Technology

By Alvine Chaparadza Netone through OneMoney is donating wi-fi devices to councils in rural areas so that district administrators can make smooth OneMoney transactions whilst simultaneously increasing internet access to the remote areas. This comes after Netone introduced EasyCover late last month to propel the use of its mobile money…

By Alvine Chaparadza Bankers Association of Zimbabwe (BAZ) has acknowledged that banks hand a significant role to play in making the externalization of funds possible. Some weeks ago, President Mnangagwa released an infamous list that implicated many organizations and individuals in externalizing $827 million worth of funds. Charity Jinya, BAZ…

By Guest Author About 2 years ago I attended an IBM workshop where they were talking about how Blockchain was going to revolutionize the world. Within 2 years, I have seen many technological advances in the Blockchain industry. In a previous article I spoke about how blockchain technologies can help…

By Farai Mudzingwa Following Econet’s not-so-distant scuffles with customers over disappearing data, it seems they are a launching a data tracking service called My Web Self-Care. How does the service work If you have ever used the Zol Fibroniks portal you will instantly feel at home using My Web Self…

By Farai Mudzingwa Microsoft might be entering the race to become the world’s first trillion dollar company, joining a host of other familiar global giants. Who else is in the race? Before Microsoft’s entry in this race, it was widely believed that one of Apple, Alphabet (Google’s parent company) or…

By Farai Mudzingwa Civil servants have reason to rejoice as they can now buy Samsung and Huawei devices on contract and also get free Whatsapp for 24 months. All civil servants need to do is go to Econet shops with their ID, Staff ID, Current Payslip and Proof of residence…

By Alvine Chaparadza As a manager who works to achieve day-to-day targets, it’s frustrating to see an employee busy texting on a social network when they should be busy working. Don’t worry, a San Fransisco startup called Yondr made a pouch that attempts to stop smartphone addiction for employees, students…

By Farai Mudzingwa It seems the Telecel shareholding issues will not go away. After the acquisition of Telecel by the government back in 2015 the shareholding issue had quietened down but it seems that was just the calm before the storm. Back then, the government acquired a 60% stake and…

By Alvine Chaparadza March is that time when most banks in Zimbabwe publish their financial results. Last year’s banking environment was affected by many negative factors including chronic cash shortages, illegal multi-tier pricing, foreign currency shortages, termination of some services that required foreign currency etc. In that light, it is…