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By Nigel Gambanga NetOne, Zimbabwe’s second largest mobile network operator (MNO) and one of the country’s state-owned telecoms providers has paid US$4 million towards its licence and negotiated a payment plan for the balance. This information was shared by NetOne’s Chief Executive Officer, Brian Mutandiro, in an evidentiary hearing with…

By Edwin Chabuka iPhone users have been graced by a new update from WhatsApp that allows them to send messages whilst they are offline. How it does this is you can send a message with no connection and the messages are queued until the device is back online. Previously this…

By Edwin Chabuka Enough of the times I have always had overheating issues with a couple of of my smartphones because of the relatively heavy usage I put them through. Once the heat got too much to handle then it was off to the refrigerator where I would leave my…

By Nigel Gambanga Called the ITU Regional Economic and Financial Forum of Telecoms/ICT for Africa it brings together various stakeholders in African telecoms including service providers, regulators, academics and state representatives. Articles appeared first on Techzim;POTRAZ is hosting African telecoms stakeholders’ regional forum on tariffs standards …read more Read more…

By Edwin Chabuka WhatsApp development forum WABeta says it is working on a feature that notifies the person you are video chatting with of your low battery. In latest WhatsApp beta for Android versions, the user can receive a notification about low battery level during a call. #whatsappbeta pic.twitter.com/OntCDXo4y7 —…

By Nigel Gambanga Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, the country’s largest and only listed telecoms operator had an extremely turbulent week marked by a significant fall in its share price. It closed the week ending on the 27th of January with a share price of 18 cents and a market capitalisation of…

By Edwin Chabuka There are a number of screen recorders out there but none quite like the Ace iPhone screen recorder. The major takeaway is how completely simple it is to mirror a well as record your iPhone display on your Windows or Mac PC. The Application utilizes the iPhone…

By Nigel Gambanga It’s fair to assume that the government is either unaware of how much work has been done or it’s just lying to citizens to cover up a serious case of project mismanagement. Articles appeared first on Techzim;Update on Zimbabwe’s digitisation creates doubt about its “progress”- project 25%…

By Nigel Gambanga Strive Masiyiwa, the founder and Chairman of the Econet Group recently gave an update on the product development and roll-out plans of Kwesé TV, the pay-TV service owned by Econet Media, the entertainment subsidiary of the telecommunications group. In a post providing some entrepreneurial insights on Kwesé…

By Nigel Gambanga Some people looking for entertainment alternatives probably know Uhuru TV, the Zimbabwean media startup and Internet TV service that emerged in early 2016. The team there has been a bit quiet for a while, which was probably a sign of the work they were involved in, trying…