Technology

By Leonard Sengere Hear ye, you no longer have to jump through hoops to get a hold of two of the latest smartphones from Cupertino. If you had placed an order with a sketchy dealer you might want to cancel that order. If you were following the news from Apple…

By Leonard Sengere By now you know about Martha O’Donovan of Magamba TV was arrested. Martha, an American citizen, who has been resident in Zimbabwe for at least since February of this year, working as Projects manager at Magamba Network Trust was arrested and her charge sheet which popped up…

By William Chui Last week a social media activist, Martha O’Donovan, was arrested for a tweet that went out in September 2017 that is said to have degenerated the President of Zimbabwe as well as for having set up organisations that are aiming to “subvert a constitutional government through masterminding…

By Leonard Sengere If you are following the Martha O’Donovan case you might have seen mention of The Onion Router (Tor) on her charge sheet. The charge sheet says O’Donovan says, The accused made significant use of the Onion Router (TOR) browser, a tool which is used to hide online…

By William Chui The US Embassy this morning responded to questions sent to them in regards to the arrest of Martha O’Donovan in the matter where the Zimbabwean Government is alleging that she degenerated the President of Zimbabwe through a tweet and “subverting a constitutional government through Masterminding a social…

By Leonard Sengere We have all experienced this, you are looking for an app on the official Android app store, the Play Store. You search for the app and the results show multiple apps with small variations in their names and icons. You have to be a ninja to know…

By L.S.M Kabweza A few days ago, a woman called Martha O’Donovan, who works for a local activist organisation called Magamba Network, was arrested by the Zimbabwean government on the charge of undermining the authority of the president with a tweet. Yes, a tweet, which you can read about here.…

By Staff Writer The president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, spoke on why his government created a ministry to monitor social media. At an event where he opened a Community Information Center (essentially a place where residents of a community can access computers and the internet), the president said that the…

By Staff Writer Barclays Bank, one of the only two banks we know about that still allowed spending on debit cards outside the country without USD cash pre-funding, has just announced some changes. It won’t anymore. Or, to put it more accurately, customers will need to have such spending approved…

By Rufaro Madamombe Last time we talked about how Econet, Liquid Telecom and ZOL have been shortlisted for Awards at AfricaCom in various categories like fintech, customer experience and innovation. Today, I’m going to share with you some of the talks that you might not want to miss at AfricaCom…