By William Chui Apple iPhones have been known to cost an arm and a leg in Zimbabwe. When the price of the iPhone X was gained by Techzim recently, after picking ourselves up from the floor, we realised that maybe, just maybe, this was a phone not for us. Scheduled…
By Leonard Sengere Hon Patrick Antony Chinamasa, the outgoing Finance minister was just reappointed as the new Minister of Cyber Security, Threat Detection and Mitigation. As he takes on this role in this newly created ministry the nation looks on, clueless as to what his role will be but hoping…
By Staff Writer “Investing In Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems” A pan-African open call inviting submissions for the seventh edition of the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) awards from 10 October 2017 to 10 January 2018 Grand share prize of US$ 185 000 to be awarded to top ten African innovators who…
By Leonard Sengere As you may know now there was a cabinet reshuffle yesterday and a new ministry popped up. The Ministry of Cyber Security, Threat Detection and Mitigation. The minister being outgoing Finance minister Patrick Antony Chinamasa. As this news broke, jokes were made that Chinamasa is now the…
By Trycolyn Pikirayi Mobile Phone security ” data-medium-file=”http://www.techzim.co.zw/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Phone-Security-1-255×128.jpg” data-large-file=”http://www.techzim.co.zw/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Phone-Security-1-560×280.jpg”> Seems Hon Patrick Chinamasa will always be on our lips, then as the Minister of Finance and Economic Development and now even more as the Minister of Cyber Security, Threat Detection and Mitigation. It’s just a few weeks back that we…
By Trycolyn Pikirayi Over the weekend, EcoCash announced that the minimum airtime recharge one could do via EcoCash would be a $1. The development was reported to be taking effect on the very same day the announcement was made, no warnings whatsoever. What interests me about this announcement is the…
By Leonard Sengere Techzim wrote about WhatsApp Business when it was still just rumoured to be coming. Now we have more information on it as it is now in testing after it was officially announced last month. You will not be able to test out the new app today unless…
By Tinashe Nyahasha So actually the full title is Minister of Cyber Security, Threat Detection and Mitigation and he is non other than the outgoing Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Hon Patrick Chinamasa MP. This is an interesting one. President Robert Mugabe has mixed and matched his cabinet again…
By Trycolyn Pikirayi Quick question: what are your greatest fears on cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin to be precise? Maybe we can start there, but before that let’s go through 1 or 2 things together shall we? I know we’ve written a number of articles on Bitcoin here on Techzim, but whenever we…
By Leonard Sengere Fadzayi Mahere is running a Student Voter Registration Challenge. The challenge is meant to get as many people as possible registered to vote in the 2018 elections where Mahere herself is running for MP in Mt Pleasant. Before you run off, no, you don’t have to vote…