As you may already know, Econet announced its full year audited financials yesterday. We posted a bit about it yesterday but there wasn’t much besides the impressive profit figures the telecoms firm continues to post. Today we have more details; information on the company’s plans this year, their operation challenges, what they are doing to…
Less than a month ago, Econet announced that it had connected a million subscribers on its mobile money platform, Ecocash. Yesterday, a Twitter update by the CEO of Pattern Matched, Markus Schorn, revealed that Econet has since signed on an additional 200,000 subscribers to the mobile money service since the March
Econet Wireless, Zimbabwe’s largest telecoms firm, announced today that it has surpassed the 1 million mark in ‘connected’ users for its EcoCash mobile money service. The milestone, the company says in the announcement (a thank you to its subscribers), “has been achieved in record time and is the fastest growth of such a service in…
On Friday last week, Econet launched EcoCash, a mobile money service that so far looks like a game changer. On the local market at least. The concept is a tried and tested one. M-PESA has worked phenomenally well in Kenya, and Econet has read the M-PESA story cover to cover. In fact it is its…
We’ve just received a press release from Econet PR announcing the launch of EcoCash, the mobile banking service. The release doesn’t disclose much about how the service will work. Just a bit more than what we found out yesterday; that a subscriber will not need a bank account and that the service is mobile network…
The government has just passed the Broadcasting Services Amendment Bill, which now means that if you want to renew your motor vehicle licence or get motor insurance, you’ll have to […]
TelOne has issued a press release meant to clarify some things about its Authorised Reseller partnership with Starlink. The release follows ridicule on Zimbabwe’s social media, with many people calling […]
As Starlink makes its grand entrance into Zimbabwe’s telecommunications arena, it’s easy to get caught up in the excitement. The promise of high-speed internet at seemingly affordable prices has many […]
TelOne, one of the two largest fixed internet providers in Zimbabwe, has announced that it is now a Starlink Authorised Reseller. TelOne shared the news on its social media handles […]
As someone who’s been knee-deep in Zimbabwe’s tech scene for years, I’ve seen my fair share of innovations come and go. But Starlink? I’m sure those who are avid readers […]
Yesterday, we asked our followers on X: See, this past week, with Starlink having finally gone live in Zimbabwe, Econet started fighting back more aggressively than it was with SmartBiz. […]
After waiting what felt like forever, you’ve finally scraped together all your ZiG, bond notes, and worn-out US dollar bills to jump onto the Starlink bandwagon. Imagine the frustration of […]
A note: Those of you who follow us on Pindula (our other media brand) already know we sell mobile phones. We’ve been doing it for the last 2 years, and […]
Starlink today introduced a new package called Residential Lite. The package is similar to Mini in that it’s $30 unlimited internet for a month. Unlike Starlink Mini though, you can […]
The biggest mobile network operator in Zimbabwe, Econet, recently released its annual report for the year ended February 2024. I still find it frustrating that we only get to examine […]
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Starlink’s availability in Zimbabwe has been much awaited, and much sought after after many have gone through hoops and loops in order to make sure they have the service here […]
I’m sure you’ve all heard or read the good news, Starlink is coming to Zimbabwe early September 2024. I’ll give you a minute to celebrate and jump for joy, as […]
As the demand for reliable internet continues to grow across Africa, Starlink has emerged as a game-changer, especially in regions like Zimbabwe where traditional internet infrastructure has proved to be […]
Many years ago, at a Techzim event, an ISP executive asked the audience: What matters more in an internet connection, more speed or a lower price? The executive seemed quite […]
A OneMoney system problem allowed customers to transfer money to each other without their balance deducted. The glitch was taken advantage of by a woman to transfer some Zwg 136,442 […]
The Zimbabwean government says remittances grew by 18%, from $420 million in Q1 2023 to $494 million in Q1 2024. We are on course to surpass the $1.8 billion we […]
Do you remember the days when you had to go to your mobile money provider’s USSD platform and go through the steps of paying a merchant in a supermarket? Thank […]
They say imitation is the best form of flattery, so I guess that means O’mari adulates InnBucks. It appears the flat fee for unlimited transactions model is the new hotness. […]
It seems like every other day we talk about remittances or a remittance company making a splash in Zimbabwe. Such is the importance of remittances in the country at the […]
Zimswitch is set to host its annual payment conference next week, from the 21st to the 24th of July. The Zimswitch Payments Conference, as it is simply called, is all […]
I don’t think it’s debatable that it is not sanctions or climate change that have hit Zimbabwe the hardest in the past few decades. Rather, brain drain has been our […]
Starlink went live in Zimbabwe in September 2024. This resource page is a guide for everything Starlink. If you have a question not answered here, or infromation you think we […]
We have been talking about Zimbabwe’s digital migration of broadcasting signal finally arriving. Yours truly are selling the decoders you need for you to access Zim channels in HD – […]