• TV Yangu nominated for 2014 Social Media Awards Africa, seeks votes from community

    Local Video On Demand startup TV Yangu was recently nominated for the 2014 Social Media Awards Africa. TV Yangu works as a video service that aggregates afro-centric content from Zimbabwe and […]

  • What can we expect at TEDxHarare 2014?

    TEDxHarare is back in Zimbabwe year, bringing with it its inspired talks, intense conversation and networking for attendees of the latest edition of the global movement. TEDx is a program of […]

  • Get your FREE Google Inbox invite here… UPDATED

    THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH THE NAMES OF THE WINNERS. So there has been a lot of hype about the Google Inbox app. It has been making waves on the internet […]

  • Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn review: deceptively simple

    Just over a week ago Canonical the people behind Ubuntu released its latest iteration of its flag ship operating system nick named Utopic Unicorn. The release also coincided with Ubuntu’s […]

  • Event and Process Updates

    23 October 2014 The ZOL Startup Challenge the mentorship program has started really well. The first session was on business modelling, with a focus on the Lean Startup way of […]

  • One chance only: 8 tips for that elevator pitch

    Last week Techzim held the semi-finals for the 2014 edition of the ZOL Startup Challenge and we had the privilege of watching presentations from 23 startups demonstrating their business cases. […]

  • African pay TV & fibre operator, Wananchi, raises $130m for regional expansion

    Today, a group that seems to be Sub-saharan Africa’s largest triple play (internet, TV, and voice) service provider, Wananchi, announced that it has raised $130 million to expand its operations in […]

  • Into the Internet of Things (IoT)

    The phrase “the Internet of Things” or IoT refers to a future where everyday items in your home are connected to the internet and able to interact with us and […]

  • Why EcoSchool will be good for the ecosystem

    EcoSchool launched its education platform a few days ago. Hopefully it will bring to an end the questions and speculations that we’ve had to deal with at Mazwi, a start […]

  • Powertel’s bundles a bad idea

      I have been a member of the Powertel mobile family since 2010. My three friends and I were fourth year Accounting students at the University of Zimbabwe. Econet had […]

  • FAQs

    ZOL Startup Challenge Frequently Asked Questions 1. How do I enter? To enter, you just need to submit your application by simply filling a form that gives us details about […]

  • IFA Berlin 2014: reimagining consumer technologies

    Taking place in parallel with our ZOL Startup Challenge meet-up Week, the annual IFA was taking place in Berlin halfway across the world. We may have not been there but […]

  • Is there any good internet service in Bulawayo?

    A few days ago part of the Techzim team was in Bulawayo for the ZOL Startup Challenge Meetup that was held at NUST. While the City of Kings provided a warm […]

  • City of Harare upgrading to smart city status?

    Here’s something intriguing spotted yesterday in Harare – Some construction work on some traffic lights in the CBD. It looks like there’s the installation of surveillance cameras opposite Town House. Is […]

  • Here’s our latest video: AfrAsia CellCard, EcoCash & WorldRemit, Ice Bucket Challenge

    In this podcast we discussed the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and the twist Zimbabweans have made to promote HIV-testing. We also touched on the termination of the Kingdom Cell Card. […]

  • Sponsors & Partners

    Title Sponsor ZOL Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe’s largest Internet Service Provider, has been the consistent key sponsor of the Startup Challenge since the beginning in 2011. The company has dedicated its resources […]

  • Techzim TV – Livestream

    Live Stream: ZOL Startup Challenge 201 2014 Format introduction Hashtag: #ZOLChallenge

  • Liquid Telecom increasing VSAT capacity

    With all the fibre trenching Liquid Telecom does in Africa, it’s easy to assume the company’s products are all around fibre. You couldn’t be further from reality. Even though the city and highway trenching is […]

  • 7 items you DON’T want to miss in this week’s Sunday Mail

    It’s not very often that I buy the newspaper. More so on a Sunday. I mean I can get all the news I want online. WhatsApp and Facebook bundles allow […]

  • TelOne reduces ADSL prices and adjusts data caps

    State telecoms subsidiary TelOne recently reduced its ADSL prices and adjusted the data packages to offer a more appealing suite of internet services. Effective from the 8th of July 2014 […]

  • ADSL prices reduced by half for all SMEs?

    An amazing and unbelievable deal if I ever heard one myself! – ADSL at half-price for all small and medium scale enterprises in Zimbabwe giving a boost to the vital […]

  • Econet launches Platinum Card for elite customers. Hints at e-commerce

    In an effort to reward its most loyal customers, Econet this week introduced a loyalty program, the Econet Platinum Card. Under the program, holders of the loyalty card will get preferential access […]

  • Dipleague founder finally speaks out about impostor “leagues”

    A while ago we published an article on how local mailing classifieds list Dipleague was being imitated by other “Dipleagues.” These other versions, available on different platforms though mostly social media, […]

  • I deserve money for my idea: The folly of developers

    An advent enthusiast in mobile financial services I was more than eager to hear developers and VAS innovators alike fire away at Econet (Ecocash) for their “reluctance” to open up […]

  • Broadband Forum 2014 take home #ZimBroadband

    I just thought I’d share a few notes that appealed to me from the second annual Broadband Forum held last week in Harare by Techzim. Appreciating this forum one has to […]

  • Broadband Forum Zimbabwe tickets sold out, here’s how to follow proceedings

    The second annual Zimbabwe Broadband Forum has kicked off today at Sango Conference Center, Cresta Lodge Harare. Tickets to the annual event have already sold out but here’s how you […]

  • Tel•One sponsors second edition of the Zimbabwe Broadband Forum

    Tel•One will this year be sponsoring the second edition of the Zimbabwe Broadband Forum which begins tomorrow (Friday, 6 June) at the Sango Conference Centre, Cresta Lodge, Harare. The country’s […]

  • Zimbabwe’s average local broadband speed reaches new high

    Zimbabwe’s average local broadband speed has reached a new high of 6.5 Mbps in the month of May according to NetIndex. Before now, the highest average ever reached was 5.8Mbps. Local broadband speed, […]

  • My date with Qiana

    We have already taken Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) for a spin and we had nothing but good things to say but then we have always been privy to the latent […]

  • Powertel’s voice interconnection to happen within a month

    In November 2012 we wrote: It’s the voice network we first heard of more than a year ago when PowerTel said they were all set to launch and that interconnection […]