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By Nigel Gambanga According to Netflix, an adjustment to the default setting will enable the streaming of 3 hours of content for 1GB of data. Locally that amount of data is currently available for an average of $2 through the various promotions being run by the three mobile operators. Articles…
By L.S.M Kabweza Earlier today we write on how tech can help Zimbabwe in both a short and long terms sense in its current predicament of a USD cash shortage and new Bond notes that Zimbabweans are generally very skeptical about. As indicated in that article, the loss of trust…
By L.S.M Kabweza M-vendr, the Zimbabwean founded fintech startup that was accepted into 500 Startups recently just revealed to us their monthly transactions on their Point of Sale token retailing platform has risen to 3 million from about 30,000 around this time last year. Michael Charangwa, the founder, says they…
By L.S.M Kabweza If you witnessed the sorry state of the Zimbabwean economy in the 100 trillion dollar note days, it’s hard to not be skeptical when the same government introduces a new note. That the note comes with the word “Bond” becomes just a technicality because the trust factor,…
By TelOne The TelOne Centre for Learning has partnered Informa Telecoms (a UK based research, training and events company that you probably know for the annual AfricaCom events) to offer the Informa Telecoms Mini MBA and LTE Courses in commercial and technology. The Telecoms Mini MBA is a 5 day…
By Dominic Mhiripiri Zivo wants to teach anyone an African language. What’s more, the startup is part of a much wider (and grander) effort to use technology as a tool for cultural preservation (language, knowledge, etc) on the African continent. The idea is that the best-known language-learning apps in the…
By Dominic Mhiripiri Pretoria-based app developer Greg Kawere, a Zimbabwean, has come up with an app that dubs itself a premier tool for learning African languages. Zivo wants to teach anyone an African language. What’s more, the startup is part of a much wider (and grander) effort to use technology…
By Dominic Mhiripiri Note There has already been a different start-up named Dariro (we covered it here), which provided platform for local pages (in the sense of a Facebook pages) and included a section for song lyrics for local music. That venture however reportedly went bust towards the end of…
By Nigel Gambanga For the next 90 days Econet’s prepaid subscribers will benefit from a daily airtime bonus allowance worth 7 times the airtime they use up. To qualify, each subscriber has to spend a minimum amount of airtime that is set by Econet as a daily target which is…
By Nigel Gambanga We know that all users of telecoms services will now be protected by the legal instrument which will reign in all operators to ensure that they provide the best sort of service with the best quality standards. Still, people are keen to find out how these regulations…