By Trycolyn Pikirayi Everyone wants some scoop right now. We’re uneasy. We want to know what’s happening, we want to know what’s next and what the way forward is. So far, it has been a roller coaster ride. Once you hear one thing be assured that you’re going to receive…
By Leonard Sengere WhatsApp introduced the Delete For Everyone feature end of last month. The feature allows you to delete messages you have already sent and have them removed from the recipient’s phone. The message is replaced with a message which says ‘This message was deleted.’ If you send a…
By Trycolyn Pikirayi Of all social media networks, I reckon that twitter is the place where people go to get their news. In Zimbabwe to be more precise, it seems as if all the scoop on this ‘non-millitary takeover’ situation is on twitter. Because of that, there’s a high chance…
By Leonard Sengere If you have been following the news in Zimbabwe you know that SADC is set to meet in Botswana to discuss the Zimbabwean situation. SADC is mediating between the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and President Robert Mugabe. Some Zimbabweans will not have any of that and have made…
By Guest Author The internet is a didactic mind field of the addiction, the legal and the illegal, often dubbed the modern Wild West. The way you are traversing the murky depths of the web, your activities are being recorded in a public sphere, and can often be viewed. Downloading…
By Leonard Sengere WhatsApp introduced the Delete For Everyone feature end of last month. The feature allows you to delete messages you have already sent and have them removed from the recipient’s phone. The message is replaced with a message which says ‘This message was deleted.’ If you send a…
By Tinashe Nyahasha Recently, the number one issue which made journalists from outside Zimbabwe call Techzim for a comment has been Bitcoin. Why? Bitcoin was (and still is) trading at a premium in Zimbabwe. On Tuesday the 14th of November 2017 the rate of Bitcoin against the USD in Zimbabwe…
By Leonard Sengere We all are familiar with DStv, the pay-TV service provider we have a love hate relationship with. DStv is part of the Naspers group and unfortunately for Naspers, DStv is not contributing enough to group profits. Fortunately for Naspers their other investments are coming through. Naspers made…
By Trycolyn Pikirayi Tech savvy or not, I know for a fact that in one way or the other, you appreciate technology. However, now because tech is so much a part of our lives it’s easy for us to just take it for granted – I mean that happens with…
By Leonard Sengere There has been a cash crisis in Zimbabwe for years now. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe which initially denied that was the case was forced to acknowledge the crisis as queues at banks refused to go away despite the central bank’s best efforts. With the central bank…