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By Nigel Gambanga It’s been exactly one year since we mentioned the struggle MultChoice was facing with Zimbabweans that subscribe to DStv South Africa instead of the Zimbabwean bouquets. This practice, although popular in a post-Free-To-Air-Decoder Zimbabwe, is illegal. Yesterday, it was reported by the Chronicle that MultiChoice Zimbabwe terminated…

By L.S.M Kabweza Sometimes, when you find you don’t read, watch or listen much to local content anymore, you start thinking maybe you just don’t like local stuff. And you hang your head in shame, because how are we supposed to grow if we’re not consuming each other’s content? Then…

By Nigel Gambanga “Government Orders Telecel to Stop Operating.” That headline from the national broadcaster ought to have kicked off interesting conversations at dinner. I wouldn’t be so quick to take it any further than that though. From what has been unfolding in this playground fight for Telecel Zimbabwe, a…

By L.S.M Kabweza A report just published this evening by the government owned Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), says Telecel has been ordered by the government to stop operations outright. We’ve tried to get in touch with the company, but no response has come so far. We understand though that VimpelCom…

By Nigel Gambanga What’s the latest on digitisation? There’s a lot of activity that we are starting to see regarding this project, but I’m one of the many people that have doubts that this going to happen on time. Still, the people involved are out to allay our fears. Today…

By Nigel Gambanga By now we’ve all heard of 3D Printing and have seen acres and acres of space dedicated to the praise that has been showered on this new revolution in manufacturing. It all seems pretty foreign and reserved just for geek enthusiasts and the boldest of manufacturing giants…

By Nigel Gambanga You can never get enough of screen size. That logic that has been the driver behind the transformation of mobile phones from small and easy to handle toys into larger, well-sized devices with ample displays. It’s what makes sense in a world where we watch more video…

By Nigel Gambanga We’re one month away from pre-orders for the Apple Watch and some people are going to fork out $10,000 for it. That ought to be the only story from the Apple Spring Forward event in California, but it isn’t. What were the highlights? Quite a bit was…

By Nigel Gambanga If you want to make a tonne of money as a consumer electronics corporation there’s a lot that’s supposed to be a priority for you. Two items on the list, however, are pretty obvious; making a great product and crafting a marketing strategy that will put most…

By Garikai Dzoma This is the latest article in the series “Solar Power for Dummies.” As we said in the previous article, the components we have looked at so far are good enough to build a rudimentary solar system, a very crude one that is in many ways dangerous both…