• Cape to Cairo: Econet founder Masiyiwa shares dreams of fibre expansion

    In an update to his followers on Facebook this week, Econet Wireless founder Strive Masiyiwa shared plans to expand the Liquid Telecom fibre network to cover the stretch of the African […]

  • Hating Apple. Hating Android. iOS 7

    I have never been Apple fan. For the simple reason that I am an enemy of elitism and exclusivity, especially the kind that, because of the size of my wallet, mocks my social class. But I have used Android devices enough to learn new things. I have experienced the frustration of being excluded from an…

  • New Zim movie download service, yFlix, to be the new Jack Sparow

    So since late afternoon yesterday, friends, readers, and countrymen have been forwarding this message that was posted on Facebook by someone we’ve featured once here on Techzim. His name is […]

  • 10ngah launches consumer gadgets, fashion and furniture eCommerce website

    One startup, arguably the only one that has made a deliberate move into the space, investing in a lot of offline marketing service, called 10ngah.com, launched recently

  • 4G dongles now available at Econet shops. Good move to get one?

    We are told the 4G LTE dongles are finally available at Econet shops, at least in those places where Econet has 4g coverage, which is basically Harare, Bulawayo and Victoria Falls. It’s important though to note that coverage is not who whole city, just sections of it

  • BlackBerry’s arrogant attitude contributed to their downfall – Strive Masiyiwa

    In a post on his Facebook page, Econet Wireless founder and current group chairman, Strive Masiyiwa commented on the current BlackBerry episode of its downfall saying he was not surprised by the decline as his experience with them is that they were an arrogant company.

  • TanaMe, a new player on the Zimbabwean VoIP app market

    A new Zimbabwean VoIP mobile app called TanaMe has found its way to a number of app stores. The app was developed by Tana Communications a family owned business based […]

  • Mahindra Comviva announces mobile video traffic focused partnership

    Mahindra Comviva, a company providing mobile solution to operators mostly in emerging markets, announced today that they have extended a partnership with a Canadian company called Vantrix, which offers video optimisation and delivery for telecoms operators called. The partnership, the announcement says, entails the integration of the two companies’ solutions for the optimisation of mobile…

  • Zuckerberg’s mission to connect more people in the world to the internet

    Facebook and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg have launched a new project dubbed internet.org in a bid to bring internet access to the “next five billion people.” According to the United States Census Bureau, there are about 7.106 people in the world.

  • To Zim parastatals: mum is not the word.

    Imagine this: You get home at around 6 pm exhausted from your day at work. Your wife is in the kitchen preparing dinner and you decide to catch on the day’s news on the television in the lounge. As soon as you sit down on the couch, the power goes out.

  • Zimbabwe mobile wars: Has Econet really slashed calls to 10 cents per minute?

    After months of the experts in the market suggesting Telecel was slowly killing the business with all the promos, Econet pulled one last Friday we surely didn’t expect: they announced they were going for an outright unconditional price slash of 60%! Talk of pleasantly shocking.

  • How to get started making your own online store

    There has been a number of discussions on the issue of ecommerce is Zimbabwe. Some have predicted its success and some were sceptical that e-commerce will experience significant adoption in […]

  • Zimbabwe mobile tariff wars: Econet slashes tariffs by 60%!

    Under the onslaught of never-ending steep promos from the competition, Econet has today finally announced the a serious slash of mobile tariffs in a move that can only be described as taking the fight to the competition.

  • Econet, a skinned Opera Mini, and preaching to the choir

    Ok, Econet. When you skinned Opera a month or so ago we thought, well, yah, quite late but good all the same too keep your brand very visible on the most used browser on feature phones. Plus opera does help make keep data costs under control for the operator, so yes, good move.

  • Econet launches underwhelming $1 for 10 free minutes service

    It’s not easy looking a gift horse in the mouth. See, we love cheaper voice and data so don’t get us wrong; we like that Econet is offering new cheaper stuff as a mobile operator. It’s new from them but not new in this market, and in fact compared to what’s already on the market,…

  • Write your way to the Youth Summit in Costa Rica

    POTRAZ (Zimbabwe’s telecoms regulator) is holding a writing competition for students between the ages of 15 and 25 who are studying technology related courses. The concepts will be on how […]

  • Crowdfunding and business smarts could have saved Gringo film from piracy losses

    So the Gringo investors are yet to recoup their $50 000 because of piracy. Well, if they had stopped to consider all options before releasing their film perhaps they would have made a profit before production started.

  • EcoCash & MasterCard, not VPayments, will ignite ecommerce in Zimbabwe

    Through the MasterCard Mobile Money Partnership, you will be able to use your EcoCash wallet wherever MasterCard is accepted with the option to have a prepaid MasterCard that you can also use wherever MasterCard is accepted.

  • What happened at the RHoK Hackathon, part 2 of 3

    Day 2 was the BlackBerry Challenge We started off with an intensive 40 minute bootcamp which consisted on Tutorials on how to develop BlackBerry 10 applications by leveraging on the […]

  • What Zimbabweans are searching for on Google

    Ever wondered what most people are searching for on Google? Well, it’s possible to find that information using a Google tool called Trends. Using Google Trends, you can find what they whole world is searching for on the largest search engine ever created. But you can also drill down to a specific country, Zimbabwe say,…

  • Local electronics hardware manufacturer, Mukonitronics, hit by Chinese fakes

    Mukonitronics, a local electronics manufacturer – one of the few in Africa who design and manufacture industrial and consumer power products – contacted us recently to let us know they are currently fighting off clones from China. The company, whose founder we interviewed on this blog some time back, is known locally for durable surge…

  • The impact of ICT on African politics

    We have always known that  ICT has many positive impacts in various spheres of life, we therefore ask the question will it greatly improve African politics. A recent interview on […]

  • Econet / Telecel interconnection blackout enters 5th day. POTRAZ silent

    It’s now day 5 since Econet last week severed mobile interconnection with Zimbabwe’s second largest mobile operator, Telecel. Before that, Econet, the largest with more than 8 million subscribers, had been accused by Telecel of throttling voice calls from the network in a bid, they said, to frustrate subscribers into migrating ‘back’ to Econet. Econet…

  • Econet Wireless Statement on Interconnection with Telecel Zimbabwe

    As a part of the ongoing issue between Econet Wireless and Telecel Zimbabwe, the following update has just been posted on Econet’s official Facebook page: Econet Wireless wishes to state […]

  • Who is in charge, you or your gadget?

    With the prices of the internet and technology gadgets falling and the competition increasing the gadgets are becoming more and more accessible to everyone. With this access to gadgets also comes the access to things like social networking sites such as Facebook, chat apps such as WhatsApp, Mxit, mobile games etc. All these require and…

  • Telecel introduces Kingdom Bank financed devices for Red customers

    This week, the company announced a return to mobile phones, specifically, smartphones and tablets financed in partnership with Afrasia Kingdom.

  • What everyone should know about bitcoin

    Unless you have been living under a rock for the past couple of years, you have probably heard about bitcoin. What makes bitcoin fascinating is that it’s the first currency which is not just free, as in ‘free beer’ but free as in ‘free speech’. In fact. In fact, ever since the first standardised coins…

  • Quib.ly to the parents’ rescue

    Let’s be honest, when it comes to technology most parents are, well, “dumb.” At least that is what most teenagers think and it is hard to argue against this. Many a study have shown that younger people have more friends on social sites such as Bebo, Facebook and Twitter, that they make more updates including…

  • What went on at RHoK Harare – Part 1 of 3

    We’ve participated in a few hackathons the last couple of years. We’ve even been a winner in one of them. This year when we decided to host our own hackathon, we chose to do things a little different.

  • Guide to online shopping in Zimbabwe: making payments

    Just like in a supermarket, after which many online shopping carts are modelled, you will have to pay for the product you want to buy before it is shipped to you. The accepted payment methods vary from seller to seller. The ways to effect payment range from simple and common like the use of a…