• RIE 2013 First Call for Papers: Research Partnerships for Wealth Creation

    The Research Intellectual Expo (RIE) is a Zimbabwean initiative by the ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, set up to showcase research and intellectual work by Zimbabweans both in the diaspora and at home.

  • CABS & mobile money; An interview with managing director, Kevin Terry

    As alluded to earlier today, we had the opportunity recently to talk to CABS Managing Director Kevin Terry, about their mobile banking service, Textacash. We discussed how they introduced the new mobile phone (and card) based banking product in a radically changed financial sector. We also how they are reaching the unbanked and briefly touched…

  • ICT Ministry holds validation workshop for National ICT policy framework

    Today we attended the validation workshop of the National ICT Policy Framework conducted by the Ministry of ICT at a hotel in Harare. You will remember that Zimbabwe’s ICT policy is under review and in June & July review workshops were carried out around the country by the ministry.

  • Apps4Africa 2012 Zimbabwe brainstorming session tomorrow

    As you’ve probably seen in our events calendar, Apps4Africa 2012 is here. Like the previous one, the sub-Saharan funding competition challenge is split into three regional competitions for East Africa, West & […]

  • Have an innovative idea in science, technology & business? read this

    Recently we were pointed to an innovation challenge that we think is a great opportunities if you’re an innovator and in need for both exposure and some investment. The challenge […]

  • Tech companies’ exhibitions at the Harare Agricultural Show (Pictures)

    It’s called an “agricultural show” but there are really all kinds of companies that exhibit there.  Motor companies, those doing music, NGOs, government departments, financial institutions, educational institutions and, yes, tech […]

  • NetOne accuses Econet of possible economic sabotage in Zimbabwe

    Econet Wireless cut us out during an important national event constituting a possible case of economic sabotage, is the latest accusation from Zimbabwe’s state owned mobile operator, NetOne, which last […]

  • Full text of NetOne’s [REVISED] notice on interconnection dispute with Econet

    When Econet terminated interconnection services with NetOne for a day on 23 August 2012, NetOne responded with a public notice published in the local newspapers on Friday, 24 August 2012. We […]

  • World Links bridging the digital divide

    We have been profiling efforts by various Zimbabwean parties in providing access to ICT. We caught up with the folks at World Links Zimbabwe who have setup Telecentres, provide hardware […]

  • Mukusha’s opinion on the National ICT Policy review process

    I have been watching the proceedings of the current National ICT Process review which the Ministry of Information Communication Technology (ICT) has undertaken in the past few weeks and we […]

  • IT Professionals in Manicaland pioneer tech adoption in province

    Secondary school students using computers in Harare, Zimbabwe (file photo) Recently President Robert Mugabe unveiled the latest school to benefit from the Presidential High Schools e-learning programme Landa John Nkomo […]

  • A Deeper Look at Zimbabwe’s Industrial Policy

    At Gideon Gono’s peak, his monetary policy announcements would cause all manner of analysts – great thinkers and charlatans alike to creep out of the woodwork in criticism or praise. […]

  • The definitive start-up guide for challenging environments

    After I wrote my last article 5 Startup Lessons from Facebook IPO, I realised that in as much as there where some valuable lessons from the story of Facebook of […]

  • Apps4Africa Climate Challenge brainstorming: Learning from the non-geeks

    We just returned from the Apps4Africa Climate Challenge brainstorming session that was being held today in Harare. The event is part of the US sponsored climate change app development contest that’s currently running for the Southern Africa region from 1 February to 30 March. The brainstorming session was held to help participants consider the various…

  • Mariéme Jamme’s media briefing on Apps4Africa Climate Challenge in Harare

    Yesterday, we attended a press briefing for the Apps4Africa Climate Challenge that’s taking place today in Harare at The Media Centre. Doing the briefing was Mariéme Jamme, who is part of the organizing team of the Challenge and will also be facilitating today’s brainstorming session.

  • Apps4Africa Climate Challenge for Southern Africa begins today

    Today, 1 February 2012, is the commencement date for the southern Africa region Apps4Africa Climate Challenge. The challenge will run for 2 months to end of the 30th of March and invites African innovators to develop innovative, web-based and mobile technology solutions to local climate change challenges. According to the Apps4Africa website the challenge centers…

  • Details of the 2011 ICT Achievers Awards winners

    We promised to post the details of the winners of this year’s Zimbabwe ICT Achievers awards. Many of our readers have requested this information. So here they are. We got the details from the Zimbabwe Ministry of ICT and we’re posting all the information as is.

  • Econet provides free unlimited Wi-Fi internet at Agric show

    As you may probably know, The Harare Agriculture show is in full swing right now. The annual show is Zimbabwe’s largest agriculture exhibition and attracts even businesses from non-agric sectors. One such is Econet, Zimbabwe’s largest telecoms firm.

  • Global roundup – this week’s top stories

    Part of our objective as Techzim is to provide our readers with relevant local and regional tech information. We believe this is what sets us apart as an information source. In addition, we have decided to start providing a summary of global tech news once at the end of each week. Starting today, we will…

  • Local startup launches Dariro.com, a local pages platform

    A few days ago we visited Dariro, a new startup building what we can describe as a ‘local pages’ web platform. The website is still in beta and it’s live on Dariro.com. The website also provides a platform for developers to build their own applications. The Dariro founder is Richwell Phinias, an internet marketing entrepreneur.

  • Heroes of Zimbabwe’s local internet content: Zim Bloggers

    Zimbabweans have started many blogs on the internet. Some are hosted on Blogspot, some on WordPress, and some on independent blogs. The blogger keep the Internet relevant for Zimbabweans. We decided we’d just list some of the great blogs here.

  • University of Zim scientist develops a drought and climate change adaptation game

    When we visited the Research and Intellectual Expo at the University of Zimbabwe last week, we saw some very interesting displays. One such display was at the UZ Soil Science and Agriculture Engineering department where a senior lecturer, Dr Emmanuel Manzungu, is developing a computer-based game that helps farmers and their advisors to make strategic…

  • Some photos from the Research & Intellectual Expo in Harare

    We attended the Research & Intellectual Expo organised by Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education. There was much to see and learn. Some of it information technology related and the other technology applications in Agriculture, food sciences and such.

  • The Zimbabwe 2011 National ICT Budget Statement

    We share below the IT excerpt of Zimbabwe’s 2011 National Budget Statement presented on 25 November 2010 by Zim Finance Minister Tendai Biti.

  • Low Turnout at This Year’s ICT Africa Exhibition

    Compared to previous editions of the ICT Africa exhibition, this year’s event saw a remarkable decline in attendance. Visitors to the exhibition park in Harare were so few the place looked empty most of the time.

  • Africom Launches VSAT Teleport Hub

    One of the biggest Internet service providers in Zimbabwe, Africom, launched a VSAT teleport hub in Harare this morning. The teleport, pictured on the left, was installed with the help of SkyVision Global Networks, a global provider of IP connectivity over satellite systems.

  • Local Application Developers Should Smell the Coffee

    According to the Information Society Statistical Profiles 2009 report prepared by the International Telecommunications Union, in 2008 there were 11 internet users out of every 100 inhabitants in Zimbabwe. 2009 itself saw more Zimbabweans connecting to the Internet owing to the introduction of mobile Internet by telecoms operator Econet. Even more connections will be made…

  • The Prime Minister’s Opening Address At 2009 ICT Africa Exhibition

    We can’t upload a 10 minute long video speech here due to bandwidth limitations so we posted the MP3 version of Morgan Tsvangirai’s address at the opening of the 2009 […]

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