The Zimbabwean story continues to be crazier at every turn. Around mid day on Tuesday the government ordered internet service providers to block all citizens from the internet. The nation […]
There is a time when VPN doesn’t work; like what happened 2 days ago when the government stopped blocking social media IP addresses but it completely switched off the internet. […]
So around mid day on Tuesday the 15th the whole of Zimbabwe was cut off from the internet. The government directed all internet service providers to flip the switch to […]
Early today we published our opinion on whether the internet shutdown was lawful or not. Econet’s Strive Masiyiwa claims that his companies were following a legal directive issued in terms […]
So despite a baldfaced lying attempt by the Deputy Minister of Information on national television that the government did not shutdown the internet we have it on good authority they […]
So the internet was switched off yesterday. We hoped and reasoned that this would never happen but the Zimbabwean government went ahead and ordered all internet service providers to block […]
We are reliable informed that the government has given another directive that will see the few people in Zimbabwe that still had connectivity being shut from the internet completely. This […]
When it comes to naming the who is who of the rich there is no greater authority than Forbes. Every year they produce a coveted list of the world’s richest […]
Have you ever heard of on-demand services for labour? That’s exactly what Lytee is. If you’re not familiar with what on-demand services are then let me explain further; essentially Lytee […]
Former Minister, Professor Jonathan Moyo beef with Strive Masiyiwa is still on and the Professor has published a series of tweets containing disturbing allegations on the Econet’s Founder. What started […]
Cassava SmarTech is not relenting in its effort to take lion’s share of all emergent business models like e-commerce, ride-hailing etc. In its quest for domination, it is leveraging on […]
A good number of you are already buying all their mobile airtime (NetOne, Telecel, Econet and Africom) using Ecocash here on Techzim. We have added TelOne prepaid products to the […]
EcoCash’s new promotion seems to be flipping the finger on any budget plans you had during this festive season with their cash back promotion. Earlier on today Econet subscribers started […]
No doubt Kenya is a digital powerhouse on the continent. All those stories have to count for something right? Let’s see how Zimbabwe stacks up against Kenya when it comes […]
The demerger process of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe and Cassava SmartTech is finally complete. Cassava SmartTech (CSZL) closed the day with a share price of $1.49 which is quite high once […]
So last week we woke to the exciting news that the Ecocash Debit card was back. Instead of using your normal Ecocash balance as it did back in the day […]
Over the weekend, several people experienced some problems using their EcoCash, including two of my colleagues here at Techzim. The problems were characterized by failed transactions which entail someone’s Ecocash […]
Kwese-iflix has partnered media company, BusTop TV in coming up with a comedy series, Comic Tick, on the Kwe-iflix platform. Bustop TV has already aired the first season. with 10 […]
So after Econet successfully went ahead and split into two companies, Cassava Smartech is finally going to be listed on the Zimbabwe stock exchange as a separate entity with its […]
According to one study cited by the Minister of ICT Kazembe Kazembe statements, infrastructure sharing is something Mobile Network Operators (MNO’s) must seriously consider since their costs can be significantly reduced […]
If you were thinking that Vaya Lift was the only transportation service Cassava SmarTech has on its sleeves, you are so wrong. Rather, Cassava SmarTech is preparing to get into all […]
A few weeks before Kwese went belly up something happened in the media world that I somehow missed: DramaFever one of my favourite destinations for Korean drama series and movies […]