Local mobile operator is now selling the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge for a cash price of $1,305 a fee that most will consider as steep. There’s a credit option under the Econet Premium line. You can get the device on a 24 month credit plan for $100 a month.
Most banks have Internet and Mobile banking solutions but the industry is heavily dominated by Mobile Network Operators. Banks have not gone beyond the ATM cards to develop solutions that are in tandem with today’s consumer’s technological socialisation.
Always refreshing to see a new product launch especially from a Company like Econet. There is not much to expect however from this new data App from EcoCash. It feels like just a channel change from USSD to Data.
The streets of Harare have turned into virtual malls with an assortment of devices that include gadgets. Even phones and tablets now have a place there, with smartphones going for as little as $20
Instead of relying on MNOs for information, POTRAZ will soon implement a direct monitoring system for all mobile money and voice traffic. The main thrust being in billing and reporting. It has benefits for subscribers and government
The audit report from KPMG on State broadcaster ZBC highlighted the slew of challenges the broadcaster is facing. The exposé also offered some solutions for the broadcaster’s woes. Closer inspection of what is happening in the environment shows that these solutions are limited and won’t do much to save the Corporation.
A couple of months ago, we got wind that there was some kind of partnership deal going on between Zimbabwe’s largest classifieds classifieds.co.zw and what is now Africa’s largest classifieds group, One Africa Media. We […]
Econet is selling $24 smartphones. So what, big deal. It’s probably just another case of aggressive retail tactics in an extremely challenging market. The logic behind this seems pretty obvious. […]
After all the promises made and all the work being put into its mobile money service, EcoCash bound to happen eventually. Econet is now giving online retailing a shot with the new […]
Remember Econet Zimbabwe chief, Douglas Mboweni, hinted last year at getting into e-commerce soon? They just did. The company will be launching its first foray into e-commerce today with the introduction of – you […]
MTN has just started announcing their 2014 annual financial results. The company continued to perform well last year, after a good half year. Total revenue for the year was R146.2 billion up […]
Subscribers matter and I guess for each of our local mobile network operators that are out to wrench us from the other two networks, we really mean a lot to their […]
With over 8 Arabic speaking countries in Africa alone, it will be a great disservice to ourselves not to consider this great percentage of the population in our Internet ecosystem. […]
Queue the noise and excitement in technology, another “geek gathering” is here. All the focus this time will be on Barcelona, as Mobile World Congress 2015 (MWC 2015) the biggest […]
News coming out of Nigeria is that Interswitch, an African payments company based in the West African country launched a $10 million growth fund for African startups that are at […]
What will it take to start a digital entrepreneurship revolution in Zimbabwe? The pieces of the puzzle all seem to be lying on the table, but we still haven’t had […]
The Zimbabwean e-commerce online retailing story is still far from mature and engaging, that’s hardly a secret. That’s not taking anything away from the providers that have established revenue streams online. It’s just […]
Last year, when I wrote that we should all be worried about the path we’re going down when mobile operators start to have influence what internet subscribers can have access and no […]