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By L.S.M Kabweza Sharing infrastructure in the telecommunications industry is a very complicated matter. The Reason boils down mostly to: I invested so much in expanding my infrastructure so that I compete effectively with you. It is economic madness to force me to share my infrastructure. An clear opportunity agreed…
By L.S.M Kabweza Several reports from yesterday say that Kwanele Ngwenya, CEO of Econet owned financial institution, Steward Bank, has been forced out. The bank itself confirmed Ngwenya’s leaving in a statement but said he isn’t being let go. He’s chosen not to renew his contract is what they say.…
By Nigel Gambanga 2015 started off with mobile subscribers celebrating the good news that as had been promised the voice tariffs for the country’s mobile network operators had been reduced. Unfortunately we didn’t see a tumble in the cost of mobile data accompanying this change. The same could be said…
By L.S.M Kabweza Zimbabwe’s tech startup ecosystem is young. Counting the startups that look like they’re onto something on the fingers of your hand is a sure way to realise that the human hands have too many fingers! Off the top of my head, if anyone ever asks, I keep…
By L.S.M Kabweza After almost 4 years of publishing the tech blog that is HumanIPO, the Capetown based startup announced yesterday that they are shutting it down. The reason: no sufficient amount of traffic to make it an interesting business to continue. Essentially, they couldn’t monetize the blog adequately, or…
By Nigel Gambanga Just yesterday we were tallking about recharge.co.zw, the online workaround for buying ZESA prepaid electricity that lets you use your EcoCash and Telecash mobile wallets as well as options like VISA and Zimswitch. It turns out that there’s another solution similar to this called ZymPay. Unlike recharge.co.zw,…
By Nigel Gambanga Whenever we talk about the issue of paying for your ZESA prepaid electricity everyone remembers how Econet was shut out from an integration with ZESA for mobile money payment leaving One Wallet as the only option for the many people used to mobile money transactions. Thankfully someone…
By Nigel Gambanga Creating great content is never easy, especially when you are trying to do it as something more than just a hobby. Your material has to be relevant, fresh and worth the audience or market’s time. When you’ve nailed that, you can then turn to tech to present…
By Garikai Dzoma During the free SABC/eTV signals era this Mitchum ad was one of my favorite ads. A dude (dudes are way cooler than ordinary men) stands holding a horse by its reins and asks the viewers what they would think if he were to offer them the pictured…
By Nigel Gambanga It’s only a few days into the new year and a lot of things have started to change in the Zimbabwean technology space. From tariff reductions to promotions being ended it looks like there is going to be a lot to expect. In all of this here…