By Rufaro Madamombe Ecobank recently announced that they’re launching a new service called Scan+Pay which will be available in 33 countries across Africa. Scan+Pay is a service that will allow you to scan a barcode image (QR code) using your smartphone so that you can pay for goods or send…
By Rufaro Madamombe Today, Econet announced a new service called Call Back Assist. It aims to help reduce some of the frustrations that you may have faced when you called Econet customer care and didn’t get a solution immediately. Usually, when you call customer care, you will have to wait…
By Edwin Chabuka So the new kid on the block is Bitcoin but what is it anyway? We look at the definition of bitcoin hopefully in its simplest form. We relate bitcoin to the classic paper style money we all are familiar with and touch the slightest bit on it…
Kwesé TV brings 5 free channels and extra free 30 days for Zimbabweans who faced service disruptions
By Rufaro Madamombe Strive Masiyiwa, the founder of Econet and Kwesé TV, recently announced on Facebook that Kwesé TV will be offering 5 free channels to you even if you don’t pay for any subscription. The free channels are Kwesé FREE Sport (KFS), Kwesé FREE Entertainment (KFE), African News, Local…
By Rufaro Madamombe Google recently announced the release of their app Google Family Link. The app is designed to help you as a parent keep an eye on what your children are doing on their devices. Apart from knowing what they are doing, you will also be able to control…
By Leonard Sengere CC Image courtesy of Nitro Tattoos on Flickr Researchers at MIT and Harvard have developed a new tattoo ink that is capable of monitoring health. The ink changes colour to tell if someone is dehydrated or if their blood sugar level rises. The ink, called Dermal Abyss…
By Rufaro Madamombe According to TechCrunch, Facebook is working on an account recovery method that will use facial recognition. Imagine your Facebook account has been hacked, you are trying to regain access to it and instead of you answering some security question or selecting pictures of your friends in order…
By Leonard Sengere The US government under president Trump has made it a priority to prepare students for careers in technology. The Trump administration has been directing money towards bolstering science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) education. In the same week that Trump directed the Education Department to put $200m…
By Rufaro Madamombe Most banks in Zimbabwe now offer you online banking. Some banks like ZB Bank have completely stopped processing manual RTGS and internal transfer application forms. So given how you might already be using internet banking or will soon start using it, you might be wondering how do…
By Edwin Chabuka TelOne has since used $54 million from their $98 million loan. This has gone to the digitization of 90 out of a total of 150 exchanges. Also completed is the Bulawayo – Beitbridge backbone project which will link to South Africa. Articles appeared first on Techzim;TelOne $98…