Technology

By Farai Mudzingwa If you’ve been living in Zimbabwe over the past few years or even just visited there is one thing that resonates throughout the country. We are a digital economy. This is not by design but actually a result of other issues that I would rather not remind…

By Alvine Chaparadza TelOne customers will be glad to know that they are now able to insure their Telone modems. The state-owned company Telone has partnered FBC to make this possible. This partnership has given birth to a insurance product called Modem Insurance. And under this Modem Insurance, Telone clients’…

By Garikai Dzoma I have written many gushing articles on how awesome I think Udemy is. Like all things Udemy is not perfect in the same way no school or product is but I have to say it is a pretty awesome way to acquire life skills. Anyway Udemy are…

By Staff Writer Zimbabwean Startup, Courier City, is broadening their reach as they expand their shipping network to Nairobi, Kenya. They’ve sent out a press release detailing how this will work and customers will save up to 50% just like when shipping from Canada. You can read the press release…

By Alvine Chaparadza Blocking someone on WhatsApp is the new-age version of pretending that they don’t exist. It is also an excellent way to shut off that acquaintance continuously asking you for favors. So, wouldn’t it be a nightmare if you heard from all these people on WhatsApp even after…

By Farai Mudzingwa As you all know the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe issued a directive instructing banks not to facilitate any cryptocurrency related transactions. They also strongly warned the public not to deal in cryptocurrencies. Further, the Reserve Bank wrote to Golix, Zimbabwe’s first and biggest cryptocurrency exchange instructing them…

By Farai Mudzingwa You’ve probably heard of the popular ride-hailing service, Uber. Have you ever wished we had our own Uber in Zimbabwe or a more reliable taxi service? If the answer to that question is yes you will probably be interested in ImotaCars. What are they doing? ImotaCars is…

By Alvine Chaparadza Zimbabwe Electoral Commission(ZEC), has reported that as much as 719387 registrants checked their ‘voter details’ using the USSD platform on their respective mobile networks since the provisional voters’ roll inspection started on the 19th of May. Through the USSD platform, if a voter types *265# and inputs…

By Farai Mudzingwa Zimbabwe’s most popular cryptocurrency exchange, Golix, has issued a statement saying they will be shutting down their “exchange’s Orderbook.” The cryptic statement they sent to their customers read: Dear valued customer. Please note that we have temporarily taken down the exchange’s Orderbook. Any developments related to this…

By Garikai Dzoma For those people who enjoy music on the go there is reason to rejoice even as one phone maker after another is killing the headphone jack- you can still make use of wireless headphones. You can get a remarkable pair of wireless earbuds from Cafago for only…