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By Nigel Gambanga The landscape around internet service delivery is changing rapidly, something that has resulted in ISPs like ZOL exploring the possibilities of extending services into the provision of entertainment services (IPTV) and VoIP calling, something that has been offered by other IAPs for a while now. The exciting…

By Nigel Gambanga The biggest news in East African tech entrepreneurship this past week has to be about the new venture fund that Safaricom launched a few days ago, aimed at encouraging the development of tech solutions and mobile application development. It’s hardly surprising that Safaricom is the network operator…

By Nigel Gambanga Last weekend Zimbabwe had its second Startup Weekend Harare that was held at Hypercube Hub where 3 teams walked away as winners. Despite the victory celebrated on Sunday afternoon these teams are still in competition at another level, The Global Startup Battle. This competition is open to…

By Nigel Gambanga Learning how to code is important for everyone, and I’m not just saying that because it’s geek rhetoric – Its a fact supported by the state of skills demand for the 21st century. Locally we always harp on about how we would benefit by having programming introduced…

By Nigel Gambanga Yesterday the minister of Finance presented the 2015 Zimbabwe National Budget, a document that ideally is a huge focus for everyone, especially individuals involved in business and entrepreneurship or keen on it. Out of the acres of details on the state of the Zimbabwean economy and the…

By Nigel Gambanga Developers will tell you how app downloads always serve as massive validation for the work you do, so a resounding download total is always celebrated.The good thing is there are local development outfits that have reason to be jubilant because of such forms of validation. Bulawayo based…

By Nigel Gambanga Recently Zimpapers took a huge step into online business with a news hub that represents all their print editions as well as as a new site targeted at sports news. Part of this new effort also includes a new online classifieds site, zimpapersclassifieds.co.zw, which essentially extends their…

By Nigel Gambanga Between the 7th and the 12th of November several tech entrepreneurs with different skills trooped across 4 Southern African countries on a bus with the sole objective of birthing tech startups and exploring the startup environment in the region. They also had the opportunity to pitch their…

By Nigel Gambanga Earlier today Steward Bank, a wholly owned entity of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, introduced its new Agent Banking model to the public at a launch in Harare. Under this new model, selected EcoCash agents will offer a number of services under the Steward Bank banner. Steward Bank is…

By Nigel Gambanga We recently got wind of a new service that Econet is set to release through its Econet Health arm. The service is called Dial-a Doctor and it is still going through it’s pilot run. The Dial-a-Doctor service hasn’t been opened up to the public because of some…