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By Nigel Gambanga NetOne and TelOne, two State-owned, Zimbabwean telecoms operators have been directed by the government to jointly implements their individual network expansion projects. The Sunday Mail reports that this was shared by TelOne corporate communications manager Melody Harry who also highlighted the merits of the shared infrastructure approach…

By Edwin Chabuka As if the previous inventory of emoji was not enough, Whatsapp has pushed out an update with a whole entourage of new emoji. If you look closely you will see how WhatsApp is trying to resolve gender equality in the new inventory of emoji putting male and…

By Edwin Chabuka If you always wanted to work for Google you should be happy to hear that Google is looking for people in Zimbabwe who have at least a diploma in IT who want to get involved in the Digital Africa Google Program to train one million young Africans…

By Nigel Gambanga Zimbabwe’s mobile network operators (MNO) have been facing a lot of criticism for the high cost of mobile data with the peak of this public outrage expressed in January when Econet Wireless, the country’s largest operator adopted a floor price strategy which raised the cost of data…

By Nigel Gambanga Zimbabwean Hip Hop star ExQ recently signed a content deal with South African mobile network operator MTN which will share a handful of his hit songs as caller ring tones. Articles appeared first on Techzim;Zimbabwean Hip Hop star ExQ secures caller tunes deal with MTN South Africa…

By Nigel Gambanga The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has introduced the $5 bond note, releasing $15 million worth of the new money into the market. The notes started circulating on Thursday 2 February 2017. The new note is purple in colour and carries images of the balancing rocks and…

By Nigel Gambanga Econet Wireless Zimbabwe’s extraordinary general meeting (EGM) aimed at considering a proposed US$130 million capital raise through a rights offer will go ahead on Friday the 3rd of February 2017 despite a directive from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) to postpone it until the operator clarifies certain…

By Nigel Gambanga If you are in Zimbabwe and are holding shares in Econet Wireless Zimbabwe you are probably relieved to know that the telecoms operator and the Reserve Bank have created a facility to help you take part in its US$130 million rights issue. Instead of paying into an…

By Nigel Gambanga As a way of protecting local shareholders who were faced with the challenge of participating in the rights offer by paying for the new shares through a foreign currency deposit, RBZ and Econet have agreed that Econet will open a rights offer account with a local receiving…

By Nigel Gambanga Evan Mawarire, the pastor and political activist behind the #ThisFlag online campaign has been arrested at Harare International Airport. This was Mawarire’s return to Zimbabwe ever since he left in 2016. Mawarire’s #ThisFlag campaign drew a lot of followers and created engagement in political issues and the…