So Android is working on a feature to transfer your eSIM from one phone to another and it is a HUGE deal. But to understand how big of a deal […]
E-creator was not the first wide-scale Ponzi scheme to enter the borders of Zimbabwe but it was much more well-thought-out than the last one, MMM if you had already forgotten. […]
To say Zimbabweans are interested in Starlink is quite an understatement. Mention Starlink in any context and heads pop up, “Hanzi chii? Is it coming? Where can I get one?” […]
[Update: A well-placed source inside Econet says they have not noticed anything abnormal on their network. It’s service as normal] African governments have a reputation for shutting down the internet […]
Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) and Starlink have partnered up to enhance mobile connectivity by allowing Mobile Network Operators to use Starlink’s satellite network as a backbone link for base stations […]
When will my people learn? If I had a dollar for every time someone said, “At least Mugabe did not allow retailers to raise prices willy-nilly,” I would be a […]
Google Pixel 6. It’s been a month since it I got it and I even got it under some unfortunate circumstances. I had an issue with my Huawei Mate 40 […]
It looks like we have to talk about E-creator facing problems earlier than we anticipated. We are on record warning that E-creator is a scam and that it will end […]
ZB Holdings launched what they are calling the International Virtual Service Centre today. It’s simply a platform or way through which ZB will provide customer service virtually. That would mean […]
You may have heard the news, the governments of Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana will remove mobile roaming charges for their citizens starting in August. We asked the Postal and […]
Telecel lives, miraculously, and today we get to peek into its inner workings and see how it is staving off death. It’s been years since we last saw positive news […]
We have seen some crazy things in Zimbabwe which make it hard to believe the ‘Zimbabwe is open for business’ mantra. It may be open but it sure is hard […]
So there has been a heap of comments where MNOs are tagged in Starlink articles with the notion that their days are numbered. This got me thinking that maybe there […]
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. […]
My friends, I know it’s all you have been talking about. An image circulating on social media raises the question – are Zimbabwean Nostro/FCA accounts recognised as forex accounts? Someone […]
A few weeks ago we ran a survey on your experiences with Mobile Internet performance in Zimbabwe. We collected a total of 939 responses and for all those that participated […]
The Tecno Camon 20 Premier 5G is a striking smartphone I won’t lie. Big on looks, big on features, and big on storage. The back is Lychee pattern leather with […]
I’d like to think I’m not the only one struggling out here. It’s lean times in Zimbabwe currently and we are counting and recounting the pennies. My background is as […]
NetOne sim cards gained quite some popularity thanks to Econet’s service outage that left their subscribers stranded. Even now there are some reports that Econet’s data service is not fully […]
InnBucks remains one of the most compelling fintech products to come out of Zimbabwe in the past few years, maybe ever. They have a large branch network and those branches […]
Earlier this month Econet whitelisted all its customers for 5G and we ran speed tests on it and got an impressive 266Mbps down and 27.8Mbps up. A few days ago, […]
This seems like the trend with EcoCash. First, offer USD accounts. Then add some Virtual Card Numbers for online payments and drop a cherry on top with the physical debit […]
Yesterday we talked about Econet hiking tariffs. It was to be expected but the fact remains, local tariffs are too high, contrary to what the mobile operators say. When we […]
It’s not every day that we get to peek into NetOne’s financials. Even when we do, we don’t get the full picture as we do with Econet who are forced […]
We have to talk about Telecel again. Every time we get information on the country’s smallest mobile network operator, the picture gets darker. You would think it can’t get worse […]
TelOne has been offering LTE since 2019 and because LTE uses sim cards, everyone saw it and still sees it as a way of getting more affordable mobile data. The […]