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By William Chui An announcement has been made by MultiChoice South Africa that the cost of DSTV bouquets go up with effect from 1 April 2017. This increases the cost of their packages by between 4-7%, but interestingly, even at the new prices that will come into effect, Zimbabwe’s will…
By Guest Author It’s high time the government wakes up and be driven by economic rather than political interests in its policies. Articles appeared first on Techzim;DStv is not the problem, government’s restriction of the media is …read more Read more here:: Techzim Feed…
By Edwin Chabuka Things are not looking good at all in Blackberry’s back yard with their shrinking market share falling to a rock bottom 0.0%. According to Gartner analytics Blackberry managed to ship out 207 000 smartphones in Q4 2016 which is a 22.8% decline from its Q4 shipments in…
By Nigel Gambanga The government of Zimbabwe has taken over the acquisition of the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits, replacing the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) which had stepped in because of Zimbabwe’s strained resources. Articles appeared first on Techzim;Zimbabwe government takes over acquisition of Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits…
By Nigel Gambanga DStv subscriptions and card payments totalling US$206 million were the second highest driver of foreign currency payments between July and December 2016. According to the RBZ Governor about US$45 million of that was for DStv payments. Articles appeared first on Techzim;Zimbabwe spent US$45 million on DStv subscriptions…
By Nigel Gambanga In 2016 mobile money payments in Zimbabwe accounted for 81.2% of all electronic payment transactions maintaining the dominance mobile money services have had in transaction volumes. Articles appeared first on Techzim;Mobile money accounts for 81.2% of transactions in Zimbabwe, RTGS leads in transaction value – RBZ …read…
By Nigel Gambanga During this period Zimbabwean foreign currency payments for DStv and card transactions exceeded other transactions such as the importation of raw materials for the manufacture of products like cooking oil, maize imports and the allocation for machinery and telecoms equipment. Articles appeared first on Techzim;DStv subs &…
By Edwin Chabuka It is going to be quite a big year folks. The titans of the smartphone arena are out for blood and we cannot wait to see the offerings that will take centre stage at the annual Mobile World Congress later this month. Here is a line up…
By Nigel Gambanga Zimbabwe’s Monetary Policy Statement for 2017 has been presented by the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Dr John Mangudya. It highlights the steps that the RBZ is taking to regulate monetary policy and activity in the country including measures to deal with the cash crisis…
By Nigel Gambanga Zimbabwe processed Point of Sale (POS) transactions worth US$2.9 billion in 2016 with POS volumes increasing by 260% during the same period. POS transactions are all payments made at swipe machines using plastic money in the form of debit and credit cards. According to the Reserve Bank…