By Alvine Chaparadza Twitter is recommending its users to immediately change their passwords after the company discovered a bug that stored passwords in plain text in an internal system. Although the company said there is no evidence passwords have been leaked or misused, it is urging its users to update…
By Tinashe Nyahasha So Kwese has been licensed finally, yaay! They have been given a total of three licenses. Content distribution license, webcasting license and video on demand license. Only one of those licenses makes sense and I am being generous… I believe this whole licensing stuff is not progressive…
By Alvine Chaparadza The uptake of Point of Sale machines has exceeded the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s expectations because of a 20 percent increase of POS devices in circulation. POS machines increased from 56 000 to 70000. The drive to have 100 000 devices hinges on the government’s objective to…
By Farai Mudzingwa A number of you have probably been waiting with baited breathe for the Zimswitch Payment Conference to start and you’re wondering what’s going on. Unfortunately, there was a flight delay and this has delayed the conference slightly. Those in-the-know were aware of the fact that it was…
By Guest Author By Vahid Monadjem, CEO of Nomanini Over the past two decades, a number of African economies have shown remarkable growth – with several African corporates establishing a formidable presence in the global arena. Alongside this growth, the continent has become a veritable hotbed of innovation, fuelled by…
By Alvine Chaparadza Facebook’s highly anticipated F8 developer conference happened on Monday, with founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg taking the stage to announce the latest updates to come from the social network’s universe. Not only was Zuckerberg sharing new features from the Facebook platform, but he also gave us glimpses…
By Alvine Chaparadza After months of court battles and periodic suspension of broadcasting in Zimbabwe, Kwese has finally been awarded three broadcasting licenses through Econet Media by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ). Yes, you heard it right, three broadcasting licenses. The three licenses are for Web Casting, Video On…
By Tinashe Nyahasha CBZ Bank joins a growing number of banks in Zimbabwe that are no longer processing manual (paper) transactions for the transfer of funds whether internally or across to other banks. Here’s their notice to customers: Discontinuation of acceptance of manual RTGS and Internal Funds Transfers CBZ Bank…
By Alvine Chaparadza As of today,CABS has effectively stopped processing DSTV payments through customers accounts. Following suit to other banks, CABS now require account holders to bring their US dollars in the form of cash to make their DSTV payments. The bank’s notice read: We would like to advise our…
By Alvine Chaparadza The phrase ‘Google it’ has become synonymous with searching for possible answers on the web with just a click. Ever since the advent of technology, the dependency on web-based information has multiplied at a phenomenal rate to an extent that life in the 21st century comes to…