Tech

By Trycolyn Pikirayi Despite whatever banking problems Steward bank has had in the past, their approach to things has been quite commendable and we acknowledged it right here. Steward bank came into the picture with a different approach to banking, instead of limiting banking to the ‘elite’ the bank targeted…

By Guest Author Robert Mugabe resigned. That is common knowledge now. The events leading up to the resignation though shed light on our behaviour as humans and how large an appetite we have to fill an information void. There was a time when you had to wait for the morning…

By Guest Author Zimbabwe is reported to be amongst the countries with high Internet connectivity costs in the SADC region, and everywhere else. This has been attributed to a number of factors, both real and perceived. These high costs have been the major bottleneck in the development and uptake of…

By Leonard Sengere Powertel today enters the vehicle tracking and fleet management market. They just unveiled PowerTrack, a full fleet management solution. Here is the list of services on offer: Real Time Vehicle Tracking Fleet management Panic button Stolen Vehicle Recovery Driver Behaviour Monitoring Geo-Fencing Multiple Driver Identification Powertel partners…

By Leonard Sengere We have been following the performance of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) religiously these past few months. We saw how the ZSE became the best performing stock exchange in the region in the few months leading up to November, reaching unprecedented heights when market capitalisation reached $15…

By Leonard Sengere Acie Lumumba’s Facebook account was one of those social media accounts that consistently shared reliable information during the whole military takeover business. So it came as a surprise on Tuesday morning when the page vanished. We all wondered what had happened even as we tried to contact…

By Staff Writer For those who still have some means of making international payments, here’s something for you. By the way, Black Friday is the day which is regarded as the first official date of Christmas shopping. It comes on the day after Thanksgiving (an American holiday celebrated on the…

By Leonard Sengere When the Speaker of Parliament disrupted the Impeachment proceedings against Robert Mugabe to read out his resignation letter the world leapt for joy. Zimbabweans all over the world were joined in celebration by all who wanted to see the world’s oldest head of state who had been…

By Leonard Sengere If you recall, it was earlier this month when the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) hit $15 billion in market capitalisation for the first time. It was no cause for celebration however as that performance was attributable to panic buying of shares which in turn led to overvaluation…

By Trycolyn Pikirayi Well, whenever we mentioned the government and tech in the same line, it had somewhat of a complaint attached to it. Yes, I say ‘mentioned’ in past tense because I am a strong believer that this is going to be a thing of the past. However, this…