summit
Norman Moyo is the CEO of New Enterprise Business DPA and Cumii. Yes, that is not easy to wrap one’s head around so let’s just stick to Norman being the […] more
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Ever wondered how Internet of Things can be used in Africa? Here are some insights.
Internet of Things has become big in 1st world countries but when we come to Africa, it’s a whole different discussion. Most people would think of a toaster connected to […] more
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How do you get numbers into your business? Let’s look at how NBS is doing it
The other time we wrote about how to solve the chicken and egg problem citing examples of how other startups and businesses have solved it. You might want to read […] more
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Private schools, local languages and all the rest…
Sometimes it doesn’t make sense why certain stories find their way on Techzim right? An example of such is this very article. Why would a tech blog talk about vernacular […] more
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Computer Society of Zimbabwe to host a Bulawayo Business Conference
The other time, I flagged on how tech events have lower attendance compared to other “unproductive” events, which is a cause for concern considering how tech is pivotal at both […] more
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Just how many WhatsApp users are there in Zimbabwe? #DigitalFutureZim
Zimbabwe, the WhatsApp country? #Zimbabwe, the #WhatsApp country? Posted by Techzim on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 In the Video: Just how big is WhatsApp in Zimbabwe? We looked for the […] more
