Powertel, Africom and ZARnet To Merge: What Could This Mean?

By Farai Mudzingwa

State enterprises Powertel, Zarnet (Zimbabwe Academic and Research Network) and Africom were announced to be merging by Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa. Most readers will be familiar with Powertel and Africom who both act as Internet Access Providers (IAP) and Internet Service Providers, whilst ZARnet was established to provide internet to the government, academia and research sectors.

What’s the point of this merger?

Powertel, Africom and ZARnet are all state-owned IAP’s

Powertel and Africom are both Internet Access Providers. There’s nothing particularly wrong with this as competition is great and spurs innovation. The problems arise when both IAPs are owned by the state and …read more

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