Econet’s Financial Results for 2017 are out and it seems 2017 was a good year for them. Their Profit After Tax rose from $36.2m to $132.3 million; a quite-surprising growth […]
If you use mobile banking or USSD codes, in general, then you’ll know how hard it is to remember all those. There are so many of them and the situation […]
The details concerning ZOL’s recently launched LTE service -WiBroniks- have been scarce. At the launch event, we managed to know how much the packages for WiBroniks will cost but we […]
Yesterday’s proposed ban of the ‘Swipe-into-Ecocash’ service didn’t go without NetOne’s notice. This morning NetOne posted pictures on their social media platforms (kind of) mocking the ‘Swipe-into-Ecocash’ service and simultaneously promoting their […]
It is super important to note that in the upcoming general and presidential elections voting is very specific to respective polling stations. In the past, you could go to any […]
ZOL recently announced a new wireless service that they have termed WiBroniks. The finer details of the service will be provided by ZOL at a later date but thus far […]
At an event earlier today NetOne revealed the some of the winners of the Fees for Less promotion but during this event we got wind of a more exciting development […]
We are at the Zimswitch Digital Payment Conference in Victoria Falls and the conference will be covering many areas to do with ‘cashless’ solutions and how these can be optimized […]
Last week Google revealed its plan to roll out a new chat service to replace standard texting service, SMS. The new chat service will be called Chat. Google’s Chat will let […]
Econet Wireless’ plans to have their data centre run on solar energy are well documented and in January they applied for a licence to build a 0.45MW power plant for […]
Poor and expensive products are making Zimbabwe uncompetitive on the international markets and as a result, foreign currency generation capability has dwindled. However, Zimbabwe has been overly reliant on tobacco […]
State enterprises Powertel, Zarnet (Zimbabwe Academic and Research Network) and Africom were announced to be merging by Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa. Most readers will be familiar with Powertel and Africom […]
The Kulibot is the first bot which allows people to top up their airtime and buy ZESA prepaid tokens via Whatsapp. The process… The process you follow is simple and […]
What’s happening in Kenya? Safaricom and Airtel recently made their mobile money services interoperable. M-PESA and Airtel Money will work together seamlessly removing some of the logistical hassles that were […]
Local developers have created a petition on change.org asking Telcos to create a tool that helps them better integrate their apps with local payment services in order to create better applications […]
Civil servants have reason to rejoice as they can now buy Samsung and Huawei devices on contract and also get free Whatsapp for 24 months. All civil servants need to […]
It seems the Telecel shareholding issues will not go away. After the acquisition of Telecel by the government back in 2015 the shareholding issue had quietened down but it seems […]
UPDATE: When we first published this list, it had the third and final table that has category III cases missing. These are cases that have been described as illicit financial […]
As you are undoubtedly aware Ecocash has opened up its platform that enables Netone and Telecel users to register for the Ecocash services in a move that aims to enhance […]
Telecel and NetOne users are now welcome to join the greener pastures of EcoCash. On second thought I think it would be fair to make the proclamation that EcoCash is […]
It seems the EcoCash doors have been opened once again. Telecel subscribers are now able to register for EcoCash. Last week we reported that NetOne subscribers could now register on […]
The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona ended a week ago and one of the major focuses this year was 5G. The fifth generation of broadband cellular network technology, succeeding 4G is expected […]
The Minister of ICT and Cyber Security, Supa Mandiwanzira told The Fingaz that EcoCash dominance in the mobile money sector could lead to a disaster if not curtailed. According to […]
Kenya’s mobile money service M-Pesa (Kenyan Ecocash for the uninitiated) can now be used to pay for apps, and games on Google’s Play Store. This is great news as the […]
Nhamo yemumwe hairambirwe sadza is a Shona proverbs that is literally translated, “Another person’s woes are not reason for you to refuse sadza (that’s the staple food around here).” Telecel […]
The ministry of ICT and Cyber Security, yesterday, ordered all MNOs (Mobile Network Operators) to make their mobile money platforms work together seamlessly. Techzim reached out to all the operators […]
With NetOne introducing new OneFusion packages it’s only right that we take a look at why they may have made this move and if it actually makes sense. How this […]
YouTube Go was launched last year with India being the first to get the app. After it proved to be popular it was launched in 14 other territories, including some […]