As internet penetration increases in Africa, it only makes sense for startups to start implementing business models that leverage on the internet. That, coupled with the cash crisis (which has […]
A few days ago I talked about my journey as a self-taught coder. We decided to compile a list of some coding initiatives that are being run in Zimbabwe. The […]
In a survey we conducted recently we discovered that Facebook is still a big deal in Zimbabwe no matter what this author thinks: I thought Facebook was dead. 87% of […]
Last week, Econet launched Kombi WiFi. Frankly I thought it was good but not the big deal the company was making of it. It is normal here at the office to disagree […]
Techzim is reliably informed that Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ), the media company that owns the Daily News and other titles, has acquired The Financial Gazette, popularly known as just Fingaz. […]
We’re often contacted by people looking for developers. Below is a list of some developers in Zimbabwe who chose to list here. It’s by no means a definitive list of […]
So today I learnt a new idiom. More than the fun of just learning a new string of words that sound wise, it forced me to think about how we […]
Econet Media, the company behind the relatively new kid on the block in African TV called Kwese, has reportedly signed a deal with Kenya’s largest mobile operator Safaricom. Safaricom mobile subscribers […]
POTRAZ, Zimbabwe’s telecoms regulator, has released a new set of guidelines for promotions by mobile network operators and internet providers in Zimbabwe. The new guidelines are apparently meant to limit […]
TelOne is in the final stages of launching a video streaming broadband package for its ADSL and fibre customers. The package will allow TelOne customers to stream movies by paying for […]
Zimpapers, the government owned media company that owns Zimbabwe’s dominant newspaper titles (The Herald, Sunday Mail ), a relatively new radio station, a soon to be launched TV station, announced […]
NMBZ Holdings, NMB Bank’s holding company, made a profit before taxation of $6 208 904 in the year ended 31 December 2016. Its banking subsidiary achieved a capital adequacy ratio […]
According to a forecast from local equities research and trading outfit IH Securities Research, Econet Wireless – which is the country’s largest mobile network operator with the largest market share – will likely face an 8.9% decline in annual revenue for the 2016-2017 financial year with revenues expected to reach US$584million.
Zimbabwean mobile subscribers have been hit by an increase in broadband tariffs following a directive by the telecoms regulator, POTRAZ, to set new floor prices for voice and mobile data […]
UPDATE: You can find the list of our winners of this giveaway here. Submissions are now closed for this contest. In the spirit of the New Year and a number of people […]
The Techzim team (except for one die-hard Econet loyalist) has been on Net One and subscribed to its One Fusion product for more than a month now. Some team members […]
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.
There other things you can do but vigilance is key to making sure the information you are getting from the internet is timely, accurate, up to date, authoritative and relevant.
Seeing that ZOL is giving away FREE UNLIMITED wifi at its hotspots, we’ve been trying to figure out what we would do with it if we didn’t have regular internet […]
So what has changed? Why suddenly is there talk of a single international gateway through which all inbound and out voice and data traffic must go through.
In October, TelOne launched a new voice product called Talk+. It’s a VoIP service that uses Skype. If you’re in Zimbabwe and need to make calls to other people in […]
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 […]
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 […]
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has announced in its financial results that profits dropped 37.14% in the half year to 31 August 2016. The profit after taxation stood at $14.9 million compared to $23.8 […]
Called ZOLphone it’s a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) product that works through a mobile app called ZOLphone that’s available for Android users (an iOS version will be available from the 1st of November, 2016)
So WhatsApp announced earlier this year that it will stop support for quite a long list of devices. In that same regard a great many individuals with Windows Phone devices […]