In this episode of the Techzim Podcast, we had a guest, Tinashe Nyaruwanga, who is a digital media enthusiast whose social media articles we’ve featured here before. The other regulars […]
Today we attended the launch of EcoCash Payroll, the product we wrote about here in Monday. The purpose of the event was really to have the journalist writing more about […]
Remember the $15 Huawei dumb phone that was actually $8? Well, it gets even better – now there’s a $15 ZTE dumb phone that’s actually $0. Whoever thought a day […]
As you probably know, there was an incident last week where a cash in transit security vehicle lost almost half a million to robbers that pounced on it. The money […]
In a response to an article published yesterday on bulk SMS blocking, Econet made a statement refuting claims that they block legitimate (not spam) bulk SMSs on their network. The […]
Earlier today we posted an article titled “Operator blocking ‘legit’ bulk SMS?” in which we wrote about the blocking legitimate bulk SMS messages that a local software company, Chartered Systems […]
Over the past few days, we have received revelations suggesting that Zimbabwe’s largest MNO, Econet Wireless, is unfairly blocking bulk SMS messages that dont go through a newly Econet-accredited bulk […]
The Zimbabwe Investment Authority (ZIA) has awarded Econet Wireless Zimbabwe a Lifetime Award in the ICT sector, in recognition of the investment the company has made into the country. ZIA, […]
Econet Wireless today announced that subscribers to their Ecocash Save mobile banking service have now reached 900,000. 50,000 more than subscribers to typical brick and mortar banking services in Zimbabwe […]
Last month, when Econet launched the mobile phone based savings account, in an article titled, “EcoCash (Save) is the new bank account for the masses” we wrote: The savings account opens […]
It’s been common knowledge for some several months now that Econet Services, the division of Econet that’s not hardcore telephony, is working on an ICT for education initiative that uses […]
Even though at launch, the most visible and touted component of EcoFarmer was the micro-insurance, the service is more than just that. The company discussed in detail the EcoFarmer offering […]
Econet in conjunction with Steward Bank are running a festive season promo where they are soliciting customers to sign-up for device and services combo on 24 month contracts. The deals […]
Econet Wireless has just launched a new promotion to encourage its mobile money customers to save money using the recently launched EcoCash Save phone based savings account. The promotion dubbed […]
Remember the Econet Home Power Station(HPS)? It’s the mother device of Econet Wireless’s solar company, Econet Solar International (ESI). It first surfaced at the COP17 Summit in late 2011 with the […]
An ad appearing in today’s Herald has information to the effect that Econet Wireless has introduced free access to three websites as follows: www.yookos.com www.econet.co.zw www.econetwireless.com For those who don’t […]
Almost 3 months ago, Econet suddenly announced a suspension of EcoCash transfers to other mobile local mobile networks; Telecel and NetOne. We suspected ofcourse that this was a move to […]
New services such as EcoCash, broadband, and EcoFarmer have begun to drive Econet Wireless Zimbabwe’s growth as its traditional voice revenues are maturing. Speaking at the presentation of the half […]
Econet Wireless today announced their unaudited financial results for the half year to 31 August 2013. The telecoms and financial services company, which is the largest mobile operator in Zimbabwe […]
Econet Wireless founder, Strive Masiyiwa, announced via his Facebook page that his company is working on a disease testing system that will enable health delivery centers around the country test […]
Africa Com has announced this year’s shortlist of the annual awards presented alongside the Africa Com conference in November. This year, companies and an individual in the Econet Wireless International […]
Econet announced today that the Supreme Court has ruled in their favour in the matter against Namibian technology company Trustco, in the Supreme Court. The two companies have been fighting in court since mid 2011 following disagreements over the running of the EcoLife service. The victory is more one of principle and closure as it…
Yesterday, we exclusively reported that Econet was working to launch a new insurance service for smallholder farmers called EcoFarmer. Econet just issued a press statement announcing the product. Our report […]
We are getting information that Econet will in a couple of days launch the new EcoCash service called EcoFarmer which has been talked about a bit locally in the past […]
Econet just announced via a press release that they are upgrading the capacity of the EcoCash mobile money platform to 4 times its current size. The upgrade is a multi-million […]
Telecel Zimbabwe (or whoever is doing this on their behalf) may have just pulled a sneaky and bold spam stunt on their arch-competitor, Econet. Some Econet subscribers took to Twitter […]
In an update to his followers on Facebook this week, Econet Wireless founder Strive Masiyiwa shared plans to expand the Liquid Telecom fibre network to cover the stretch of the African […]