By Leonard Sengere Last week a man was arrested on charges of cloning a bank debit card and helping himself to thousands of US dollars, or is it bond? Are they the same thing? Either way, he treated himself to thousands that were not his. The fraudster is one Bryan…
By William Chui The bail hearing of Martha O’Donovan, the United States of America citizen has been postponed to Thursday 9 November 2017, after the State applied for the postponement due to them “not being ready”. The matter is in the case of State vs Martha O’Donovan, where she is…
By Trycolyn Pikirayi Yesterday, one of the panel discussions at the AfricaCom 2017 event titled “Start with the problem, not the solution – what keeps your target market awake at night?” brought to light an aspect that should always be at the core of every startup or entrepreneurial endeavor but…
By Leonard Sengere Back in September Twitter announced that they were working on expanding the character limit from 140 to 280. To test how that would work they opened the trial to a few select users. In just less than a month and half Twitter decided the feature was ready…
By William Chui The last time Techzim wrote about AliExpress was exactly a year ago when the annual 11.11 Sale was on. Boy, what 12 months in Zimbabwe can do to you… Back then, it wasn’t so hard to click around on AliExpress’ website, add a bunch of stuff to…
By Rufaro Madamombe At the center of the image above is Dinesh Patel, CEO of OrderIn which is one of the largest food ordering services in South Africa. Today, at AfricaCom 2017 during a discussion titled “Start with the problem not the solution – what keeps your target market awake…
By Leonard Sengere Okay, we knew Zimbabwe went mobile when it comes to processing payments but $11 billion? In the time it takes for a child to be born? That is impressive. The figures come from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and relate to the nine months from January…
By Leonard Sengere Everyone knows by now that a new ministry was commissioned last month, the Ministry of Cyber Security, Threat Detection and Mitigation. The new ministry was established to deal with the significant threats posed by cyber criminals striving to effect regime change in the country. The government confirmed…
By Rufaro Madamombe Today marks the first day of AfricaCom 2017, a 3-day event which is Africa’s largest technology, telecoms and media event. AfricaCom has been running for the past 20 years mapping Africa’s technology journey and celebrating the achievements of some companies in the tech sector at their Awards…
By Leonard Sengere As you have been shopping over the past few months, you have no doubt noticed the steady increase in prices of commodities. Or maybe it wasn’t even steady but sudden. What triggered the price increases is that social media (WhatsApp) episode that eventually saw the creation of…