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By Nigel Gambanga Econet’s US$130 million rights issue which was recently approved by its shareholder has attracted the attention of the government and could result in the revision of a shareholding arrangement that has allowed a chunk of the operator’s shares to reside outside Zimbabwe. In a recent hearing with…

By Nigel Gambanga Econet Wireless Zimbabwe’s shareholders recently approved a US$130 million rights issue at an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) held in Harare recently. A total of 6 resolutions which had been tabled were all approved by shareholders in the mobile network operator. With the green light from its principals,…

By Nigel Gambanga Zimbabwe’s Minister of ICT, Supa Mandiwanzira recently told the parliament of Zimbabwe that contrary to what has been said repeatedly by Econet Wireless Zimbabwe about its licence payment fees, the mobile operator did not pay its licence its full and part of the payment was actually made…

By Nigel Gambanga Supa Mandiwanzira addressing Parliament The Zimbabwean government used money from the Universal Services Fund (USF) to partly finance its acquisition of Telecel Zimbabwe. This information was shared by the Minister of ICT, Supa Mandiwanzira in an evidentiary hearing with the parliamentary committee on ICT held today. Responding…

By Nigel Gambanga GTeL the local phone brand that’s positioned itself as one of the leading providers of devices on credit is rewarding some of its customers with free data. According to a promotion posted on ist social media platform, GTeL will be offering users of the GTeL X4 and…

By Edwin Chabuka Most if not all households or companies with WiFi installed be it ADSL or Fiber make use of security keys to prevent unauthorized users from consuming their data and congesting their bandwidth. This method for most of the part is holding up fine. However technology is ever…

By Nigel Gambanga Zimbabwe’s Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres have started teaching all subjects using local languages, including vernacular languages. The languages listed and recognised as official in Zimbabwe are English, Shona, Ndebele, Sign Language, Ndau, Chewa, Chibarwe, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Shangani, Shona, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda and Xhosa. Most…

By Nigel Gambanga Both POTRAZ and the Minister are expected to attend an evidentiary hearing scheduled for the 6th of February (today) at 2 pm and offer clarification as to what transpired and highlight how this will affect mobile data use for Zimbabweans. Articles appeared first on Techzim;POTRAZ & Supa…

By Nigel Gambanga Econet Wireless, Zimbabwe’s largest mobile network operator (MNO) has come under some scrutiny regarding a tax evasion and externalisation scandal which alleges that the MNO deprived the country of up to US$300 million. The issue, which first drew attention in 2014 recently resurfaced after media reports, citing…

By Nigel Gambanga Econet Wireless Zimbabwe – the country’s largest mobile network operator, and some ZIMRA bosses are alleged to have connived in the evasion of taxes and externalising of cash between 2009 and 2013. An article published in the Sunday Mail highlights these allegations and points to a forensic…