Though Econet Media declined to comment on any developments related to Kwesé TV, the option for $0 daily, weekly and monthly Kwesé bundles suggests that the internet used to access the service will be zero rated for Econet subscribers.
Econet executives who spoke on the sidelines of the launch of the telecoms operator’s new brand explained how Out of Bundle Browsing provides subscribers with an option to access the internet only through broadband bundles and not their voice airtime balances.
Earlier this evening we attended the unveiling of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe’s new look and redesigned logo. The mobile operator introduced the refreshed brand which is meant to mark a new […]
If you are an Econet subscriber who buys daily data bundles or are chasing a 7x Promotion airtime target via *143# you might have noticed this already – the mobile operator has significantly adjusted its broadband packages.
The latest is a partnership with VICE Media, the North American digital media and broadcasting company. Econet Media’s Kwesé TV will open Viceland, VICE Media’s TV channel, to 17 African countries by the end of 2017.
As it turns out, Tengai is still alive, well the brand name at least. It is listed together with Ownai, EcoSure and EcoCash, on the website of a digital transactions company called Cassava which is a subsidiary of Econet Wireless Global as one of its successful partner brands.
All along Econet subscribers had the option to get once-off airtime credit of 30 cents, 50 cents or 75 cents payable with 7 days through regular account recharge. This has now been enhanced by the automatic airtime credit option.
Econet Media, the entertainment company and subsdiary of the Econet Group has entered into a content partnership with T.D. Jakes Enterprises International, the company that’s led by United States pastor, author and filmaker Bishop TD Jakes.
Even though Kwesé TV is set to be a distributor of various categories of content, Econet Media has clearly focused a lot of its content acquisition efforts on sports content with other types of content hardly receiving any mention.
Zimbabwe’s telecoms regulator, POTRAZ, has issued a press statement dismissing repeated allegations from Econet that the local telecoms industry doesn’t have a level playing field.
Local mobile network operator Econet Wireless will pay out $13.3 million to its shareholders from profits generated for the financial year ended 29 February 2016.
Mobile network operator Econet is set to launch a Free WiFi as You Go service. Though the details aren’t clear yet, here’s what we think it could be about.
What’s a bit off, though, is that Kwesé TV is now being placed at the centre of Econet Zimbabwe’s strategy yet in the past, it has always been identified as part of Econet Media which is an Econet Wireless Group investment.
Local mobile operator Econet Wireless is currently holding its analysts’ briefing where it has released the figures for the 2015 to 2016 financial year. Though the full briefing is yet […]
In the latest effort to expand Ruzivo’s footprint Econet has been signing on brand ambassadors that will raise awareness of the learning platform. These ambassadors will engage with the platform’s stakeholders like schools and parents, advertise its benefits and sign on new users.
Techzim understands that plans are at an advanced stage to launch NuVu, a Video-on-Demand (VOD) platform in Zimbabwe, following a partnership between Ericsson and Econet Wireless. The service would become the latest […]
The Econet Wireless Group has been named as one of the suitors in the takeover of Neotel, the South African fixed line telecoms operator which competes with the State-owned Telkom.
For the next 90 days Econet’s prepaid subscribers will benefit from a daily airtime bonus allowance worth 7 times the airtime they use up. To qualify, each subscriber has to spend a minimum amount of airtime that is set by Econet as a daily target which is customised to each subscriber’s airtime usage patterns.
Econet is extending that credit facility to its EcoCash subscribers. Users of the mobile money service are now able to borrow the same amounts of airtime (30c, 50c, 75c) by accessing EcoCash or through the EcoCash App.
As such Econet becomes the NBA’s sub-Saharan Africa official broadcaster. It will be able to offer viewers over 500 games which will also include the WNBA games, the NBA playoffs, and the finals.
Local mobile operator Econet Wireless and global accounting body ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) are set to unveil a partnership today that will introduce accounting students to the use of EcoSchool, the operator’s digital education platform for learning.
is moved the total of active LTE connections to 124,179 up from a previous 26,185 connections. That’s almost 100,000 new LTE subscribers in 3 months. This increase is easily explained by the aggressive investment and promotion of LTE services from the two networks that have committed to 4G/LTE investments; Econet and NetOne.
Econet group is preparing to launch its Connected Lifestyle products in the Zambian market. A source tells us the the Cumii CEO, Norman Moyo, was in the country recently and intimated at an […]
From the information gathered so far, Matsaudza isn’t being hired to lead EcoCash, Econet’s mobile money services, though. He is expected to fill a new role focused on managing digital payments and bridging the gap between EcoCash and Steward Bank, the retail financial services institution owned by Econet Zimbabwe.
Econet Wireless International has hired top African television media executive, Joseph Hundah, to head its newly formed Kwese TV across the continent.
A year now after the launch of Econet’s Dial-a-Doc health service, the Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe (MDPCZ) is still to accept it as a positive contribution to healthcare services in Zimbabwe. […]