Zimbabwe’s dominant mobile network operator, Econet had a complete blackout today. Subscribers could not make or receive calls, send or receive SMS, access internet services and most importantly, could not […]
Vaya, Hwindi, G-Taxi and Toda are no longer alone in the scramble for Zimbabwe’s transport market. InDriver is an American based ride-hailing service company that’s about to enter the Zimbabwean […]
One of the questions that I hear asked repeatedly is whether or not Telecel finally deployed 4G. In 2015 they promised to deploy 4G in 2016. 2016 came and went […]
Here’s how Econet founder, Strive Masiyiwa plans to connect Africa through through fibre optic links in Africa. Last year Liquid Telecom, finally completed the fibre optic link between Cape Town […]
First: damn this economy! If the economy were just a little bit more stable I think the huge improvements at NetOne would be showing more clearly. Regardless, NetOne is sounding […]
Usually when subscriber numbers are shared every quarter there are a few things we’ve come to expect. Econet subscribers grow. NetOne might grow/drop depending on what promotions they currently have […]
Usually when we talk about license fees we naturally think of Mobile Network Operators but we rarely think of internet access providers like Powertel. Apparently, Powertel owes the regulator, POTRAZ […]
No doubt Netone’s OneFusion and Night Owl packages have swept its customers off their feet and gained their loyalty. As one of those customers, I was however irked to find […]
The honeymoon is over for YoMix user. Gone are the days (the month) when you bought 400 megabytes(MBs) for 85cents. Head to YoMix right now and see how much you […]
No one likes to go to the bank. If you do you’re part of an ever shrinking minority. Because this is the case, banks are doing what they can to […]
If you’ve followed the story of Uber since its launch back in 2011, you’ll know that over the years the company has lost a significant amount of money. In fact […]
For a while now we’ve been complaining about the cost of Yo Mix bundles and the fact that the bundles have become much more expensive than we had become accustomed […]
POTRAZ’s Consumer Satisfaction Survey for 2018 is a pretty interesting glimpse into the general feeling that customers have regarding network provision. Whilst Econet is the most popular network and Telecel […]
The less nagging customers you have to deal with, the better you are at dealing with nagging customers it seems. POTRAZ’s Consumer Satisfaction Survey for 2018 is out and every […]
A number of Zimbabweans harbour the feeling that people working eagerly in government companies and departments run the risk of being booted out because of that eagerness. Former NetOne CEO […]
Courtesy of RapidTickets, you can now buy tickets for many upcoming local events straight from your phone, via the USSD. Anyone familiar with the USSD knows that the platform doesn’t […]
MyCash has a new feature called Send2Cell that allows its users to send money to any mobile number using MyCash wallet. Users can send up to RTGS $1000 to their […]
This morning EcoCash launched a new service they are calling EcoCash Micro Service. One of the most exciting features that will be part of this platform will be the EcoCash […]
Whilst we were busy ranting about the fuel prices, a war was happening on Twitter between Kuda Musasiwa and Natalie Jabangwe. Kuda Musasiwa is that guy behind Fresh In A […]
Distributed Power Africa (DPA), a subsidiary of Econet Wireless Global, and EDF (Électicité De France) a world leading electricity company, are partnering to jointly develop Commercial and Industrial (C&I) and […]
VSAT is increasingly getting popular as a medium for people to access the internet. That has prompted an increase in competition between the local VSAT ISPs which is exactly what […]
When Yo Mix was initially launched (the good Yo Mix that is), a lot of people were calling for it to be made available to every subscriber. A lot of […]
For the first time in a while, I got an unprompted message from Econet that I enjoyed. It read: YoMix is Back! Bigger & Better with new exciting features & […]
Elevate’s intiative’s have always been targeted at the youths. From gaming competitions to products like Yo Mix, there’s always been a youthful element. Thus it shouldn’t come as much of […]
If you browse through social media, you’ll be surprised at how much hate Econet gets. The hate part isn’t really surprising. What’s surprising is through all those complaints, Econet remains […]
Safaricom’s All In One bundle offers subscribers an all-inclusive package that has data, minutes and SMS’s hence the name. On top of this Safaricom has recently begun giving 5GB monthly […]
Strive Masiyiwa made a huge announcement on his Facebook page, last week. Vaya will begin using electric vehicles in the near future to ease the fuel problem. The Econet Global […]
Yesterday, NetOne posted a seemingly innoncent Tweet on their official Twitter account asking subscribers which WhatsApp bundle they are using: In a functional country, this shouldn’t cause a scene. People […]
The pricing of mobile data in Zimbabwe has been a contentious issue for a long time now. Even before the recent increase in mobile data, locals were already agitated at […]