By Nigel Gambanga Saisai, one of the Zimbabwean startups that pitched and won an award at DEMO Africa Some good news for local startups looking for exposure and the opportunity to secure investors – DEMO Africa 2017 is now open for applications with Zimbabwe set to take part on the…
By Guest Author This article was written by Clinton Mutambo, the founder and CEO of Esaja.com where it was originally posted. The city of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) was once a regional manufacturing powerhouse. An extensive railway network coupled with bustling factories and skilled labour churned out everything from clothing to locomotives.…
By Nigel Gambanga Zimbabwe’s Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Dr Lazarus Dokora has been sued for US$3.5 million by two Zimbabwean software development firms over the alleged piracy of an online enrolment system. According to the Herald the two companies – Assist Limited and Purple Divine Technology – are…
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By Tinashe Nyahasha On Monday I attended the re-launch of the Advertising Standards Authority. It was great for me to attend for four chief reasons: (1) A lady called Odette van der Haar (2) I learnt a lot about self regulation within an industry (3) Attending cured me of a…
By L.S.M Kabweza Facebook just released a press release announcing that their Chief Product Officer, Chris Cox, is visiting Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal this week to explore opportunities for the American social media giant. Cox will visit the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology, a Ghanaian startup university of sorts that…
By Nigel Gambanga Plans to hack that away now suggests that perhaps users aren’t cosying up to it even though Econet has said “thousands” of users are signing up. If that’s the case, it would be a damper for Econet which needs all the Over the Top services revenues it…
By Nigel Gambanga Simply called YouTube TV, the live TV service will be available first in the United States. Subscriptions have been set at US$35 per month which will get you (up to six users per account by the way) 44 channels including access to YouTube Red – the $10…
By Edwin Chabuka When WhatsApp stepped into the scene is had a simple selling point. To be the most affordable and convenient messaging application there is. However looking at the usage of this popular communication tool and how it has evolved, one might wonder if it still needs to be…
By L.S.M Kabweza When the Nokia 3310 was a big deal in Zimbabwe, back in 2003, I didn’t have a phone. I had never owned one. I was in college and couldn’t afford a phone. But this was one phone model I knew about. We all know about the Nokia…