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By Nigel Gambanga It’s only one month into the year so it’s still OK to have a long list of resolutions and to make a set of promises. Even the captains of industry are on the same tip actually. As far as promises and expectations in local tech are concerned,…

By L.S.M Kabweza Now that we have gotten the introduction stuff out of the way its time for you to get acquainted with some of the basics of electricity in general and solar power in particular. I won’t be introducing anything scary, I promise, just the basics you snoozed through…

By L.S.M Kabweza So yesterday’s news about Brainworks offering to buy 40% of Telecel Zimbabwe was much welcome news. The market needs a thriving Telecel, so this glimmer of hope in something potentially ending the impasse and albatross around the company’s neck for years now, is easily overrated. The truth…

By Nigel Gambanga Zimbabwe’s alternative stock exchange for small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) is yet to be launched but it has already attracted a lot of attention. This is what happens when everyone wants to keep an eye out for the next pool of investors for their business. This…

By L.S.M Kabweza So a few days ago when we posted the download of the POTRAZ quarterly report on the state of internet services in Zimbabwe, the first comment on the article was: I am tickled by these figures! 285 Active VSAT terminals? really let’s be serious here. 1741 Fibre…

By Nigel Gambanga You can now shoot, edit and share video on Twitter. Capture life’s most moving moments from your perspective. pic.twitter.com/31JoMS50ha — Twitter (@twitter) January 27, 2015 Nothing lasts forever and the best things in life are free. It’s beyond cliche’ but that doesn’t make it any less true.…

By L.S.M Kabweza In a move that’s likely to breath new life into Telecel Zimbabwe, local private equity equity investment and advisory firm, Brainworks Capital Management, has offered to buy the 40% minority stake held by The Empowerment Corporation in the telecoms firm. A report in today’s Herald Newspaper says…

By Nigel Gambanga Earlier today the whole world experienced a Facebook and Instagram outage which lasted for an hour. Facebook has taken responsibility for the disruption citing a technical fault encountered when a change introduced affected the system’s configuration. It turned out that other services like Tinder and HipChat were…

By Nigel Gambanga If the promotions coming out of Telecel are anything to go by, the Red mobile network is literally scrambling to regain solid footing as the lead competitor in Zimbabwean telecoms. First there was the number matching service, meant to make the process of crossing over to Telecel…

By Nigel Gambanga The Zimbabwean e-commerce online retailing story is still far from mature and engaging, that’s hardly a secret. That’s not taking anything away from the providers that have established revenue streams online. It’s just puzzling that it is still failing to get accepted so readily. The reasons are…