MTN, South Africa’s second biggest mobile operator is to appear before the Independent Communications Authority of SA’s (ICASA’s) Complaints and Compliance Committee (CCC) for failing to comply with the part of the regulation that requires notifying the authority at least seven days prior to the provision of a charged service. The regulator…
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Telecommunications giant, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, continues to blossom in the employee wellness turf as part of its broader business strategy. Corporate health and well-being programmes are cost effective ways for employers to harness talent while improving the well-being of their employees. Besides funding events like the Econet Victoria Falls Marathon…
Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe recently unveiled plans to introduce tractors and ambulance services under its Vaya division. By the time the next planting season starts, farmers will be able to find a tractor within minutes, anywhere in Zimbabwe, said the company in an update yesterday. The move is part of an…
The EcoCash Reward programme is powered by Cashback APP Africa, the international loyalty business.
The battle between Please Call me inventor Nkosana Kenneth Makate and his former employer Vodacom continues to rage on. While there seems to be no light yet at the end of the tunnel for Makate regarding compensation for his invention, he has in the meantime taken a dig at his…
MTN, a South African based mobile telecommunications giant, has sealed a deal with Oracle Cloud Applications to drive one of the largest digital transformations in the global telecom industry across all its core business operations. The implementation is expected to help MTN drive efficiency, scale operations and integration across its…
The government says the National Data Centre Project is nearing completion and has called on industry and the continent to invest more in data centers given their importance to regional economies. The Deputy Minister of ICT, Postal and Courier Services, Dr Jenfan Muswere said they are forging ahead with the…
Strive Masiyiwa, the Founder and Executive Chairman of the Econet Group, says mini-power grids based on solar energy are the solution to Africa’s energy problem. Masiyiwa made the prediction at a global conference of investors in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. “The technology for solar power and battery…
NetOne Board reinstated suspended CEO Mr Lazarus Muchenje as the new NetOne CEO, regardless of the challenge by Chief Secretary to the President, Dr Misheck Sibanda. Sources close to the developments have reiterated that the chief secretary is acting outside his jurisdiction and has no mandate to appoint or dismiss…
Amidst all the hype about the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S10, the sudden announcement about Samsung’s new tablet, the Galaxy Tab S5e, went quite unnoticed, even though some renders about the new Galaxy Tab S5e popped up online earlier yesterday. Currently, there wasn’t a single Android tablet we could wholeheartedly recommend, but the new…
The update, presently in iOS beta, is being rolled out to give users an added level of privacy and prevent acts of cyber-bullying and infringement.
A ton of new data centers are coming.
It’s good news for Premium subscribers, but it looks like everyone else will have to fork out a little more for their DStv subscriptions from 1 April.
Econet Launches Community Solar Programme In Rural Matabeleland
The Founder and Executive Chairman of the Econet Group, Strive Masiyiwa, noted via Facebook that his friend, Akinwunmi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), used to tell him that “Agriculture is not a development activity, but an industry.” That is not far from the truth because the importance of…
Walmart and Google-backed Deliv have ended their same-day grocery delivery pilot.
Debt-ridden Zifa has sunk into deeper financial problems, as the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) pursues the $1,2 million they loaned out to the football governing body. Zifa board member finance, Philemon Machana once mentioned that they were pinning their hopes on the government settling the Potraz…
The standalone VPN app was discontinued last April.
Airtel and Telkom are merging to create a stronger challenger to the market leader, Safaricom.
Jumia is planning an initial public offering in New York this year that could value the business at about $1.5 billion.