By William Chui This is an article that contains referral links and we may receive financial benefit if you decide to take action on any thing listed below. We will ONLY refer stuff that we ourselves will use here at the office Touted as the world’s biggest sale (whether online…
By Guest Author UNICEF today announces its first portfolio of investments in open source technology solutions including tools that improve connectivity, real time data collection, identity technology and learning. The UNICEF Innovation Fund applies a venture capital approach to source solutions for issues like transportation, identity, wearable technology, finance, and…
By Batsirai Chikadaya UNICEF, the United Nations program that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries, is looking to invest in emerging markets tech start-ups. The UNICEF Innovation Fund is looking to invest in solutions for issues like transportation, identity, wearable technology, finance, and personal…
By Batsirai Chikadaya WhatsApp video calling will now be available to all its users and all platforms in its next official app update. Android, Windows Mobile, and iOS users can expect to have the feature available which will allow video calling across all OS platforms. Previously the video calling feature…
We have the best mobile internet in Zimbabwe- Econet, but does that matter to subscribers right now?
By Batsirai Chikadaya Last week Thursday we attended the launch of Econet’s new “Smart Data Network” campaign which it plans to advertise across the country via an ambitious print and broadcast media drive to raise awareness of internet use over its network in Zimbabwe The event itself was slightly obscured…
By Guest Author The Article below is a sponsored article with content supplied by Clamore Power. Please see our policy on sponsored stories. Following my exploratory “Countdown to Alternative Energy” write-ups that I have posted over the last two weeks, (Part 1 & Part 2) a few questions have come…
By Batsirai Chikadaya The TechVillage, a coworking space and innovation centre in Bulawayo, has postponed its much-anticipated regional festival and tech meetup, TechFest, previously scheduled to meant to run from the 15th -19th of November 2016. According to TechVillage the decision to postpone the event was made following recommendations from…
By William Suk I have been using bitcoin to send money to Zimbabwe for more than a year in order to save money on fees and make a small profit on the exchange rate. As a result, I now use only about $275 to send $300 to my parents’ EcoCash…
By Batsirai Chikadaya TEDxHarare will be hosting a series of talks under the Global Entrepreneurship Week theme in Harare next week. The talks will run from Monday, 14 November, until Friday, 18 November. As you may have become aware of, these are not the first TEDx talks in Zimbabwe, TEDxHarare…
By Batsirai Chikadaya Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) Zimbabwe kicks off next week Monday, 14 November, and ends on Thursday, 17 November. The Global event is held for one week each November with over 160 countries participating in events and competitions with the aim of engaging entrepreneurial activity creating a platform…