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It’s more than just the phones: what can we expect at Mobile World Congress 2015?
Queue the noise and excitement in technology, another “geek gathering” is here. All the focus this time will be on Barcelona, as Mobile World Congress 2015 (MWC 2015) the biggest […] more
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What’s up with Twitter and its fascination with the Cricket World Cup?
A shout out to the Zimbabwe Cricket team for their victory over the UAE at the Cricket World Cup. National pride is sweeter these days where one story is […] more
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We need an accessible cloud in Zimbabwe
I don’t know when it began, but it has been going on for a while now in the boutiques and other indigenous clothes stores. As soon as you enter the […] more
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ZimboLove Foundation and its social media strategy for a red cause
Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa You still might not know Lou Gehrig’s Disease, but you’ll definitely remember the Ice Bucket Challenge from last year. It was probably the largest internet-driven campaign from 2014 […] more
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The Hisense HS U820: When a phone just covers “the basics”
Like many players in the mobile industry, Hisense has its “entry level” section. This is the section where a phone is given the bare minimum to function, and the tendency […] more
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Hypercube Hub now offering paid membership & working space for startups
Earlier today local tech hub and co-working space, Hypercube Hub sent out its first communication for the year to the tech community. Besides the list of the events that the hub has […] more
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How can we get e-learning efforts in Zimbabwe to succeed?
Will the concept of e-learning in Zimbabwe ever take off? We have a lot of providers trying different approaches but will all of this come together to contribute to better […] more
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Econet tries out Twitter via USSD
How relevant is Twitter to Zimbabwe? Is the #Twimbo community not growing fast enough? it’s hard to say really, but it would seem that mobile operator Econet is making the biggest […] more
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Food World now has an online store. Will it push down the walls & ignite e-tailing?
The Zimbabwean e-commerce online retailing story is still far from mature and engaging, that’s hardly a secret. That’s not taking anything away from the providers that have established revenue streams online. It’s just […] more
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The shocking ZIMSEC Commerce syllabus: Here’s what our children are learning
In a world where every other examination body is busy updating their syllabus so as to stay relevant in an ever changing business world, ZIMSEC would be best advised to […] more
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How the Astro Goat is trying to find Zim relevance, without WhatsApp
When the Astro Goat entered the market at the end of 2014, which was a few weeks ago, it was playing on two features that most of the people are […] more
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Astro Funbook 2 review: How does the Zim tablet for locals by locals perform?
Local is lekker , homegrown is the best pick, Proudly Zimbabwean or Buy Zimbabwe. There’s a slew of these mantras that communicate the same message really. Support local brands. When […] more
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Net neutrality & mobile network operators: Are they startup kingmakers?
Last year, when I wrote that we should all be worried about the path we’re going down when mobile operators start to have influence what internet subscribers can have access and no […] more
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The Nokia 215: Will it save Nokia and make Microsoft an African brand?
If you follow tech, missing out on the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) highlights is a bit of a downer. There are a lot of things that come from each edition that push the envelope in […] more
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Enough with pathetic government websites, can’t something be done already?
This is going to sound pretty obvious to a lot of people who don’t see anything positive coming from our country but Zimbabwe has a lot of pathetic government websites. Yes, […] more
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Just how ready are we for internet dating in Zimbabwe?
Long before social media received a global definition from Mark Zuckerburg’s Harvard dormitory experiment, a lot of people had been experiencing the opportunity of the internet as huge meeting place for […] more
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An overview of fibre in Zimbabwe: What can we expect in 2015?
Let’s take a second to look at what the Zimbabwean broadband internet landscape was like around 2009 and 2010. We didn’t have as many options as we have now for […] more
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“Free” SMS from biNu returns. Will Econet Zero-rating restore it to former glory?
Remember the BiNu app? They were a free SMS app. The app could run on any feature phone, so essentially, biNu became a very popular “messaging” app. Because SMS was still very […] more
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How the P.O BOX videos are exploiting the opportunity of the internet
Creating great content is never easy, especially when you are trying to do it as something more than just a hobby. Your material has to be relevant, fresh and worth […] more
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Startups we wished for, but didn’t see in 2014. Who will work on these ideas?
So yesterday while looking back at the year’s tech success, failures and gaffes we found ourselves coming up with stuff we couldn’t quite consider failures, because these haven’t been done. Done […] more
