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By L.S.M Kabweza How do I react to a *customer* receiving Kshs 10,000 a month in free credit, consuming it all (asking for more actually) but actively telling potential customers not to use us because he is unhappy about some facet of our product he’s not let us know about?…
By Nigel Gambanga For a while we have been talking about the lowered tariffs that local regulator POTRAZ ordered the MNOs to effect by the end of 2014. This was back in October and everyone had expected each MNO to have responded to that by now. Its not surprising then…
By Nigel Gambanga In just one week we are going to be counting down to the end of 2014 and ushering in another year that will hopefully be better than this one. Everyone who had their hand in business and entrepreneurship, like guys who are part of a tech startup…
By Nigel Gambanga If 2014 is going to be remembered for anything in broadband services, the bundles sensation has to be one of them. Well, three bundles actually, when you count the Facebook Bundles (Telecel got into those this year), WhatsApp Bundles and the Econet Opera Mini bundles introduced a…
By Nigel Gambanga This is a special edition of the Techzim Podcast that marks the end of the year 2014. In this episode we review the successes and failures in tech and what stood out for us locally and internationally in the world of technology. Topics discussed include broadband advances…
By Nigel Gambanga In this episode of the weekly Techzim podcast we discuss a host of trending topics in tech this past week. Some of the topics include the $20 Astro Goat WhatsApp phone from Astro Zimbabwe, the ADSL recharge cards that TelOne introduced in this past week, the number…
By Prince Jones We are fast approaching the end of this year. Like every other year before it, there have been both hits and misses from the tech world. From awesome devices and software slip-ups here is a quick run through at what was worth the mention in this device…
By L.S.M Kabweza No, that #Mbudzi in the title is not a joke. Astro has actually released a phone by that name. It’s called Astro Goat. Mbudzi, for those of you not in Zimbabwe, is Shona vernacular for goat, and generally means feature-phone here. How the feature phone was named…
By Nigel Gambanga The Zimbabwean financial services sector has never been for the fickle.It takes a lot to survive in the territory, what with all the turmoil and uncertainty that characterises the industry. Just ask any of the institutions that have survived the local financial services roller coaster. Standard Chartered…
By Nigel Gambanga Telecel Zimbabwe is still out to give you reason to cross over to its network, this time its with a workaround for the absence of mobile number portability. The Telecel number matching service has just been unveiled as part of its Switch Over Campaign. This service allows…