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 […]
In a post on his Facebook page, Econet Wireless founder and current group chairman, Strive Masiyiwa commented on the current BlackBerry episode of its downfall saying he was not surprised by the decline as his experience with them is that they were an arrogant company.
Strive Masiyiwa, founder of Econet Wireless has given instructions to shut down the Zimbabwean operations of the now global telecoms company. The instructions are for the mobile operator to close down business by the end of day 01 April 2010.
Here’s the news: the sky is blue. And in equally shocking news, in yet another African country, the internet mysteriously goes down in the midst of protests. If betting houses […]
The Shona have a saying that goes ‘chakanaka chakanaka…’ which seeks to convey that a good thing is a good thing, regardless of who did it or their motivations. I […]
What first came to your mind when you first heard of or discovered the popular AI model, ChatGPT and its amazing capabilities to understand complex questions and to give concise […]
Here’s the TL;DR: *MSSPs are companies that provide outsourced monitoring and management of security systems and devices for their clients. Which means monitoring client systems for suspicious activity, potential threats, […]
As I live and breathe! Who thought we would see the sanctions the country was on lifted? The United States of America removed its sanctions on Zimbabwe, hallelujah. Then the […]
There’s not a whole lot that we are promised on this earth but we have assurances that the multicurrency regime will be in place until 2030. You will have to […]
There is so much craziness going on in the world, so many wars and rumours of wars that we kind of forget about it. Over 377,000 people have died in […]
Starlink has many Zimbabweans, myself included, all giddy. We feel like we have been getting terrible internet service for a few years. To make matters worse, we feel we are […]
We have been talking about AI extensively lately, and it appears that we will be exploring the topic even more in the coming months. Strive Masiyiwa’s assertion that AI could […]
Most people agree that artificial intelligence (AI) will play a major role in our future. While the exact timing of artificial general intelligence and the robot uprising is up for […]
In 2023, are there really that many unbanked people in Zimbabwe? Mobile money might not be considered banking in the traditional sense but it really has allowed millions to have […]
The Zim Developers Community is calling on speakers who are interested in sharing their knowledge at a conference to be held later in the year. ZimDevs hosted a, dare I say, […]
Imagine this: you’re sitting at your desk at work, half concentrating on the job at hand as your mind is preoccupied by the lack of zeros in your bank account. […]
I stewed over this for many days, to be honest. I understood what it said but I didn’t understand it at the same time. That doesn’t make any sense but […]
Imagine this. Right now there are 350 000 households in Zimbabwe that have not yet been connected to the grid. Me included. I read this headline and I thought, wait […]
A team at the University of Texas at Austin used artificial intelligence (AI) to create an enzyme that eats plastic much much faster than it would degrade naturally. To say […]
If you have ever interacted with a chatbot you know we’re still years away from those things convincing you that you are chatting with a real human. That’s no surprise […]
They say extraordinary problems call for extraordinary solutions. In April 2022 the government of Zimbabwe shocked the world when they barred banks from lending. They assured us it was the […]
On this episode of Technikari, I was joined by Norman Moyo the CEO of the Econet Group subsidiary that Strive Masiyiwa said would be bigger than Liquid Intelligent Technologies and […]
Zimbabwean founded blockchain start-up, FlexID Technologies (formerly FlexFinTx), has signed a Simple Agreement For Equity (SAFE) with the Algorand Foundation, to further develop and scale their Self Sovereign Identity (SSI) […]
Distributed Power Africa (DPA), a subsidiary of Cassava Technologies, and Électricité de France (EDF), a world-leading electricity company, have entered into a partnership to develop hybrid energy solutions for businesses […]
Zimbabwe’s largest mobile network operator (MNO) Econet has announced in a tweet, that voice, data, and SMS bundles prices are going up tomorrow. The statement by Econet reads as follows: […]
Sasai Remit, a subsidiary of Cassava Technologies, has announced a partnership with Qoki Zindlovukazi, a United Kingdom-based women’s networking and empowerment organisation. The two say the partnership will enable both […]
Last night EcoCash Zimbabwe launched its domestic remittance service and at the same event, the country’s largest mobile money operator also announced that Cash in services are back through its […]