Exciting news out of South Africa advise that MTN SA have launched a Visa card for their Mobile Money uses, following in suite of mobile payments pioneer M-PESA who did […]
As Zimbabweans we have been a deprived lot. If it is not one nation introducing Visas so that we can’t visit them, then it is another banning the use of […]
The mobile payments revolution of the past three years has brought unparalleled convenience to Zimbabwe. Just as it has in many African countries. It has meant significantly less hassle in moving […]
The local mobile money transfer market has been going through a number of changes with three players joining the fray in the past year. With such a field the most […]
Telecel Zimbabwe’s Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) reached the lowest of $4 in the first quarter of 2014. The information was part of the quarterly financials released by the its parent […]
The second annual Zimbabwe Broadband Forum has kicked off today at Sango Conference Center, Cresta Lodge Harare. Tickets to the annual event have already sold out but here’s how you […]
Tel•One will this year be sponsoring the second edition of the Zimbabwe Broadband Forum which begins tomorrow (Friday, 6 June) at the Sango Conference Centre, Cresta Lodge, Harare. The country’s […]
A couple of months ago Econet Wireless launched an Android app for their EcoCash mobile money service. This release came in the heels of another local developer’s attempts at solving […]
Over the last several days, Econet announced through its website a promotion reduction of international tariff rates by up to (emphasis ours) 25% for countries in the region and to 20 cents a minute […]
When TelOne started billing customers in US dollars back in February 2009, it was accused of having converted Zimbabwean Dollar bills to US dollars at unrealistic exchange rates resulting in ridiculously high bills which […]
In November 2012 we wrote: It’s the voice network we first heard of more than a year ago when PowerTel said they were all set to launch and that interconnection […]
First quarter financials released by Vimpelcom, Telecel Zimbabwe’s ultimate parent company, show that Telecel Zimbabwe lost about 111,000 mobile subscribers in the first quarter of 2014. In the last quarter of 2013, […]
In the past couple of months, we have seen the issue of the electronic vending of ZESA prepaid electricity tokens come to what seems like a close. After issuing and withdrawing […]
A UK based company called Mvendr has announced the launch of a vending app that according to them allows “vendors” or micro traders to sell things like prepaid airtime, electricity […]
Frankly I can hardily remember the last thing ZESA did anything right; and I am referring to my entire lifelong memories here. Parastatals are bad in general but the state […]
Ubuntu has come a long way from those early days when your hardware worked out of the box or you were in for a hair rising experience of compiling kernel […]
A couple of weeks ago I received an “Update available” prompt in VLC, clicked on in it and watched in awe as the update download was completed in under a […]
The new Telecel Go brand and promotion has added yet another chapter to the tariff wars which we have now come to accept as part of an increasingly competitive telecoms […]
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe says that its mobile money transfer service, EcoCash, has handled transactions in excess of $4 billion since the service was introduce in 2011.This was highlighted by […]
Defined as the excess and unwanted junk that chews up your RAM, memory, battery and most importantly for us on prepaid bundles; data, bloatware this is one of the most […]
NetOne’s OneWallet customers will now be able to buy ZESA prepaid electricity credit via OneWallet mobile money solution. In a press statement, NetOne said the integration is part of a […]
Reports in the media in recent days say the government owned fixed line operator, TelOne, is looking to raise $100 million from international investors. Chipo Mutasa is quoted by Finx: […]
The inaugural Zimbabwe Public Sector ICT Forum which is being hosted by the Ministry of Information Communication Technology Postal and Courier Services and sponsored by Huawei Zimbabwe was officially opened […]
The Ministry of Information Communication Technology, Postal & Courier Services will be hosting a public sector ICT forum, The Zimbabwe Public Sector ICT Forum 2014, in collaboration with Huawei Technologies, […]
Here is the latest Techzim podcast. Considering we had gone more that a week without getting in the “studio”, expect some jam packed discussion in this episode. We discussed the […]
According to an article in today’s Herald, The Bankers Association of Zimbabwe has taken its ongoing battle with Econet to the state legislature. While addressing a parliament portfolio committee on youth indigenisation and […]
Despite what they will tell you about Zimbabwe now being a “basket case” ( whatever that means) agriculture is still an important sector of our economy. Tobacco still rules the […]
Shakespeare said: Brevity is the soul of wit and so I will be succinct and get to the point. I find the pricing model employed by Econet, Netone and Telecel […]
Through an article in The Sunday Mail today, Payway announced the launch of its electronic payment service which uses self service kiosks, an Android application, and standard electronic vending devices (the […]
For the first time, mobile penetration has exceeded 100% mainly driven by subscriber growth from Econet Wireless and Netone. The country’s second largest operator was apparently at receiving end of […]