Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

Safaricom has moved to diversify its business portfolio with the launch of a cybersecurity solution targeted at Kenyan firms.

The government has shot itself in the foot by shutting down the internet as it will incur huge losses in lost revenue.

It is now 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. This is now public knowledge thanks to Econet, the biggest MNO, which issued a statement…

Susan M’kandawire Mulikita becomes the first female to join Liquid Telecom’s Southern Africa regional executive leadership team as CEO and is also the first female CEO responsible for ICT in Zambia.

Nike unveils first self-lacing and app-controlled ‘smart shoe’

More than a year after its release, the world is still talking about Fortnite — and for good reason. The battle royale video game played by more than 200 million people is free, but it’s generating a ton of money. In 2018 alone, Fortnite blew past $1 billion in revenue,…

Apple and Samsung have put aside their protracted rivalry and signed a deal that will let people access iTunes on their smart Samsung TVs.

The US may be concerned about Chinese government influence embedded in Huawei’s technology because America’s spy agencies have done the same thing in the past.

Wang Weijing, an executive at Chinese tech giant Huawei, has been fired following his charges of espionage in Poland.

In her 25 years of marriage to Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Bezos has been a loyal ambassador for Amazon, the company that made her and her husband the richest couple in the world.

The world’s richest couple announced in a joint statement Wednesday that they are getting a divorce “after a long period of loving exploration and trial separation.”

2019 is the year the streaming wars get real.

Amazon’s IMDb movie website has launched a free streaming service called Freedive that features dozens of movies and TV shows.

The news is likely to be another headache for Huawei, which has become enshrouded in controversy following the arrest of CFO Meng Wanzhou.

Telecommunications guru Strive Masiyiwa has responded to a jibe by exiled Former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo that he is a Bondnote billionaire, a reference to the local currency that is used in Zimbabwe.

Liquid Telecom announced that it has appointed Mohamed Abdel Bassit its new Regional Chief Executive for the Middle East and West Africa (MEWA), effective January 1, 2019. Based in Cairo, Bassit will oversee the group’s expansion further into MEWA following the recent news that it is investing US$400m in the Egyptian market and has completed the first fibre network to stretch all the way…

Analysts have projected data and internet to drive telecoms giant Econet’s business post unbundling as full-year revenue for the financial year 2019 is expected to hit $678 million mark. This will represent a 20 percent jump ahead of $578 recorded in FY18. After becoming a fully converged telecommunications, media and…

Roku shares jump 25% due to impressive streaming numbers.

How gamer Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins went from working at a fast food joint to making almost $1 million a month playing Fortnite.

Goodbye 20018! The year 2018 may be remembered for its many launches, from well-funded augmented reality (AR) startups to future-gazing big data platforms. But for every new entrant to the technology industry, there was probably at least one company or product that went in the opposite direction. As we approached the end of…