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By Batsirai Chikadaya If you’ve ever been in a fix and required help from the Econet Support team, there are now more ways to do it! Econet has opened its support lines of communication to Social Media for the convenience of its clients. Their twitter support team is quite responsive…

By Nigel Gambanga One of Africa’s regional fintech startups, Zoona, announced that it has raised US$15 million in a new round of funding. Articles appeared first on Techzim;African fintech startup Zoona secures $15 million investment, focuses on major growth over the next 4 years …read more Read more here:: Techzim…

By Batsirai Chikadaya Recently, POTRAZ released its Sector Performance Report for the first quarter of 2016. While looking into to the use of WhatsApp calling in comparison to Voice Calls I stumbled on some interesting statistics. Internet Access Providers (IAPs)- companies that provides individuals and other Internet Service Provider companies…

By Nigel Gambanga Local retail financial institution NMB Bank Zimbabwe has launched NMBlite – a low-cost bank account aimed at the lower end market. It has no monthly bank charges though it does carry a flat charge – 50 cents- for both bank and ATM withdrawals. Articles appeared first on…

By Batsirai Chikadaya My calling and texting habits is something I rarely put into perspective, more often I am more interested in the topic of discussion and quality of conversation than the medium I used to create the two-way communication channel. According to POTRAZ, 1 in 3 things we utilize…

By Nigel Gambanga In a recent address to a parliamentary committee, Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZPWMA) board member mentioned the authority had bought two aerial drone as well as sniffer dogs which will be used in the fight against elephant poaching. Articles appeared first on Techzim;Zimbabwean government acquires…

By Nigel Gambanga However, the most pronounced increase is evident in the year on year comparison of mobile data consumption. In the first quarter of 2015, mobile data use stood at 750.154 million megabytes. That number has since jumped by 101.3% to the 1.510 billion megabytes total recorded for March…

By Nigel Gambanga The statements from the Minister follow a string of other warnings against social media abuse issued by the government over the past month and a half. Zimbabwe has experienced an upsurge in online civic engagement and political activism popularised by campaigns like #ThisFlag and #Tajamuka. Articles appeared…

By Nigel Gambanga Fixed voice revenue for the first three months of the year came to $30.67 million down from $35.341 million recorded in the last quarter of 2015. TelOne’s monthly Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) came to $30.58 during the same period. Articles appeared first on Techzim;TelOne’s fixed voice…

By Batsirai Chikadaya It wasn’t too long ago we reported on ShowMax, the NASPERS owned video-on-demand (VOD) service doubling its active users in the first part of 2016 from 5 million active users to 10 million active users. This has now been followed up by the expansion of its international…