According to a study conducted by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism in over 30 countries, WhatsApp has become more than just about staying in touch with friends and […]
A week ago, thieves broke into my car and stole my hard drive. My first concern upon discovering the theft was for my photos. Fortunately, I had all my photos […]
I’m conflicted between using Econet or NetOne as my main line, and by main line I mean the one to use in my smartphone (and of course the ‘loser’ goes […]
Yesterday, Facebook announced the winners for their Bots for Messenger Challenge which was launched earlier this year in February. The competition aimed to showcase bot innovations from 64 countries in […]
On Thursday, 15 June, 2017, the African Innovation Foundation (AIF) announced the top 10 nominees who will be competing for the 2017 Innovation Prize For Africa (IAP). Among the shortlisted people was Gift […]
We’ve been trying to understand Econet’s new initiative, Elevate. The program was launched over the weekend in Harare. Econet said in a press release that this is about targeting the […]
Eons ago I wrote a guide on how you can install Intel graphics drivers on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. That guide is still good and it should still work but with a […]
Last week, I talked about Zimcode and ended with a promise that we would hear about Alvin Chitena’s story and how he founded the coding organization. So here is his […]
Back in February we wrote that TelOne had started expanding prepaid voice service in pilot and then it was available in about 7 areas. Ads being run by the company suggest they have […]
We’ve written about the e-commerce site 10ngah a few times here on Techzim as one of the examples of local e-commerce startups. This means when people search for their name […]
What came first the chicken or the egg? Most of us have heard this question before but what does it have to do with startups? The chicken and egg problem […]
A few days ago I talked about my journey as a self-taught coder. We decided to compile a list of some coding initiatives that are being run in Zimbabwe. The […]