By Nigel Gambanga Zimbabwe and other countries in SADC could soon be setting mobile data tariffs in line with regional guidelines following plans by a regional telecoms body to enforce universal data tariffs across the region by 2019. This was one of the issues raised at a regional meeting for…
By Edwin Chabuka A couple of decades back, the television was invented. It was designed to provide audible entertainment with an added visual dimension to it and up to now engineers have been battling it out to improve the technology even further. Since the dawn of televisions the main focus…
By Edwin Chabuka The Astro Genesis Phab comes through as the long awaited premium offering from the manufacturer. It comes with quite a bit of interesting features that might just snatch your attention for a little bit. Let’s dive into the details shall we. The following is a technical review…
By Nigel Gambanga The national election body, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has announced that there will be no biometric voting or any form of electronic voting in 2018 and that the Biometric system being put in place is strictly for registration. Articles appeared first on Techzim;Zimbabwe rules out biometric…
By Batsirai Chikadaya Techzim was recently alerted of TelOne’s plans to introduce a $5 ADSL package to its line-up of ADSL products. We did a bit of digging and ended up being informed (unofficially) that TelOne will be introducing a $5 for 5GB ADSL package that will be valid for…
By Nigel Gambanga Having said that, here is a look at the popular Zimbabwean broadband packages from the dominant players in the market. The figures give a picture of how much people are paying to go online locally. Articles appeared first on Techzim;How much is the internet in Zimbabwe? –…
By Batsirai Chikadaya According to a report published in the Newsday earlier today, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has in the past five months (August 2016-December 2016) utilised more than $300 million in current transactions through Visa and MasterCard. Speaking at the inaugural Gold Sector Awards, the RBZ Governor, Dr…
By Batsirai Chikadaya In November 2016, Telecel and the Minister of ICT announced the completion of ZARNET’s 100% acquisition of Telecel International which owned 60% of Telecel Zimbabwe successfully making the Government owned entity Telecel Zimbabwe’s majority shareholder. ZARNET’s acquisition of Telecel International was financially backed by NSSA who provided…
By Guest Author Law has largely remained unchanged; law professionals have looked upon innovation and technological advances with either skepticism at best or at worst, total indifference. This is beginning to change with a number of legal tech startups now setting up shop in various parts of Africa. Articles appeared…
By Edwin Chabuka WhatsApp updates just keep rolling out with additional tweaks and additions every other day. The most recent one is the increase in the number of images an individual can send to 30 at a time from the previous 10. Recently WhatsApp has added 2 step verification to…