President Mnangagwa gave his State Of the Nation Address yesterday and though there wasn’t much mentioned about tech and the ICT industry one of the more interesting bits came when […]
The fact that some municipal officers tried to abuse the funds donated by Econet to fight the cholera pandemic probably comes as a surprise to no one who lives in […]
We have come a long way since gender equality was first made an issue. Doors have been opened for women to take up any career they choose, be it engineering […]
Dark theme support seems to have become the latest trend and it’s quickly catching heat. App makers have started embracing it with open arms, including Google, and now it looks like […]
A group of workmates was having an intriguing conversation about e-commerce and shopping habits, and I couldn’t help but share my thoughts with them. I interrupted their conversation and uttered […]
So, Universities have opened at this point I can bet you people are celebrating the fact they can start living the life they saw in movies (should I tell them […]
By Tawanda Nyahasha I moved to the United States at an interesting time just to say the least. I moved here in late August 2016 so the campaign for the […]
The problem that I see almost 100% of the times when businesses adopt technology for example move online etc is that they do so while maintaining the same paradigms they […]
I knew about ZimRide, the Silicon Valley startup that launched in 2008 to solve public transportation problems in the United States. I knew that this startup was inspired by Zimbabwe […]
Not so long ago, Android unveiled a new version of their software that was targeted at entry-level phones. With sales slowing down in most developed countries, it seems that Google […]
Some of you may remember Study 263 -the remittance company that was making it possible to send money from Zim to SA or vice-versa using Bitcoin. They recently turned 1 […]
If you’re a regular reader of the Techzim blog, you’ll probably remember when we talked about ZETDC (Zimbabwe Electricty Transmission and Distribution Company) calling for people tampering with electricity meters […]
Purchasing ZESA tokens over the last few weeks has not been a walk in the park for many and it seems ZETDC is still facing challenges, particularly if your payment […]
Last week we looked at the amazing Mi A2, it is a great phone but things the way there are right now in Zimbabwe where we are tightening the proverbial […]
If YouTube (as an entity) had a choice between a user watching videos on their platform for 2 hours each day vs that same user watching videos on the platform […]
ZOL is livestreaming their newest Connect Episode and this week they are hosting a gaming session with Tinodiwa Makoni and Eugine Ramirez Mapondera from Comexposed. Update: Some ZOL Connect episodes […]
Telecel has introduced weekly data bundles in addition to the already existing Megaboost data bundles and Power Hour Data Bundle and Daily bundles. Its surprising why Telecel took so long […]
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe recently released their annual report and in it they disclosed that they fined Zimbabwe’s 3 mobile network operators $93 353.24. According to […]
I’m not entirely sure if you have ever heard of Certiport’s Adobe Certified Associate World Championship. Pretty long name right? From now we’ll just call it CACAW and move things […]
In an unlikely but welcome union, WhatsApp has joined forces with Google to ensure that Google Drive backups on the cloud become unlimited to WhatsApp users. I’m sure at some […]
At this point we are not entirely sure what Zim’s gaming industry looks like, but it’s always welcome news when we hear of events to do with gaming. Such an […]
There are very few things as irritating as knowing there is a USSD code for something you want to do, but not knowing what that USSD code actually is. We […]