It is no secret that the government is not too chuffed about EcoCash’s dominance in Zimbabwe. The minister of ICT, Supa Mandiwanzira is on record multiple times saying as much. […]
If anyone would be happy about the 4th quarter Potraz report is a shareholder because the revenue in the sector has significantly improved from the last quarter. The 4th quarter […]
“Competition makes us faster; Collaboration makes us better.” Anonymous To compete or to collaborate? To say these are mutually exclusive would be quite inaccurate. However, it’s important to note that […]
The day we decide to launch a Competition Policy for Zimbabwe is the day we have a huge internet outage, what are the odds??? I’m sure you’re wondering what the connection […]
As we progress, our mobile phones increasingly become an important part of our lives. The use we now have for them is amazing. In fact, you should just try and […]
Ever wondered, what made EcoCash so popular??? Well, that’s a whole case study on its own which I’m a bit too lazy to do right now (sorry to disappoint). But…. […]
The Financial Gazette, a Zimbabwean newspaper which is anchored on business and finance has introduced a mobile news feature. I know for most in this era that translates to an […]
Price slash is always great news to any consumer, particularly if it’s a product that they use often. Likewise, there were celebrations yesterday as Econet made its mobile money tariff […]
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, which according to industry data controls a commanding 98% of the LTE data customer market share, has announced a major data network upgrade that will see the […]
Potraz reports continue to indicate a decline in voice calls while mobile internet data usage increases. The 2017’s 1st Quarter report reveals a 7.1% drop in voice calls from the […]
At the beginning of October 2015, the mobile money subscriber total in Zimbabwe stood at 6,670,956 up from 6,230,738 in the second quarter of 2015. Accompanying this subscriber increase was a rise in the mobile money agents from 27,862 in the second quarter of 2015 to 29,775 in the third quarter of the year.
There is one other huge change that happened during the period of decline. The government introduced a 25% import duty on mobile devices in the last part of 2014. This meant that distributors passed on the cost to the consumer and all devices became more expensive.
Africa has reached an average broadband penetration rate of 20%, a rise from 7% in 2008. In addition mobile networks cover 85% of the entire population according to the AU.
The suggestion of a WhatsApp ban is shocking, especially when we consider how it has made communication so much easier and cheaper. However, the latest numbers from the industry regulator suggest that its effect is huge on revenue and if the operators make that call, our favourite app could be banned.
Given that Telone is not investing in maintaining or improving their fixed lines infrastructure, shouldn’t it just migrate major customers to VoIP?
Telecel is en route to getting back in the game with its latest Super Voice Bundles offering which avails 50 and 200 voice minutes from a $1 and $2 airtime purchase respectively.
So a few days ago when we posted the download of the POTRAZ quarterly report on the state of internet services in Zimbabwe, the first comment on the article was: I am tickled […]
In Zimbabwe, there’s been a lot of confusion of the the mobile subscriber statistics released regularly by the mobile operators themselves to shareholders, as well as those released by POTRAZ, […]
A recent Q1 report by Zimbabwe’s telecommunications regulator, POTRAZ, says the country’s mobile penetration rate is now 106%, mowing mostly to the growth of Econet subscribers by about 4%. Econet’s […]
It’s usually extremely hard to get information from TelOne. No one there will speak on record. Especially about the ADSL service the country’s online fixed line operator launched early this year. So you can imagine our delight when we read a speech presented by the Post and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (POTRAZ) director general, Mr. Charles…
When Econet announced yesterday that it is ready to launch its mobile money service, it also disclosed one interesting number. That number is 6 million. At the end of this month, Econet says it will cross the 6 million mark in mobile subscribers.
It was just yesterday when we were talking about the excitement surrounding satellite internet, especially the low-earth orbit kind that Starlink and OneWeb offer, and how some mistakenly think fibre […]
I would like to remind you that the Starlink to Zimbabwe story is probably the weirdest story you will find in tech. The latest update has IMC Communications being licensed […]
As we know, you don’t want to get caught by a dying horse’s kick. Yet, we all were brutalised by the last kick of the ZWL currency in Q1 2024. […]
Techzim can reveal that the government of Zimbabwe has instructed Starlink to shut down services in the country. Users of the service received an email from the satellite internet service […]
A screenshot shared on X yesterday, by Kuda Musasiwa, a popular Zimbabwean on the platform suggested that Starlink has started disconnecting Zimbabweans. The screenshot, an email supposedly from Starlink, was […]
“Rules for thee but not for me,” is the way of life in Zimbabwe. We cannot go through all the stuff that was criminalised over the years only for the […]
You know the govt is serious about something when even the Chinese have to play by the same rules. We all know too well that Chinese interests can get away […]