[Update] Please note the Econet self-care portal now seems up. The article however is still a fun read and most of the stuff we said here is very much still relevant. […]
I’m sure you remember the trouble Econet users went through on Monday when the network was facing intermittent downtimes throughout the day. Econet later apologized and explained that “its instability on their […]
So apart from being addictive Twitter can, on occasion be a very good source of information. Such an incident occurred when I was on Twitter this morning. I came across […]
A VPN (Virtual Private Network) has recently been a remarkably useful tool in Zimbabwe, owing to the shutting down and throttling of internet by the government amid the #ShutdownZimbabwe protests. […]
So yesterday afternoon the Zimbabwean government decided to relent and send a directive to the country’s internet operators telling them to switch the internet back on but keep blocking social […]
There is a time when VPN doesn’t work; like what happened 2 days ago when the government stopped blocking social media IP addresses but it completely switched off the internet. […]
So around mid day on Tuesday the 15th the whole of Zimbabwe was cut off from the internet. The government directed all internet service providers to flip the switch to […]
We are reliable informed that the government has given another directive that will see the few people in Zimbabwe that still had connectivity being shut from the internet completely. This […]
So Econet’s decision to follow the government directive to switch off the internet has more casualties than just the repression of the flow of information in the country during the […]
According to the Newsday live blog of today’s industrial action and demonstration, the government of Zimbabwe is so afraid of the action that they have ordered the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority […]
First things first: no we are not removing adverts on Techzim, not yet anyway. However we do agree that ads can be annoying and we want to make the experience […]
By Ollie Mercer Nothing frustrates Zimbabweans in these connected times more than a slow internet connection. It’s natural for your internet connection to slightly slow down during peak traffic hours. […]
Of all the Mobile Network Operators (MNO), Netone seems to be feeling the heat, of the economic turmoil, more. Just over a month ago, the state-owned MNO, Netone increased the price of its […]
Podcast recapping 3 things in tech that happened and were interesting in Zimbabwe. We take a look at bots in Zimbabwe like Batsi, Shandu, Chipo; video on demand services like […]