The digital migration deadline is less than 3 months away and while there are a lot of issues around what that will mean for local content creation and broadcasting, the […]
Zimbabweans love great television and movies. How else would you explain the way DVDs have become a permanent part of street-side vendor tapestry? Other than vegetables and rush-hour basic commodities, […]
As you many know, on-demand internet streaming movie service, Netflix, announced it quarterly results this week. Growth in the US is slowing apparently, so Netflix is looking to outside its home […]
As most of you know I have been an unashamed ambassador and proponent of Ubuntu from the beginning. Sure I have used Fedora and think it’s cool but my love […]
Jason Njoku, the founder of what is arguably Africa’s largest online movie service, iROKOtv, announced today that his company is going to stop the free ad driven component of their Video on Demand […]
Do you remember the days when you had to go to your mobile money provider’s USSD platform and go through the steps of paying a merchant in a supermarket? Thank […]
Winter’s chill is behind us, and that means it’s time to dive into a season of exciting in-person events! The folks at Tango Africa are hoping their new app will […]
The Zimswitch Payments Conference 2024, with its theme ‘Thriving and Shaping the Future in an Era of Continuous Change,’ brought together key players in the financial and tech industries to […]
DStv Zimbabwe prices will increase slightly in starting 1 August 2024. The new prices were announced today with the company citing increased operating costs as reason. Said Multichoice on its […]
This page is for tracking the internet speed Zimbabweans using Starlink are currently getting. We get this data by doing speedtests on a link using fast.com and also Starlink’s own […]
You may remember Dolphin Telecom, we talked about them when they were close to launching as an MVNO. That was back in 2022 and the company has evolved since we […]
We all instinctively understand this investment nugget – you gotta pounce when something is undervalued. Sometimes expressed as ‘buy low, sell high.’ Could this be what’s happening with Multichoice (DStv) […]
We have all seen enough movies to understand that the house always wins. If you’re going to gamble, given enough time, the casino/betting house will win regardless of whatever hot […]
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 […]
So what happens when a bonified Huawei user plays a Google Pixel for the first time? I have to say, as hard as it is to admit, it sure feels […]
It feels like it was just yesterday that schools opened for the second term of 2023 and yet here we are talking about the August holidays. This winter term ends […]
I realised that whenever I’m awake I’m consuming some media content, one way or the other. It’s ridiculous. There’s an argument that dreams are actually media and if that’s the […]
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 […]
It’s been yet another week and the news just keeps on coming. Let us look at some of the interesting news from this week. Services Meta shuts down Facebook Watch […]
Ok. So the question of whether or not Starlink will work in Zimbabwe even though it’s not officially available yet has been answered. It works and the speeds are pretty […]
The People’s Own Savings Bank (POSB) has partnered with Mastercard to unveil new debit and prepaid cards. Okay, ‘what’s interesting about that?’ – you ask. Read on. Mastercard debit The […]
Running a successful business is no easy task, most companies fail. Running a successful business in Africa requires prayer and fasting. The once-beloved DStv is engaged in so many fights […]
Liquid Home has been offering USD packages on their FibroniX and WibroniX services, a bit of convenience for those of you that prefer paying in USD. These packages are running […]
There is a lot that sucks about having a weak currency like the ZW$. I mean, this currency is not even internationally recognised. You can externalise as many bond notes […]
There are those among us that held off on watching Game of Thrones (GoT). They fancied themselves architects of the counterculture, far above the lowly pleasures of the simple-folk. They […]
For the longest time, DStv has been the dominant player in the satellite tv space in Sub-Saharan Africa. You cannot count 3 houses without a dish in any direction owing […]
Emotion. It defeats reason. Defies logic. You cannot understand it unless it pulls on your heartstrings. You cannot relate to it unless your very body slightly trembles and your skin […]