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By Garikai Dzoma In Shona there is a famous proverb: Kudzidza hakuperi. While it is often translated as “Learning never stops”, which is a statement, I often think of it as more of an imperative: Learning should never stop. This is Gospel to those in the ICT field The ICT…

By Alvine Chaparadza The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has just completed crafting a draft rule book for Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs). An MVNO is a mobile telecoms company that uses the hard infrastructure of Mobile Network Operators, like Econet and Telecel to provide mobile phone…

By Farai Mudzingwa Google has selected 12 startups that will participate in the first-ever Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa. Globally, the Launchpad Accelerator began providing assistance to startups in 2015, and back then the program was only available to a select few in Latin America and Asian. In early 2017 it…

By Alvine Chaparadza Facebooks shares lost $37 billion as the market responds to the scandal the firm is involved in. The social network giant has ignited a political backlash and seemingly an economic backlash as well in US and UK following reports that it provided access of data on 50…

By Garikai Dzoma So you all remember how I have declared a war on my now quickly disappearing pot-belly. The goal is to have it replaced by pure muscle in the next three months and I think I have been hitting the right strides. One way to make sure that…

By Alvine Chaparadza Following yesterday’s rebranding from MBCA, Nedbank Zimbabwe said they want to play a dominant role in financing the private sector. The bank alluded to the mantra “Zimbabwe is open for business” as a key influence for them to choose funnelling funds to the private sector. This initiative…

By Farai Mudzingwa The Zimbabwe National Road Administration(ZINARA) is introducing a new Pre-paid card that will enable users to transact at toll gates in a quicker and more efficient manner. How do you get to pay? Every time a new service is introduced users are always crossing their fingers hoping…

By Farai Mudzingwa On Friday I received messages from Econet notifying me that I had used 55c of my main account airtime for data browsing. I rushed to turn off out-of-bundle browsing thinking I had left the option on after the last time I used it. It turns out the…

By Edwin Chabuka MBCA Bank officially rebrands to Nedbank. Here is the video The post [Video] MBCA Bank Officially Re-branded To Nedbank Zimbabwe appeared first on Techzim. …read more Read more here:: Techzim Feed…

By Alvine Chaparadza Bitcoin’s price plunged below $7000 and then rose up amid rumours that Twitter is following suit to Facebook and Google in banning cryptocurrency related advertisements. According to Sky News, this policy change could be enacted in two weeks time. Facebook was the first of these Sillicon Valley…