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By Leonard Sengere Zambia has had three mobile operators and like Econet in Zimbabwe, MTN has been dominant in the country albeit not at Econet’s scale. The two countries have similar population sizes with 2016 estimates placing Zambia at about 15.5m and Zimbabwe at 14.5m. There are many other similarities…

By Rufaro Madamombe So Jonathan Moyo, a prominent and outspoken Zimbabwean politician, recently had his Gmail account hacked. Now, you’re probably wondering how you can secure your Gmail account so that you guard yourself against such an unfortunate event occurring to you. Here are some things you could do to…

By Leonard Sengere Econet is running a promotion where you answer up to 7 (or more) general knowledge questions for 30c per day for the chance to win various prizes. The promotion has been running since July and will end on the 2nd of October if it is not extended.…

By Tinashe Nyahasha Caveat Emptor is the cute Latin term that is translated “Buyer beware.” This is legal mambo jambo to let you know that whatever you are about to buy, you are buying at your own risk. It is important to move our discussion of investing on capital markets…

By Rufaro Madamombe ZB Bank recently announced that they will be discontuning the processing of manual RTGS and Internal Transfer application forms. As the changes will take effect from 1 October, you might be wondering how do I register for ZB Bank Internet banking since the transfers will now be…

By Leonard Sengere Roku Inc, which recently partnered with Econet Media on Kwesé Play, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in its home country in the USA. They aim to raise $204 million in the IPO. Morgan Stanley and Citigroup lead the undewriting. An IPO is simply the…

By Edwin Chabuka ‘People related to my product because I was personal with it. I used my face to showcase my products.’ – Ellen Chironga speaks of the success of NaturElle at the Digital Future Conference Articles appeared first on Techzim;‘I want to experience the product so that I give…

By Taurai Chinyamakobvu This post was written by a Guest Author. The views expressed in this article do not reflect those of Techzim but of the Guest Author. No Jamie Dimon, Bitcoin is no fraud. It’s either you don’t understand it, or you intend to deceive the people or both!…

By Edwin Chabuka So we usually get emails of people doing things out there, pitching ideas and all of that sort. And to be fair it’s usually the same sort of stuff we see everywhere. But once in awhile you find just that one person that just has an original…

By Trycolyn Pikirayi So back in 2014, Techzim wrote about how the ZANU PF membership cards now had a Zimswitch logo. At that time, it was quite unclear how everything would work we were all left but just wondering since none of the stakeholders could give us any useful information.…