By Trycolyn Pikirayi Is this the part where we say watch out DStv? On a post on social media, Strive Masiyiwa (founder and Executive Chairman of Econet Global) mentioned how he was on his way to Los Angeles to sign some content deals for Kwesé TV. I’m sure by now…
By Trycolyn Pikirayi The #GoGettaz entrepreneurship competition finals finally took place last week on Friday in Nairobi, Kenya. The competition began on the 18th of August last year (2017) and has been running since. #GoGettaz is an initiative by Strive Masiyiwa (founder and Executive Chairman of Econet Global) aired on…
By Leonard Sengere NetOne, the second largest mobile telecommunications company in Zimbabwe, launched OneFusion, an integrated prepaid package, in June 2016. OneFusion bundles offer some of the best value for money on the market. The comprehensive plans offer users on-net and local and international off-net voice minutes as well as…
By Trycolyn Pikirayi Remember the cheetah that you saw in Warren Park? Well… see the title and do the math. In case you missed the video that was circulating on social media, apparently a cheetah was spotted in Warren Park. The video showed two guys in car who had “spotted…
By Trycolyn Pikirayi The tables turned in a case between Econet Wireless Zimbabwe and Antolice Enterprises. High Court judge Justice Davison Moses Foroma ruled that Econet Wireless reimburses Antolice Enterprises $128 200 which it (Econet) had wrongly billed the company. Interestingly it is not Antolice Enterprise that had filed the…
By Leonard Sengere A recent study by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has shown that Zimbabwe has the second largest informal sector in the world. Only the south American Bolivia has a larger black market. The working paper titled, ‘Shadow Economies Around the World: What Did We Learn Over the…
By Staff Writer Came across this notice in the newspaper and thought it would be helpful to someone. However, considering that ZB Bank went paperless last year in October (2017), one would have expected that they would by now have an online system that caters for such needs. Nonetheless, here’s…
By Guest Author I am about to tell you a short story. This story is nothing new though because if you have attended primary school in Zimbabwe you most probably can relate to this story one way or the other. When I was in primary school I was a bright…
By Tinashe Nyahasha On Monday 15 January 2018 we woke up to no Techzim. The server was down. We thought aaah well the backup will kick in just now… Most of the day went by without access to the site except old news of the military coup non coup. The…
By Tinashe Nyahasha In a way we can say that technology particularly social media has and is still taking us much closer to the ideal of public accountability and democracy more than anything else in the history of the modern world. Zimbabwe is kind of becoming a case study to…