Cellulant, a leading digital payments provider that reaches 40 million people across 11 African countries has been named among the Top 50 emerging Fintech companies in the world in this […]
STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HON. PROF MTHULI NCUBE ON PROMOTING FOREIGN INVESTMENT TO LANDLOCKED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (LLDCS) Chairperson, I am delighted to take the floor […]
Facing the challenges of a changing climate, increasing costs, global pressures on grain and feed, and more, farmers need to make the most out of existing resources to maximize profits. […]
Local startup Intelli Africa Solutions (IAS) is offering FREE Conversational Chat Bots to Zimbabwean Corporates, SMEs and Government Bodies. Intelli Africa Solutions has also enabled its automated bot (IntelliBot) to […]
Below is statement by Zimbabwe’s Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Prof Mthuli Ncube: Introduction 1. The economy is showing signs of recovery albeit with a number of challenges and […]
President Emmerson Mnangagwa today announced a new 20-member Cabinet. He also appointed deputy ministers and 10 provincial affairs ministers. The appointments were made in terms of Section 104 (1) of the […]
The AppsAfrica award ceremony is meant to showcase the most exciting innovations on the African continent in as many as 14 different categories; including fields such as agriculture, blockchain and […]
Drones are quite an interesting piece of tech. They are that sort of technology that you don’t really value when it’s not there but when it does arrive you wonder […]
As many of you know, the Harare Agriculture Show has since kicked off and its quite a tech spectacle (for those with the time and patience). Right at the main […]
Yesterday Econet made some huge changes to their EcoFarmer platform. They added a club membership feature that comes with a wealth of features and one of the more interesting additions […]
EcoFarmer just launched the new (and very promising) EcoFarmer Club membership programme and under this program farmers will have access to many different services and products. With such a broad […]
Agribank is slowly changing it’s narrative and associated image from being just a bank for farmers (nothing wrong with that) to being a partner for small businesses. Access to (lack […]
Recently our own president was officiating at an event where Liquid Telecom was unveiling an initiative to give free WiFi access to students. This is a great initiative. Google is […]
We had an opportunity to talk to Jonathan Fennell, who is heading the Government Blockchain Association’s (GBA) chapter in Zimbabwe. Jonathan also happens to be the founder of Genesis Block […]
Agribank has just secured a line of credit worth $30 million (at Libor +8,9 percent) million from Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDCSA). IDCSA is a South African state-owned financial […]
Zingsa (Zimbabwe National Geo-Spatial and Space Agency) was launched yesterday. It promises the discovery of new minerals and renewable energy sources, wildlife monitoring and investor attraction. The president said: This […]
Econet turns 20! It has been quite a journey since it was launched in 1998. Here is what Econet has been doing each year. 2005 Higher Life Foundation Supports under […]
The Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency (ZINGSA) is set to be officially launched in a matter of hours. The Ministry Of Higher & Tertiary Education, Science & Technology Development […]
Zimbabwe’s first youth-centric bank, called Empowerment Bank (EB) has just been launched today by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The bank, which is a microbank, in essence, has “been formed with the […]
Agribank has just registered a profit amounting to 2,9 million in the first five months of the year to May 31, 2018. The bank was once infamous for its series […]
Year after year, Forbes features some of the brightest young leaders, entrepreneurs and billionaires under the 30 Under 30 list across various continents. The Forbes Africa is a regional publication of […]
Earlier on we noted that we were at the on-going preliminary National Engineering Students Awards Competition being hosted at Harare Institute of Technology and there were some interesting projects at […]
Yesterday Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) successfully opened the World Radio Conference (WRC) Preparatory Meeting in Victoria Falls. WRCs are conferences held every three to four years […]
The government has revealed that they are working to launch their own space agency. The National Geo-Spatial and Space Agency (NGSSA-quite the mouthful). The space agency will be headed by […]
As digital transformation continues to shift the way we think, live and do business, Fintech in Africa remains one of the fastest growing and innovating industries, capturing the imagination of […]
You’ve probably wondered how you can get into coding, robotics and a bunch of other skill-based industries without going through the formal education system. Due to technological developments, the path […]
Disrupt Africa released the Agrinnovating for Africa: Exploring the African Agri-Tech Startup Ecosystem Report 2018 and now they have released a press release detailing how the Agri-Tech space has been going […]
It seems Econet is diversifying their IoT platform to also include drone services. Through their subsidiary, Cumii, they are venturing into offering drone services in different sectors. Cumii is a […]
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