By Nigel Gambanga However, one other enormous benefit will be the management of water consumption and the city’s water resources. Harare has struggled with this for decades, and while prepaid services compel residents to manage water, they also play the important role of helping the city keep track of faults…
By Nigel Gambanga Uber won’t have the market to itself. Safaricom, Kenya’s largest mobile telecoms operator has unveiled its own Uber-like cab service called Little Cab which is meant to provide a metropolitan transport solution at a lower cost. Articles appeared first on Techzim;Uber launches in Thika, Kenya – Fights…
By Nigel Gambanga To be fair, though, it doesn’t look like ZB Bank is looking for a “never-been-seen-before” effect. The financial services group instead, seems to be focused on one major goal – offering a financial inclusion tool that can help it expand its use case and its presence among…
By Nigel Gambanga The market might be dominated by MultiChoice but that doesn’t mean it’s the only option. In fact, as the market leader has lost some subscribers in the past year, that change also suggests that subscribers have alternatives. Articles appeared first on Techzim;It’s not just DStv, here are…
By Nigel Gambanga ZB Bank started its own agent network in 2015 and has so far grown this to a total of 6,000 agents with plans to grow this to 10,000 agents by the end of 2016. A bank card that is distributed and supported through all these agents would…
By Nigel Gambanga ZB Bank started its own agent network in 2015 and has so far grown this to a total of 6,000 agents with plans to grow this to 10,000 agents by the end of 2016. A bank card that is distributed and supported through all these agents would…
By Nigel Gambanga African telecoms carrier and Econet Wireless Group subsidiary Liquid Telecom has acquired a controlling stake in Neotel, the South African fixed telecoms operator. This comes after Tata Communications, the majority shareholder of Neotel (it holds 68,5%) entered into an agreement to dispose of its stake for 6.55…
By Nigel Gambanga Under its video entertainment segment which covers services like DStv and GOtv Naspers registered a loss of 228,000 subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Articles appeared first on Techzim;Naspers loses subscribers as DStv annual price increases negatively impact the media giant …read more Read more here:: Techzim Feed…
By Nigel Gambanga According to Nadir Khamissa the Hello Group CEO, in the past 6 months, Hello Paisa has grown by 500% and so far it has registered over 70,000 sign ups who use the service to send money from South Africa to Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan and…
By Nigel Gambanga TelOne, the Zimbabwean fixed telecoms operator recently shared information on its WiFi hotspots. According to Chipo Mtasa, TelOne’s Managing Director, the operator currently has 103 hotspots nationwide. Articles appeared first on Techzim;TelOne grows nationwide public WiFi presence, now has over 100 hotspots …read more Read more here::…