Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

Mobile World Congress 2019 #MWC’19 is right around the corner, set to start on February 25-28. It’s the world’s biggest show on smartphones and mobile technology, and we’re expecting a ton of news. Leaks and rumors are rampant in the days leading up to the event, so there’s a lot…

Matabeleland provinces will receive 25 percent ($25 million) of the $100m Econet Challenge Fund announced this week by Econet Wireless founder and executive chairman Mr Strive Masiyiwa and his wife Tsitsi to support rural entrepreneurs. The fund is part of the couple’s extensive philanthropic work in Zimbabwe and across Africa.…

The Strive and Tsitsi Masiyiwa Family Foundation and has availed $60 million towards the cholera response in Zimbabwe. Cholera claimed more than 70 lives last year. The commitment from the Econet founders comes on the back of an initial $10 million investment by Econet Wireless Zimbabwe at the onset of…

It seems like Uber has enabled a new feature that allows users to make free calls to the designated driver with the help of VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol). Uber has also enabled VoIP-based calling for its driver partners so that the driver too would be able to make free calls to…

NetOne has sent on forced leave its top two executives who are Sibusiso Ndlovu, the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) as well as its Chief Operating Officer (COO) Brian Mutandiro. “One of the two executives was force-marched off the building while resisting the suspension and suspected to be concealing evidence. The two…

Kenneth Nkosana Makate has opened a fraud case against his former funders, Raining Men Trade.

Safaricom-backed Little has added Shuttles to its cab hailing service just days after Egypt’s Swvl announced its entry into Nairobi, Kenya. Little will be second company to show interest into Swvl’s model after Uber began trials in Egypt and announced plans to launch the service in East Africa as well.…

After it was confirmed that the Government of Zimbabwe ordered mobile network operators (MNOs) to shut down the internet and social media communication platforms, including WhatsApp, Twitter and Facebook, which are widely used by Zimbabweans, the Zimbabwe’s High Court then ordered internet operators to restore service to people in the country…

According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 375.4 million units during the fourth quarter of 2018 (4Q18), down 4.9% year over year and the fifth consecutive quarter of decline. The challenging holiday quarter closes out the worst…

Who really invented Please Call Me? The long-running saga is in the news again, but will the true story ever come out? It has all the makings of a grand story of a rags-to-riches story: a resourceful man who had a great idea that took off. It gets better, that…

Former MTN Consultant Ari Kahn remains adamant that he was the inventor of the “Please Call Me” idea.

Vodacom has shut down its headquarters and Vodacom World mall ahead of protest action around the Please Call Me debacle.

The legal battle between Vodacom and Kenneth Makate over the invention of the Please Call Me has been going for over 10 years. Much has happened in this time, and despite Vodacom recently claiming to have reached a settlement with Makate, his denial of this implies that the battle is far from over.…

Vodacom have been given a deadline to compensate Please Call Me inventor Kenneth Nkosana Makate, as trouble lies ahead.

Vodacom has offered Kenneth Makate R49 million for his involvement in the Please Call Me service the network launched, according to litigation funder Chris Schoeman. Schoeman made the statement during an interview on 702 about the Please Call Me battle. Schoeman said he met Makate in 2011, and helped fund Makate’s legal battle against…

Econet Wireless has chosen the City of Bulawayo as the centre of Distributed Power Africa (DPA), its renewable energy business in Zimbabwe in order to stimulate employment opportunities in the country’s second largest city. DPA primarily focuses on rooftop solar solutions for both commercial and home consumers. As with all things…

While most people are still waiting for the Android 9 Pie update, which got released over six months ago, Google’s likely getting ready to debut Android Q in the near future. We’ll call it Android 10. In fact, the search giant is already hard at work another Android update, and we’re expecting…

The Gmail mail service received new features for striking out text in a letter that can be found on the formatting panel.

The Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro (2019) was recently launched in South Korea, complete with an Infinity-O display, 6GB RAM, 128 GB inbuilt storage, a triple rear camera, 24 MP selfie sensor, 3,400mAh battery, and a rear fingerprint scanner. Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro (2019) has been priced in Korea at KRW 599,500…

Huawei unveiled the world’s first 5G chipset.