• Day 2: Here are the ZOL Startup Challenge 2013 finalists

    Today was the second round of the ZOL Startup Challenge. 10 Startups were pitching for a spot in in the final 5 who, in the coming weeks will be pitching […]

  • Techzim Surge 2013 conference and ZOL Startup Challenge event report

    Yesterday was one day filled with startup excitement for us here. We hosted the Techzim Surge conference and the first round of the ZOL Startup Challenge in Harare. It was […]

  • ZOL Startup Challenge battle tips #TechzimSurge

    7 days are left before Techzim Surge and the epic Zol Startup Challenge. The visual below has 5 tips we believe are important for contestants and even for startups that will […]

  • ZOL Startup Challenge: One year later for Footballzone

    It’s already been a year since the 2012 ZOL Startup Challenge and what a year it has been for Footballzone, the company behind Zimbabwe’s leading soccer website Soccer24. Every startup […]

  • Announcing Techzim Surge and the ZOL Startup Challenge

    Since 2011, we’ve been organising a grass roots tech event & Startup Challenge thanks to the team at ZOL Zimbabwe. Way before any hype or encouraging signs, ZOL has consistently committed themselves to developing […]

  • Zimbabwe Broadband: ZOL launches even lower priced unlimited internet

    When we attended the Liquid Telecom the MD of the fibre operator, Wellington Makamure said that while Zimbabwe’s telecoms industry is lucrative, its one of the most competitive. Nothing speaks more about that heat of competition than a new price cut by ZOL just weeks after the operator announced unlimited internet on all its packages.

  • ZOL announces uncapped internet. Offers one of Zim’s lowest priced broadband

    As internet prices continue to fall in Zimbabwe, Liquid Telecom subsidiary ISP, ZOL, announced yesterday the introduction of unlimited internet to replace its capped packages. In a message to customers ZOL said that effective immediately all broadband packages will no longer incur additional usage charges as internet caps are “a very archaic method and it…

  • Apps giveaway: What’s uncool about this ZOL advert?

    Every now and again, people encounter strange stuff and are kind enough to send us a tip or ask us to investigate further. A kind reader did exactly that with the ZOL advert above that’s been running in the newspapers for at least 2 days now. There’s something quite uncool about this ad. Hint: it’s…

  • ZOL website hacked

    Today we woke up to the tip that the website of one of the largest internet service providers in the country, Zimbabwe Online (ZOL) had been hacked. Checking the website, we got the screenshot below:

  • Holiday broadband deals: ZOL is giving it all away for FREE

    We’ve been posting over the course of the day today some holiday broadband and call deals local service providers are offering. Some quite good, and some just so so. The best so far has been a half price deal and we thought that was the lowest a provider would go.

  • ZOL Startup Challenge 2011 winners: Where they are now

    Last month, as we prepared to hold the ZOL Jumpstart Challenge 2012, we contacted the winners and finalists of the challenge in 2011 to check on the progress of their […]

  • And this year’s winner of the ZOL Jumpstart Challenge is….

    We’re just from the ZOL Jumpstart Challenge finals where 6 startups battled it out for top spot of winner of the 2012 challenge. The winner of the challenge is Remote […]

  • ZOL Jumpstart Challenge finalist startup profile: Equinox Education

    This short series of 6 articles will cover the profiles of each of the six finalists that made it into the finals of this year’s ZOL Jumpstart Challenge to be held this […]

  • ZOL Jumpstart Challenge finalist startup profile: mTutor

    This short series of 6 articles will cover the profiles of each of the six finalists that made it into the finals of this year’s ZOL Jumpstart Challenge to be held this […]

  • ZOL Jumpstart Challenge finalist startup profile: Nimbus

    This short series of 6 articles will cover the profiles of each of the six finalists that made it into the finals of this year’s ZOL Jumpstart Challenge to be held this […]

  • ZOL Jumpstart Challenge finalist startup profile: RLMS

    This short series of 6 articles will cover the profiles of each of the six finalists that made it into the finals of this year’s ZOL Jumpstart Challenge to be held this […]

  • ZOL Jumpstart Challenge finalist profile: Lost and Found

    This short series of 6 articles will cover the profiles of each of the six finalists that made it into the finals of this year’s ZOL Jumpstart Challenge to be held this […]

  • ZOL Jumpstart Challenge finalist profile: FootballZone

    This short series of 6 articles will cover the profiles of each of the six finalists that made it into the finals of this year’s ZOL Jumpstart Challenge to be […]

  • Event report: ZOL Jumpstart Challenge & BarCamp Zimbabwe 2012

    So we kept pushing forward an article about how BarCamp Zimbabwe 2012 and the two rounds of the ZOL Jumpstart Challenge went, but we have received enough emails reminding us […]

  • The ZOL Jumpstart Challenge 2012 finalists

    We’re just from the second day of startup pitches of the ZOL Jumpstart Challenge. Tired but in high spirits. From an initial total of 43 startup applications, today, 6 emerged […]

  • 6 quick tips for pitching your startup at ZOL Jumpstart Challenge

    Pitching is both an art and a science that every entrepreneur needs to master. Even if you possess a rare charm that enables you to sell ice to Eskimos, you […]

  • Zim web & mobile startups: Here’s the ZOL Jumpstart Challenge Process

    The BarCamp and ZOL Jumpstart Challenge website is up. It’s challenge.jumpstart.co.zw. Over the past few weeks, we have been working to secure sponsorship for both the BarCamp and Jumpstart Challenge. […]

  • Jumpstart announces BarCamp Zimbabwe 2012 & ZOL Jumpstart Challenge

    So it’s been a whole year since the first BarCamp and Startup Challenge, an another one is on the cards. This year’s challenge has been announced today on the Jumpstart website. The […]

  • ZOL drops internet bombshell

    I remember the early days of email when I had a Yahoo and Hotmail account with a 5MB mailbox which I thought was totally great even though I was constantly […]

  • ZOL slashes Wi-Fi hotspot prices. Discontinues free minutes

    Zimbabwe Online (ZOL), the ISP that has the largest number of Wi-Fi hotspots in Zimbabwe, has slashed the prices of its Wi-Fi internet service. The service has effectively become one of the lowest priced internet packages in the country. But the slash is coming with some not so good news; ZOL is killing the 15…

  • Techzim Interviews: ZOL CEO David Behr on acquisition by Liquid

    We had the opportunity to speak to ZOL CEO, David Behr on his company’s recent acquisition by the Liquid Telecommunications Group. In the interview he talks about why they sold to Liquid, what this means for ZOL going forward in terms of independence of the ISP and service delivery to customers. Below is a transcript…

  • Exclusive: Liquid Telecom acquires Zimbabwean ISP, ZOL

    We just got news that Zimbabwe Online (ZOL) has been acquired by the Liquid Telecommunications Group. ZOL is now officially part of the Liquid Telecom Group. From the information available to us so far, ZOL will remain an independent company in terms of branding and operations.

  • Why we need YoAfrica, ZOL and Aptics to do mobile broadband

    There’s one thing we love about two of Zimbabwe’s largest ISPs, YoAfrica and ZOL. It is that they understand the difference between local and international traffic. That local traffic does not cost them much to deliver and can therefore be given away free to customers. Aptics, a relatively new Internet Access Provider understands this too.

  • Some thoughts on the ZOL Startup Challenge

    Nearly 2 weeks ago, we had our first ZOL Startup Challenge final where 3 talented winners were chosen from a very strong field. Since then the dust has settled and a number of people have made comments on the Challenge and process. I thought I’d give some thoughts as the idea originator, main sponsor and…

  • ZOL Start-up Challenge: Predict and win competition winner

    Thank you for the overwhelming entries to everyone who participated in the ZOL Startup Challenge – Predict and Win competition. The winner of the 1.5GB ZOLspot voucher is Simbarashe D.