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By Tinashe Nyahasha Who can resist to write such a headline? Definitely not Techzim. After 30 years as Head of State and Government and 37 years as Head of Government, Robert Mugabe has resigned. We do not have words for it here in the office and I guess non of…

By Leonard Sengere I know, it is easy to forget that Africom is still active in the Internet Access Provider race. It is easy easy to forget because the company has been struggling and losing ground to competitors. The latest POTRAZ quarterly report shed light on the extent of the…

By Staff Writer In case you missed it, TelOne is recruiting and we know you’d be interested. Here is the as it appeared in the press. CYBER SECURITY ANALYST Based in Harare, the incumbent will be responsible to the Business Assurance Manager for carryng out cyber security activities that protect…

By Trycolyn Pikirayi As we progress, our mobile phones increasingly become an important part of our lives. The use we now have for them is amazing. In fact, you should just try and take account of how dependent you are on your mobile phone or simple, just get it stolen…

By Leonard Sengere Here is the scenario on the ground: ZESA charges US9.8c/kWh to everyone except for chrome producers who are charged US6.7c/kWh. The prevailing rate in the southern African region is around US6c. Industry The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) is calling on ZESA to revise their tariffs downwards…

By Trycolyn Pikirayi As they say, “in every crisis, there’s someone to benefit”. Well, not in those exact words but we can improvise. So even in this political hullabaloo, apart from politicians, there’s also one industry that is ‘benefiting’ from this – the media. BiNu, you know biNu right? Now…

By William Chui For some time now Techzim has wondered whether Bitcoin is legal or not. In fact, a number of people from in and out of the country have contacted us and enquired. Our standard response has been that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has been lax towards…

By Leonard Sengere Acie Lumumba is that former ZANU PF member who became infamous after he insulted the president when he launched his own party, Viva Zimbabwe. Since then Lumumba has been very vocal in the political scene and especially so in this whole not-coup-coup. He has been giving various…

By Trycolyn Pikirayi Seems NetOne did more than just introduce the $3 OneFusion package over the weekend. They also revised their social media packages. The new NetOne social media packages are as follows: 30MB valid for 24hours cost $0.30 (compared to the initial price of $0.27 for 27MB) 100MB valid…

By Leonard Sengere The Zimbabwean government introduced the Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016 (SI 64) to control the import of basic goods that can be manufactured locally. This was meant to protect local industries and also to reduce the outflow of foreign currency. The SI 64 was met with resistance…